Saturday, July 12, 2008

b#@!$@@bs on Roaming-Part 1

It was 11th May, 2007 and off we were with the Computer Programming I Comprehensive Examination scam. Thanks to Praveen's exceptional coding skills and his super-heroic execution of planned events that some of our friends got a grade better than what they actually deserved. Though the mastermind himself ( that is I ) could not benefit from the plan.

And now it was time to pack our bags and head towards Delhi to start our trip to Uttarakhand. There were 12 of us- I, Praveen, Shaggy, Bhruguraj, Mandy, Ravi, Garvit, Ankush, Snakkey, Chintu, Rohil and Sahil. The rest of unadventurous bhaisaabs prefered to stay back at home. We had planned to go to Nainital, Dehradoon, Mussorie, Badrinath all on a 6-day tour. To add to your knowledge, this was all planned by none other than Shaggy. It was just an incident to testify his mis-management skills.

We boarded the insti-bus to Delhi which was very much in accordance with the IST-Indian Strechable Time and was merely late by 2 hours, not to mention the inconvinience of changing the bus mid-way of our route.

As we reached Delhi, I got sick with the pollution and fell ill.

Chintu and Mandy went to their respective homes while the rest of us went to Ankush's home where we had some finger-licking feast.

It was now time to be in the train to Nainital.

And the rest of tour went like this:-


  • Our tickets were RAC and so a single seat was to be shared by two. Ravi Anand Srivastava shared the berth with me and regretted doing so for the whole journey as I drifted in sleep and occupied the seat with my long legs. He went roaming around others' seats.
  • Chintu stayed back at home and joined us after a day of our stay in Nainital.
  • Shaggy saved toffees for the trip.
  • We hired a bus for a trip to Almora, Kausani, Ranikhet, etc. .
  • Shaggy saved toffees for the trip.
  • Then we went to Haridwar which was a 10 hour journey from Ranikhet.
  • Shaggy saved toffees for the trip.
  • Took a dip in Ganga. Went to a temple at some height to offer our prayers. Hired an auto for Hrishikesh.
  • Shaggy saved toffees for the trip.
  • Meanwhile Mandy borrowed a pair of socks from me. And now this was my turn to regret doing so because a piece of a pig's shit smells better than Mandy's feet.
  • Rented three good hotel rooms. Booked a river rafting ride. Garvit fell ill and could not join. Stayed back at his room.
  • Shaggy saved toffees for the trip.
  • Started the ride. Enjoyed some roller-coasters in the chilled Ganga water.
  • Stopped at a place for cliff-jumping. Snakey's face turned red.
  • Snakey refused to jump down the cliff.
  • I made a brave, almost perfect dive.
  • Others too made a commendable effort.
  • Went back to the room.
  • Shaggy saved toffees for the trip.
  • Then we headed towards Mussorie.
  • Rented three rooms there also. Strolled down the Mall Road. Garvit was still taking a nap in his room.
  • Shaggy saved toffees for the trip.
  • It was dark. Shaggy wore sunglasses and posed in front of the camera.
  • Mandy was still using my socks.
  • The next day we went to Kempty Falls. I and Garvit prefered to stay dry while the others took a dip and posed nude.
  • We went to Dehradoon from where we had to board our train back to Delhi. It was 9 in the dark. Sahil went to find a room but got kicked everywhere.
  • Thus we had to pass our night at the Railway Station itself.
  • Shaggy saved toffees for the trip and Mandy was still in my Socks.
  • Morning 5- To our surprise the train was on time and so were we.
  • All of us got our share of toffees and I got my socks too.
  • Noon- Back to Ankush's home where all parted their ways.
  • HAPPY ENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! except for one thing- pKs stayed back at IIT thereafter.