2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/diabl020/rss.xml I'm about to go on a little trip. Nothing spectacular. All I wish to achieve is that I Be. Be nothing.. just Be. I've quit my job, and when I get back I begin preparing for the next big thing in my life. Vague, I know... Let's see how this blog works out. It'll be my 8th blog, but my first Travel blog. http://www.getjealous.com/diabl020 http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=204148&go=diabl020 So.. it's finnaly time. We're leaving Mcleodganj today, taking a 7PM Bus to delhi... a long and .. long 12hr journey. From there we'll take a train to Mumbai on the 13th... Back home on the 14th. Now I understand what peolpe mean by a "Love-Hate" relationship with Mumbai city. I hate the cramped spaces, the noise, the pollution, the crowded streets, the traffic jams.. blah blah. but I can't... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=204148&go=diabl020 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=202595&go=diabl020 Pictures!! -> All the PICTURES!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/32091774@N00/ Whoosh! Into Mcleod Ganj.. Our Bus from Manali was bang on at 7:30 PM IST - which contrary to popular belief actually stands for India Stretchable Time.. Good, now you know. Met two spanish guys on the bus, hardcore trekkers.. Boldly go where no chubby sindhi has (or ever will) gone before! Besides that... Beutifu... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=202595&go=diabl020 Sat, 7 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=200893&go=diabl020 nor rain nor wind nor snow .... or even them herbrew keyboards shall stop me from blogging!! muhahahaha! Damn fcking dstupid keyboards... Old Manali... it's OLD.. and its MANALI!!! Did you know what people in mumbai call Manali Cream is actually called Malana cream. Malana's this places near Kasol.. well.. up and over a moutain away. The best hash in the world (so I've been told) comes from... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=200893&go=diabl020 Tue, 3 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=199903&go=diabl020 Heya.. damnit! We've been having a great time in Kasol.. Good trails.. some off-roading which resulted in me get scratched by some nasty thorny plants.. Beautiful hidden places, where you can go right down to the stream. I'm going to have to make proper entries when I get to Manali .. assuming they have better net connections there. This place is horrible..Well.. it's a small town, what else ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=199903&go=diabl020 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=198669&go=diabl020 Hie ho Hie ho.. off to Kasol we go! Alllrighty.. After a 12 hr bus journey on the way to Manali, we got off at Bhuntar and caught a cab to Kasol. Split the ride with a british guy Eddie.. Really cool chap. He's been coming to Kasol for the last 15 years!! He's even built his own house here. He insisted on paying the larger share of the cab fair.. Momo and me are planning to take him out for a dr... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=198669&go=diabl020 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=198085&go=diabl020 So the fair went well eh? Yeh yeh.. spoke to the admissions guys from Kelly, berkely and other such colleges. I might have a better chance than I thought... or perhaps they just want me to think that way,. Sneaky bastards Oh yeh... Cute girl at the Princeton Review counter... Seems to have visited Mumbai before,, lived really close to my place.. Got her number.. :) Hey! I didn't ask for i... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=198085&go=diabl020 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=197634&go=diabl020 Excited.. nervous..? Nah.. Well.. a bit apprehensive.. anxious too..? The MBA Tour is in Delhi today. Since I was going to miss it in Mumbai on the 30th, I decided to visit it in Delhi instead... Which is why we're leaving on the 26th, instead of the 25th.. A day wasted... I must make the most of it. Ok... Travel travel travel.. after all this is a travel blog. Travel travel.. where shoul... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=197634&go=diabl020 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=197334&go=diabl020 23rd: Evening Momo and Bini turned up at around 5pm... they're train was delayed 7 hours.. and they had a lot of trouble. Conversation... old friends catching up.. Honestly, I felt kinda left out. But, when your with a bunch of old friends, that's inevitable. So, I just hung by the sidelines and listened in... which was alright. Stoob's got this small boucny ball in the room (like a small b... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=197334&go=diabl020 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=196875&go=diabl020 What eet ees? I've gotten into Dilli, it's 1PM, and the chaps that've invited me on this lil'excursion haven't shown up yet... 5 hrs late so far. So, the train ride.. It was alright. Sat across from a dude from Dilli who was a nice chap, but he spoke shudh hindi, and I barely speak Mumbai Hindi,.. which is just messed up. So, conversation was an effort, but it passed the time. Another chap, ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=196875&go=diabl020 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=196496&go=diabl020 Captain's Log, Stardate bleh bleh bloo bloo... Beeep! something like that.. yeh.. whatever. 22nd of Sept 2006, 4:00 PM train. Mumbai Rajdhani, Mumbai Central to Delhi in around 17 hours. Wanted to fly there, but the damn Rs.975 Tax is ridiculous. The cheapest tickets were Rs. 2600, so I settled for 3 tier AC at Rs.1500 I'll put down expenditure here too, helps me keep track. Now I don'... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=196496&go=diabl020 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT