Scene 2
Location: Avinash's living room, Ghaziabad. Friday, July 2, 2010. Time: 9 PM
(In the room with us : Eric, Manik, I and Avinash's mom)
Avinash( stuffing his backpack with maggi, MTR and munchies): Haan toh Swati ji all set?
SwAti: Yup, I am tired but excited. (I generally do a night shift, so I had to do 2 back to back shifts to be able to get free on Friday evening, 21:30-6:30 on Thursday and 7:00-15:00 on Friday)
Avinash: You still have time SwAti, we will get a bus for Manali easily, and we can head for Chandrataal. Kedar Taal is not an easy trek, It is very steep.
SwAti: Avinash chill! aur kahin jana hi nahi ab mujhe!!!
Avinash: Chalo theek hai fir, mujhe mat bolna baad mein!
Eric: Koi ni ab decide kar hi liya hai toh chak de phatte kar ke aana! Good luck!!
At the bus stop!
Time: 10 PM.
Eric, Sunil, Manik are there to see us off!!
Abey koi bus jayegi bhi aaj Rishikesh?

Avinash: Swati tumne der kar di isiliye nahi mil rahi ab bus, aisa karte hain Kedar Taal cancel karte hain aur Chandrataal chalte hain
SwAti:

Avinash mujhe aur kahin nahi jana, mil jayegi bus thodi der mein ... ( apne aap toh packing ki nahi thhi , mujhe keh raha hai der kar di $%@#$%@)
Avinash: Dekho ye UP Roadways wali bus mein chalna hai toh chalo, ab High Tech ya AC nahi milegi...
SwAti :
Then Sunil and Avinash decide to go to the other side of the road to find a Taxi.
Providential Intervention....
Two seats for a Xylo with AC of course

heading for Rishikesh (our immediate destination). The Tax fare: 200 per person! Hurray!!
SwAti: Isme baithe sab log khatarnaak lag rahe hain mujhe. (For they were 4 khatarnak looking men) May be it is not a great idea to go in a Taxi. We should take a bus! Local hi sahi)
Avinash: SwAti koi baat nahi hai, jyada hi tension hai toh main saare raaste utha rahunga.
SwAti: OK then!
Finally I felt like we are getting started!! Excited, we boarded the cab with Good Luck and wishes from Eric, Sunil and Manik!!
PS: 10 minutes in the cab (which was freezing cold, thanks to the powerful AC) and Avinash was snoring)


and I had no choice but to stay awake till we reached Rishikesh!

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Thankfully, it turned out to be a smooth ride and we reached Rishikesh safely!!
