Our Bangalore office team with families along with CEO and his family alighted at Lingampalli-LPI from YPR-SC Garibrath as per my instructions to proceed for a 2 day - Microexcel Offshore Convention 2014, that was held on 20th & 21st December at Leonia Holistic Destination Resorts, Shamierpet, Hyderabad, 60 kms from LPI. Except me, everyone boarded the train at YPR. While I drovedown to my home station ATP, parked my car and boarded at ATP.
Though SC is closer, alighting at LPI would curtail the train journey by 45 minutes further into SC and any unexpected unscheduled halts for the GR. Also LPI can connect us to the 8 lane express outer ring road by which 60 kms to Shamirpet can be...
more... reached in 1 hour, which is the same time from SC for 30 kms, through the city.
A Bus was waiting for us outside LPI with on board breakfast. On the way back the same bus was converted into a bar on wheels as we won the annual cricket cup under my captaincy.
Everyone else took the Garibrath again from SC to YPR while I stayed back in HYB on some personal work and took the 17603 KCG-YPR Express next day to ATP. The team had packed Alfa Cafe Biryani for On Board dinner on Garibrath.