ROAD TRIP

They say life should be organized.I disagree.It shouldn't be. Atleast,not always!There is fun in randomness;There is thrill in uncertainness; But Only if you are game for it! More over, at 23, you can get away with doing wildest and craziest of the things.Things,forget about others, even you yourself can't imagine doing when you are over thirty. So when my friends proposed a road trip with a random destinatWion with zero planning, I said,"Let's do it!"

It all started when we planned for a weekend trip to Mussorie.Our plan was to catch a overnight bus by 11'o clock and spend the next two days in the

hill station. After all the usual hiccups like getting late, missing bus, forgetting things, we reached the Kashmiri Gate ISBT by eleven.That was when we

realised that we all sucked at planning.People are fighting for each other to get into buses.conductors are selling tickets in black(Yeah dilli hai mere yaar!).

After waiting for 3 hours and deciding that reaching mussorie was impossible, the big question arised,"What now?"

After some deliberation, we came to the consensus that there was no way that we were going to set foot in the college before monday. So all we have

to do is to go somewhere.

Somebody's eyes fell on a empty bus due to leave for Chandigarh.

Chale...??

Y not???

Whats there in Chandigarh?? don't know!

Where to stay in Chandigarh?? don't know!

What to do in Chandigarh?? don't know!

Where to go from chandigarh?? don't know!

All we know is that no one of us had seen Chandigarh before and we were going to do it now!

Thus started our Road trip.

We reached Chandigarh by the next morning.The land of Lassi and Dhabas.After spending a good half hour in the bus stand lazily sipping chais, we

came out,found a hotel nearby and got ready for our exploration.

The whole city looked like a big park.Clean roads,Peaceful ambience,Lot of greenery and not to mention,Hot panjabi chicks! We patted our backs

for our decision.Our first destination: Rock garden.

It is a great marketing lesson. It proves that any bloody thing can be marketing if positioned and promoted properly.Else, why would we spend one whole

day looking at broken electric plug points,toilet apparels,bangles and other stuff??

As the evening approached and our city tour came to an end, the question rised again? What now??

Amritsar?

Dehradun?

Then somebody said the word "Shimlaa??"

What?To a city boasting temparatures of 5 degrees when 3 out of 6 doesn't have even a Jacket?? Sure!!! Sounds like fun!!

Thus started our shimla journey....

"Manjil se behter lagne lage hai, Yeah raastein..." The song of Jab we Met kept ringing in my ears, as the bus travelled throught the ghat roads.

Yes.sometimes, the journey is even better than the destination!

And it got better and better with time, as i was literally above clouds!

We landed in Shimla by night and then the real fun started.Shivering with cold,we started seaching for rooms. Surprise! Apparantly, the whole india decided to

spend their weekend in shimla,leaving us out in the cold with hungry stomaches and numb bodies.

So the first time in my life, I spent a night sleeping in a Bus stand, that too in friggin' cold!

Early in the morning,we caught a bus back to Delhi, and by the time we reached our hostel, every muscle in the body is aching with pain. We spent 30 of

the last 42 hours travelling! The bed never looked so inviting!

To conclude in barney style, The trip was Legendary!