DAY 1: Thursday, 9th September 2010 4:15 PM
The beginning of an amazing journey that was being planned in action for over 2 weeks, loads of
Contemplating, discussions, voting, mails etc,; alas the journey began.
Vampa, Phani, Phalguni and DD started off on the embarking journey from Hyderabad to Delhi,
Reaching Rajiv Gandhi International airport with over enthusiasm 2 hours earlier to the scheduled
Time to find out that the flight was delayed by 20 minutes. Thumped upon on some amazing MacD
burgers and fries. the airport was a new affair for all of us so we were pretty much amazed with the
surroundings , the food counters , the crowd the ambiance ........ With in all this regards me and
Phani decided to go buy some water..... Ended up buying AQUA (curtsey Phani) for 40/- bucks for a
small bottle (* Reference: you can see the 2 aqua bottles in the pictures, which was got rid at the last
pit stop at Barista).
Alas, we boarded the flight settled down , the million $ expression take off expression by Phalguni
set the tone of the time in the flight, we were sitting in adjacent seats Vamshi –DD; Phani- Phalguni,
in the aile seat was a great person who reacted to any reflex of Vamp’s muscles also. The million $
expression take off was complimented with a million $ question by Vampa; Did the pilot braked too
much during landing?, so Vampa ended up not liking the landing and wanted his money back, but
the excitement to meet Sourabh got over us and we left the airport, Sourabh with an amazing sense
of direction made us walk almost a KM where we need to take a few steps J.
Introduction to Novotel: Mahindra Xylo , driver Novotel was waiting for us with the group captain
Sourabh :P . Well we settled in the cab not before we threatened to blow away the petrol station
where we got inn. Started on the first sights of Delhi not sure where we were being take, there was a
small element of surprise as our sixth guest ‘ THE TRAVELLER OF DELHI ROADS’ was to be our
surprise entry, this is about where the Day 1 ends picking Swathi up from her apartment somewhere
close to a pritampura , if am right.
Day 2: Friday, 10th September 2010
Settled in the car, hungry and already desperate to reach the destination, our super adventure trip
began......................... Novotel just after driving for an hour was sleepy and tired , so we decided to
do something valuable , have dinner. SUKHDEV Dhaba was it, where we had the experience of the
amazing paratha and that butter on top of it...YYYYUUUUMMMMMMMMMMM it was, well we all
had our share of the dinner, few quotes to mention, Vamshi almost painted the dhaba yellow by
dropping daal cause of his plated tactical positioning ; Phalguni had the full meal of the trip one
paratha with butter and kept it reserve for rumination. Dinner done and our group caption almost
stanched away the keys from the driver and took complete control of the situation............. the
journey began not knowing when will it end......................................................... we drove all though
the night ............................................................................... ( continuing to day 3)
We reached our destination Amritsar between 8-9 AM, waited for sometime till our core team of
Vamshi and Sourabh found us accommodation, I was being entertained by a localite called Sunny
Singh ( such an uncommon name in that region), I was amazed with his IQ, didn’t want to do lose any
of mine......................... core committee had selected Satnam guest house for our stay in
Amritsar......Satnam guest house reminded of the lanes in central Calcutta , small dirty, old doors ,
really steep stairs , takes you to 10 feet height in 2 steps ( I know it’s a little too much but well....) .......
After vamp’s first adventure with his hair drier , shampoo , conditioner , comb ................... we got
ready slow and steady as usual....... then came the time to visit one of the most holy and amazing
places of worship in the whole world “ GOLDEN TEMPLE”
Golden temple was the place one has to come back over and over again............. peaceful, tranquil,
serene, affectionate, soothing there are many more adjectives that just can give the feeling of being
there. I find myself lucky in being able to visit the Golden temple. The temple just can’t be described
in words............... so wahe guru ka khalsa, saasriya kaal !! , had amazing food in langar , this
experience I will cherish very close to my heart.
After the amazing and relaxed darshan at the temple, went about Jalianwala bagh which was very
close to the temple, lived those moments of pain that era for which we are free country today,
respecting their sacrifice we bowed and moved on.
:P this was the moment of the trip where there were discussions as to where to head next as we
had an amazing time driving along with Novotel J , alas!! We decided, chuck Novotel, we bargained
for an auto to visit the Wagah border, Amritsar is very close to our beloved enemy of the state
Pakistan,( no offense meant Sourabh)..... well the auto ride was good and nice fun about an hour’s
drive .................... reached the pinnacle of our country’s border the whole feeling itself was
amazing...................... atleast I was amazed to be around the place that I always watched videos of on
YouTube or heard about in the news channels.......... the ceremony of the change in guard has
already begun but he hadn’t missed much................. the enthusiasm in us Indians will never be less
I guess, there were scores of people thronging that area already.............. wow the crowd was
amazing.... somehow we managed to push through and get hold of our selves wiping the sweat ,
pushing , balancing, clicking pictures, giving galies to people ...... phuuuuuueewwww we were done
with the ceremony.... the experience of being there in person listening to people mocking and
screaming “ Vande Mataraam” , that was real experience , makes you feel how it was maybe 100
years back when our peers fought for our freedom today... not getting into being
sentimental!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After the amazing ceremony view and disappointed that Sourabh couldn’t get connected to Paktel
on his cellphone, we headed back to our Satnam resort, devoid of a cup of tea a little bargaining by
our captain...... little doubt on our Novotel, we began the journey again leaving behind the bright
memories of the Golden Temple........................................................Had good food at brother da
dhaba............. impact of the lassi with a mango twist................................. but after all this; we
ended up travelling all night AGAIN!!!!!! End of day3 , in the car seats........................
