Plan to visit “Port Grand” on the weekend was mine and why not? I had heard and read so much about the place (Thanks to my friend and the forward e-mails), that being unable to see the place for so long since its opening, was like missing a pilgrimage despite being financially capable of doing so.
Reaching the spot gave me an adrenaline rush. Parking was full. The parking guidance squad asked us to go back and park the car somewhere at the street. Though it somehow gave an annoying look at my brother’s face but I was relaxed as I knew that what was coming next would definitely stimulate his pleasure nerve.
Eventually, after finding a parking space, we managed to come back to the spot. It was quite a walk to reach the entrance of the port, from where the hordes of people were strolling in and out. After a little hustle and bustle we managed to get in. The first thing that came to our sight was a huge and aesthetically built-in edifice. I assumed it would be a play station with some high volume video games, but to my disappointment it was a shopping mall with a number of A-class brands’ outlets.
As we didn’t have any intentions to shop at that moment, so we hurriedly came out of the mall and went to the next glittering place that we were seeing on the other side. It was a long lane (the port) with a sea view on one side and a series of (again some A-class) food franchises on the other. Our eyes were still looking for something new or different at the place so we walked till the end of the food street.
After the futile effort we decided to eat something and find a place to sit. The most soothing experience was looking at the sea, watching mangroves , departing boats and the cargo ships being loaded and unloaded at the harbor, but that’s something we always use to see, whenever we cross the Native Jetty bridge, the sight which has now been covered up with fencing. Business of course, you have to pay money for what was a free panorama for both rich and poor.
