After a night of frustrations, packing, unpacking & repacking the day of reckoning had finally arrived (ok so it is a little exaggerated). At around 1 am I somehow managed to wake up from my slumber remembering that I was supposed to book a cab to the airport for the next day (a special note of thanks has to be mentioned to Panda darling over here). Once I was all set with the cab, I decided to get some wink of sleep.
Next day by 7.30 am we were all ready (Panda had come over to our place & we had decided to go over together) & the cab was also waiting outside. Ever since the new airport had opened in Hyderabad, there has been much of a hullabaloo over its distance (a little over 40 km from our place) & the time it takes to reach there. So we had planned to avert any delays & decided to start a tad early for our flight which was scheduled at around 11 am. Today was a different day – everything was just going to happen real early & we got our first omen for this in the form of next to zero traffic on the roads of Hyderabad. The net result – we were like 2 hours early & ended up checking out the new airport.
Now for all the guys out there, here’s a little tip, next time you guys want to ogle, the airport is a haven. There were like too many oomph out there which we usually never get to see on an ordinary day in our town. So I & Vineet were having a feast out there. Panda even ran into one of her juniors whose name she did have a little trouble in recollecting. We sure were growing old.
At 10.55 am our flight started off to Kolkata. The day was bloody
well & the next omen was when we were the first ones to board the flight. What a way to get started. After a small cameo in Vizag, our Deccan flight (WOW, Deccan sure has come a long way since the old days – Hats off to Mallya), we touched down in Kolkata at 2.20 pm. Our next travel was at 10.55 pm from Sealdah & we had like ample time on our hands to kill.
So off we trotted in the search of some nice retreat in Sealdah (we had already checked in our luggage at the cloak room). And man even if Kolkata is like cramped up & the roads are narrower than any of the other metros in India, it had its essence. Over here what blew me was
the variety of snacks that was at offer even in the small lanes. I was left drooling at most of the outlets & we all were pumped up getting a tummy refill. Then we headed off to a nearby park from wherein Panda & Vineet were kicked out because they didn’t have any kids.
Well then it was proper wastage of time on our part (we checked out a swimming pool; park, got stuck in the rain, checked out shoes for like forever to evade the rain &
ended up in the station around 3 hours before our train was scheduled to depart) & eventually after ages we finally boarded the train. At 10.05 pm our train pulled out of the station & after an hour or so all of us were snoring our ways to glory. In short it was a waste of a day, but we had better stuff waiting for us. And thus the curtains fell down on day 1 of our rollercoaster ride.
Next day by 7.30 am we were all ready (Panda had come over to our place & we had decided to go over together) & the cab was also waiting outside. Ever since the new airport had opened in Hyderabad, there has been much of a hullabaloo over its distance (a little over 40 km from our place) & the time it takes to reach there. So we had planned to avert any delays & decided to start a tad early for our flight which was scheduled at around 11 am. Today was a different day – everything was just going to happen real early & we got our first omen for this in the form of next to zero traffic on the roads of Hyderabad. The net result – we were like 2 hours early & ended up checking out the new airport.
Now for all the guys out there, here’s a little tip, next time you guys want to ogle, the airport is a haven. There were like too many oomph out there which we usually never get to see on an ordinary day in our town. So I & Vineet were having a feast out there. Panda even ran into one of her juniors whose name she did have a little trouble in recollecting. We sure were growing old.
At 10.55 am our flight started off to Kolkata. The day was bloody
well & the next omen was when we were the first ones to board the flight. What a way to get started. After a small cameo in Vizag, our Deccan flight (WOW, Deccan sure has come a long way since the old days – Hats off to Mallya), we touched down in Kolkata at 2.20 pm. Our next travel was at 10.55 pm from Sealdah & we had like ample time on our hands to kill.So off we trotted in the search of some nice retreat in Sealdah (we had already checked in our luggage at the cloak room). And man even if Kolkata is like cramped up & the roads are narrower than any of the other metros in India, it had its essence. Over here what blew me was
the variety of snacks that was at offer even in the small lanes. I was left drooling at most of the outlets & we all were pumped up getting a tummy refill. Then we headed off to a nearby park from wherein Panda & Vineet were kicked out because they didn’t have any kids.Well then it was proper wastage of time on our part (we checked out a swimming pool; park, got stuck in the rain, checked out shoes for like forever to evade the rain &
ended up in the station around 3 hours before our train was scheduled to depart) & eventually after ages we finally boarded the train. At 10.05 pm our train pulled out of the station & after an hour or so all of us were snoring our ways to glory. In short it was a waste of a day, but we had better stuff waiting for us. And thus the curtains fell down on day 1 of our rollercoaster ride.
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