Day 3: Saturday, 11th September 2010
Well I can’t comment too much on the overnight drive as I was neither dreaming nor awake, I think
someone else in the gang can add to this, but I woke up early in the car back seat with a screeching
breaks J almost hit an i10 from opposite direction................. reached Shimla in the morning between
8-8:30 AM.......... amazing place I should say the first impression was its neat well organised inspite of
the high density of population for a hill station. We to the lift, was an experience of its own.............
went up to Mall road in search of accommodation , after walking screening and looking around we
short listed on Shivalik residency, good place and reasonable price too...........................................
Alas, Shimla...... here we were, all tired lost , out of energy lack of sleep, but filled with enthusiasm ,
we hit the roads to explore the city.... we went to the Hanuman temple where Vamshi was greeted
by the god himself J .............. the Rs 10/- drive to the peak of the hill was one heck of an
experience, defying Phani’s logic we were 12 people in one SUV who were like airlifted to the
templeJ good nice place but not too explore able as there are many many monkeys who will snatch
away anything J , then we got back to the church on the mall road went about the Mall street one
of the main junctions in Shimla........... it was really scenic and nice...........then the ladies wanted
todo some shopping L the tiring times began J no offense, but we all did end up buying something
or the other....................... rains had dampened the spirit of shopping a little ended up in Barista for
a cup of coffee, ended up being discrete about sourabh’s maturity over the sugar in the coffee!!!! All
thanks to the reading abilities of Swathi J
Then we broke into teams’, me Vampa and Sourabh landed to the other end of Shimla for a nice
90ml delight!!! We ended in the room back to freshen up for the amazing dinner that we wanted to
embrace upon us as we were living on VEG food all the while, not that we didn’t survive, cause
Phalguni was our inspiration on survival on minimal food.
Dinner time .................... we had a overwhelming dinner at a HP Govt run restaurant ( someone
please help me with the name here).............. the food was amazing and alas we got hold of some
dead meat there.....................................we ended up increasing the turnover of Barista
again.............had a love photo shoot at the Nagar Palika building of Shimla............ some pictures am
sure we like to click... Phani for a moment went on to lead the picture mania, with his models Vampa
and Sourabh , oh and also the amazing and wonderful WALL............... ended up at the church , did
some shoots there, only one of the few pictures where the whole gang is
present................................. ended back to Shivalik , after a little drama cause of the driver not
reaching our hotel, Sourabh’s disaster management, ( this was delivered successfully by describing
qualities of sister and mother :O)......................... alas! The problem solved........... 2 shots of 90ml
.......***&&&&((((***************.... all settled to sleep and within fraction of seconds we all were
in “INSECPTION”.......................................................................
Day 4: Sunday, 12th September 2010
Waking up to an amazing and sound sleep not in the car seat but beds with
mattress’................................. as usual we all woke up late missed our deadline by 3
hours.................. started to our final destination the real motive of travel so far Tarun’s wedding at
Patiala....................... had a thrilling journey thanks to Novotel as even he might have his share of
90mls................................................... well he drove good not bad, got us to Patiala late into the
afternoon. Went to Sourabh’s house and we all fell in love with his house, amazing place real nice
and peaceful , clean tidy and really elegant.................. Uncle and aunty were amazing hosts had the
best parathaa of Punjab .......... lip smacking they were................... after our short stay at home we
went to Tarun’s wedding had a good time and were happy that the ceremonies started late so we
didn’t have to miss much J Vamshi was astonished at the energy at which the enjoyed and danced
at the wedding, the music was louder than music played in Pubs J had some good food at Tarun’s
wedding then came our ladies gang bang on time to meet Tarun!!!!!
Then came in action , the request of shopping for ladies gang, we went around Patiala courtesy a
good friend of Sourabh........lawyer sahaabh! Had some good fun driving around a Lamborghini 800
around Patiala J .... at the main market we went shopping for juttis , got hold of some amazing
pieces of juttis , long bargaining selected jutti’s confusing each other :P ended up on quite a large
collection of juttis J then had a little drama with the ATM saga........................... headed back to
Saurabh’s house , had our evening tea and snacks ............... bid good bye to uncle, aunty and the
whole of Patiala........... hit the road again.................................................................. this time we all
had some extra energies in US, played some amazing games where we ended up making anything to
everything an object of desire and the top of the list was sulaai machine!!!!!!! Sorry Vampa don’t
bang me for this, our sleeping beauty was the best in terms of innovation in the game!:P
Day 5: Monday, 13th September 2010 10:00 AM End of the journey.
Still travelling................................................................................ Reached into Delhi limits around 3
am......................................................dropped of Swathi and headed straight to the airport , almost
looking like zombies J desperate for some sleep and desperate to board the flight, the last couple
Of hours was like fighting a battle, alas we managed to conquer and land successfully in Hyderabad.
