A long walk

what a long walk can do to a bent back and a broken heart .
for teh first time in 2 years here in pune I decided to brave the mad traffic , the "typical "pune people , dust dirt grime sight and sounds and took to the road .
As I walked aimlessly I saw such contrasting sights all around , ultra modern buildings rudely interrupting rusty old buglows and lanes that would hardly accomodate a two wheeler to sudden huge by lanes . hospitals , showrooms , kirana stores ....wait I musnt drown myself so much into the sight around me ...else risk getting run over by a reckless P.M.T zooming to stop at an almost invisible bus stop nestled amongst a huge hoarding and remains of a huge tree ., what does he think anyway cutting lanes sometimes extereme left to screech to a halt at a stop and again rush away leaving the slower and lesser evolved of my species to wonder just how many more tries till they get into this dusty heap of metal we need to commute thru this rusticly urban almost mumabi like pune .
yes almost ....but not quite there , my 5 km walk , with exactly 50 rupess in my pocket to buy a simple hair clip turned into a mission impossible as i dicovered that I would have to go to a "market" area as advised to me by a fat lady who smirked when i asked her for a butterfly clip when i stepped into her " ladies beauty items store" ...whatever that is again ....humm so now what are these ...rather where are these " market" areas ....lets leave that for another day I say . Enough adventure for a day , enough to give me a mild appetite and make me want to run home n stand under a cold shower .
what else will pune have in store ?
after all I only just moved in here mentaly a few days ago ....
the past 2 years ....a haze ...running to Amchi Mumbai ever so often .....to do what ? get into a mumbai local , walk into a huge mall and catch up with old buddies , or simply walk forlon alone thru town wondering ....will this city ever call me back......
not anymore
for coffee's moved to Pune now ...finally .