finally!!
Its been two weeks when i started off on my tour :) muaaaaahhhhhhhhh (: must say fun filled two weeks, pretty hectic though, n tiring too specially the one in simla, did all sorts of things in 5 days dere, didnt imagine wud do all tht there....ok....ok.....i m coming to it.....stop cursing me for not coming on to the point.....but not as yet.....hehe.....ok i was wid my frens dere....though we had an arrangement of stayin in a flat dere...which i must say was good enough....it had the attraction of having a tv too dere.....however the only thing that played the spoilsport was water!!! The first day was rainin dere n it was damn cold must say in 14-15 degree celsisus region but i must say it was a welcome break from the heat of delhi. The neighbour dere who was a middle aged aunty told us that the water will come at noon.....n as we got all set waiting for water....our first encounter with water was phewwww.....we got shocked actually....it was white coloured frothy water.....that the neighbour claimed had air bubbles and thus was looking white......seems the simla nagar nigam arranges special water which can hold air bubbles for eternity.....coz the water was white even after an hr or so.......strange logic. After waitin for more time finally the condition of water comin in improved and we all got fresh with chilling cold water. Just as we were leaving for the mall aunty made another guest appearance with her lovely sweet daughter....the sight of whom was the only soothing thing about their presence and the much shocking news that was to come....aunty said "beta paani bhar liya na ache se.....ab paani parson hi aaye shaayad" in a husky voice. n we were lookin at each other blankly weighing and assessing the implications of the statement....was that white frothy thing water in the first place i asked myself and wondered if this white water was the reason behind her fair daughter.
leaving the water issues behind we took a bus to mall and bus tickets are so cheap dere in simla, the minimum denomination of ticket was Re.1, however mall was far n we took a 5 ka ticket for the journey till the lift dere. The Lift journey upto the mall was amazin too....we bought tickets tht werent checked inside lift and the lift journey was in two parts wondered what problems they had in constructing a single pillar upto the mall. However water still flooded our thoughts n we decided to shift into a hotel.....after much searching and ado we found a decent hotel however the hotel owner wasnt so.....we got insights into his doings from one friendly waiter of young age tht openly criticized his maalik and it was only his 9th day dere n wanted to stay a whole yr dere. since this is the on season gettin suites was difficult and we got a single room wid a promise of gettin a suite next morning......so we finally decided to settle the deal with a promise of 24hr supply of water....n we checked the same bfore takin the room.....6 ppl we were and tried fittin in the room....n we did coz our luggage was still in the flat. we were too tired to get it bak the same day.....so we decided to bring it in mornin and made an advance payment to tht uncle who soon was gonna become so khadoos we cudnt hv imagined. wen we were goin out for dinner he said beta 1030 se pehle waapis aa jaaana....we said WTH we r not gonna come bak bfore 1.....n then he started brabing "kya mein saari raaat jaagta rahoonga" told him plainly uncle chaukidaar rakh lo...we r not gonna move on ur sayings...we already began to had feelings ki galat hotel mein aa gaye...though much was left to be discovered wen we came bak...oh dont think on the lines ki hotel mein aane nahin diya...we got bak arnd midnight n tht sweet waiter let us in...wen we reached room n opened the tap not a drop of water was dere....that khadoos uncle had some valves in the control room thru which he regulated water supply....saw it for the first time dere.....though we got it opened raat ko.....n subah wen we came bak takin our luggage he was all too complainin ....said "raaat bhar light khuli chhodi.....ab paani bhi khatam kar daala" ufff looked as if we had shifted in some hostel where we werent allowed to move and werent allowed to use nethin...that was enough for us young tempers.....we checked out......and again the search for hotels began....it appeared as if we had come to visit all hotels dere at mall rather than the mall itself....
we cud have easily done our phd on simla hotels and were in a position to earn commission givin gyaan to people not saying ki we will take u to a good hotel but rather warning them ki dont go to this hotel....this was our condition.....though finally we got goood rooms at the ridge with 5 star quality service n more importantly water.....did so much for water dere......realized full importance of water in jus 2 days.!!! After the hotel searching spree we finally did horse riding, trekking, played cards, also planned to go to disc there RITZ the name was but the hotel affair had already made holes in our pockets n we decided to go to a disc in delhi only...finally arrived in kalka in mini train....that they say was connected to our kalka mail back to delhi.....though i had doubts abt the connecting issue....n was tensed as the mini train reached goood 15 minutes after the scheduled departure of our kalka mail but thank god our train was waitin dere....connecting u see.....n i heaved a sigh of relief....
