the ride to simla

we had all been waiting for a long time to go out on a vacation so when kapil go posted to chandigarh it looked like our plans would finally turn into reality.puneet n vineith wud come from delhi to meet kapil n me at chandigarh.from there we were to leave for simla.but that was not to be.
puneet fell ill and had to rush home to nagpur but we still had hope.we thought he might come back in time to make it.then came the problem wid his passport and so he rushed to mumbai.now there was no chance he wud make it.we were all v dissapointed so he insisted we leave widt him.so agn there was hope.
so 15th evening vineith came to chandigarh and from then on it was one long party.we had an eventful night the highlights of which were failed attempts to bargain for movie tickets(black),coffee n conversation at ccd n then a one n a half hour walk home cuz kapil forgot the way to his own house.we finally got home at 0130 n chatted for an hour.well now it was time to sleep cuz we had to leave at 0530.
after many failed attempts to sleep,i gave up.it was 0300 so i had an hour n a half to pass.made a few phone calls,sat in the balcony and watched the starlit sky.4 am i got ready n kicked my friends out of their sleep.we left home at 0530 n got to the bus stop.

<-- waited there for close to an hour during which i was continously being cursed for chosing the wrong bus stop. the bus finally came at 0630.after 2hrs the bus stopped at a tea stall.vineith n i got onto the roof of the bus for a photo oportunity.






well this was the only stop in the 3 n a half hour journey.we slept through the rest of the ride.dad had made bookings for us at a lovely inspection bungalow of the army.we rested there for a while,n then walked up to the mall road,the main attraction at simla.

i love the beautiful hill station feel.the chill in the air,the scenery,the lovely trees... ul se loads of them in earlier posts.


to be contd...