Yeh Delhi hai mere yaar!!!

दोसती....True to the word, even today exist several people in this busy capital of the second most populated country of the world.Sweltering heat beaconed us in the Indira Gandhi international airport..We reached the lounge wiping the drops of sweat,thanks to the soaring temperature.We tried to get in lieu with the environment(No other options in hand ).As we walked towards the parking , a sudden glance of mine proved worthy...A wide smile welcomed us .Ah! what an easy search in this vast airport, abuzz with busy people......Year's since we met Gudiya didi..The moment i saw her tears of joy rolled down my eyes...Uncleji had also come to receive us.The very first question she asked me was "Karthik कब आह रहा है?".I was simply spellbound...How sweet of her to remember him,I wondered.We gathered our luggage and went towards Didi's office... Enquiry about each of our family members surrounded the air....Sweet memoirs of our first meeting rocked my brain.Didi has not changed over the years....The clock struck five and we proceeded towards our ultimate destination-Dilshad Garden...My first drive in the capital...What a planned city,I wondered.Before i could further admire the beauty of Delhi ,I realised that we were struck at the same place for 15 mins..Thanks to the most irritating wait ....All credits to the Delhi TRAFFIC!!!...The ambiance was sullen...
Ah...what a warm welcome we got at uncle's place.Aunty was simply superb...she was shocked to see that we could converse in Hindi...The evening was spent with calmness in a nearby park accompanied by two little friends(Initially I mistook them to be kids..But later realised what they were :))...The two days we spent at their place was toooo good...The time we spent playing badminton and uno was lively and we did not know how 48 hours had passed off so easily...

And then started our journey towards Shimla...Lot of questions bothered us...How will the arrangements be??What kind of people are we destined to meet?Will the journey be tiresome??Will the climate be suitable?? But thanks to Panicker's and the people who travelled with us..Things were really better than we expected...All our doubts were clarified by the positive experience we had...The seven days was just fantabulous!!!

The first day was full of introductions and inhibitions....The very firstperson we identified in the first few hours in the bus was the non-stop speaker just behind us...I seriously wished he gave me some time to catch up my pending sleeptime...And my immediate neighbour,my silly or rather sleepy brother was unfazed by Mr.Noisy's non-stop lecture :)...Slowly we got to know each of the families in the bus....The first spot Pinjore garden helped us to explore people better...We found volunteers to click photographs for us and so did we with others... And post lunch the bus got still noisier ...Thanks to Mr.Noisy's interaction with other people and also to the children on board...Took few minutes for us to mingle with the kids...Each one was different...The first one we befriended happened to be from our city...Noisy little prankster..And slowly we got to know one another in the bus and that too by names... By the end of the day we got familiar with all the names and their background ...

Kufri-The next destination..1000's of kms above sea level,this place is worth a watch !!
Horse riding was the
only option to reach its peak..

The next day our journey towards Manali began..The beautiful deodar and apple trees were a feast to our eyes.And all throughout the journey towards that place it was like they were welcoming us to their land...Huge trees with widespread branches...What a lovely sight :)We started our sight seeing with Rohtang!!

The next day we experienced our first snowfall...Rohtang pass, a beautiful tourist location and famous for being the location for 'Roja'...Pudhu vellai malai...ringing in your mind ??? Snowy peaks spread far far away...Though the journey towards it was difficult, the snow faded our tiredness :) Really nostalgic...

The next destination was Chandigarh.."Oh my god, how hot it is here" was my first reaction the very moment we stepped out of our bus..The travel had been hectic...Rooms were allotted and each of us were feeling insecure that the wonderful journey was coming to an end...But all the tiny tots (of course including me) were keen to have some more fun..The day had started only then for us..I and Kar playing uno with the newly wed couples and Mr.Noisy's daughters..Real fun..That was the last night of the wonderful trip..The next day morning was filled with speeches rendered by the crew..Kissi ko bhi nahi choda...Thanks to Mr.Noisy for his effort...

Don't know how the 7 days had passed..Towards the end of the tour we made several new friends and the best part is all of us decided to stay in touch and touchwood we do :)

What else to say?? I am surely longing for such wonderful trips to happen again and again...Hope such occasions are destined not only for me but also for u:)