but the journey was relle gr8...wid frens whom i spent quality time....n only god knows whether or not we all will be able to find such time in near future ahead....all ppl goin their ways....some in job n some like me continuiing as a student.....strange feelings of parting.....excitement about meetin new ones....all mixed up in my lil head.....though i manage well by not thinking abt all this n gettin along wid the flow....only to ravish unexplored shores :).....
sorry for the amount of blank space above but i was sifting thru al this blank space for 5 days ;) the next part of journey would be coming soon.....where i would highlight the worsening condition of indian rails....
cheers
shobhit
leaving the water issues behind we took a bus to mall and bus tickets are so cheap dere in simla, the minimum denomination of ticket was Re.1, however mall was far n we took a 5 ka ticket for the journey till the lift dere. The Lift journey upto the mall was amazin too....we bought tickets tht werent checked inside lift and the lift journey was in two parts wondered what problems they had in constructing a single pillar upto the mall. However water still flooded our thoughts n we decided to shift into a hotel.....after much searching and ado we found a decent hotel however the hotel owner wasnt so.....we got insights into his doings from one friendly waiter of young age tht openly criticized his maalik and it was only his 9th day dere n wanted to stay a whole yr dere. since this is the on season gettin suites was difficult and we got a single room wid a promise of gettin a suite next morning......so we finally decided to settle the deal with a promise of 24hr supply of water....n we checked the same bfore takin the room.....6 ppl we were and tried fittin in the room....n we did coz our luggage was still in the flat. we were too tired to get it bak the same day.....so we decided to bring it in mornin and made an advance payment to tht uncle who soon was gonna become so khadoos we cudnt hv imagined. wen we were goin out for dinner he said beta 1030 se pehle waapis aa jaaana....we said WTH we r not gonna come bak bfore 1.....n then he started brabing "kya mein saari raaat jaagta rahoonga" told him plainly uncle chaukidaar rakh lo...we r not gonna move on ur sayings...we already began to had feelings ki galat hotel mein aa gaye...though much was left to be discovered wen we came bak...oh dont think on the lines ki hotel mein aane nahin diya...we got bak arnd midnight n tht sweet waiter let us in...wen we reached room n opened the tap not a drop of water was dere....that khadoos uncle had some valves in the control room thru which he regulated water supply....saw it for the first time dere.....though we got it opened raat ko.....n subah wen we came bak takin our luggage he was all too complainin ....said "raaat bhar light khuli chhodi.....ab paani bhi khatam kar daala" ufff looked as if we had shifted in some hostel where we werent allowed to move and werent allowed to use nethin...that was enough for us young tempers.....we checked out......and again the search for hotels began....it appeared as if we had come to visit all hotels dere at mall rather than the mall itself....
we cud have easily done our phd on simla hotels and were in a position to earn commission givin gyaan to people not saying ki we will take u to a good hotel but rather warning them ki dont go to this hotel....this was our condition.....though finally we got goood rooms at the ridge with 5 star quality service n more importantly water.....did so much for water dere......realized full importance of water in jus 2 days.!!! After the hotel searching spree we finally did horse riding, trekking, played cards, also planned to go to disc there RITZ the name was but the hotel affair had already made holes in our pockets n we decided to go to a disc in delhi only...finally arrived in kalka in mini train....that they say was connected to our kalka mail back to delhi.....though i had doubts abt the connecting issue....n was tensed as the mini train reached goood 15 minutes after the scheduled departure of our kalka mail but thank god our train was waitin dere....connecting u see.....n i heaved a sigh of relief....
but the journey was relle gr8...wid frens whom i spent quality time....n only god knows whether or not we all will be able to find such time in near future ahead....all ppl goin their ways....some in job n some like me continuiing as a student.....strange feelings of parting.....excitement about meetin new ones....all mixed up in my lil head.....though i manage well by not thinking abt all this n gettin along wid the flow....only to ravish unexplored shores :).....
sorry for the amount of blank space above but i was sifting thru al this blank space for 5 days ;) the next part of journey would be coming soon.....where i would highlight the worsening condition of indian rails....
cheers
shobhit
2 Comments:
wow! wat a "watery" description of the tour..done so eidetically..i almost felt as if i was on the shimla roads! looking fwd to "train" part of the journey too!
Thanks for all the cool horse . You'll have to stop by www.horseoutlet.com sometime!
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