Manali and Beyond ..

Manali and Beyond:


12 April 2005, Monday
Class meets at Science Block – HOD was angry for class bunk on Friday
HOD in Allahabad - blessing in disguise
All teachers decline, jeopardizing our co-masti trip.
R.C.Sharma Sir to our Rescue.
Mr. Srivastava obliges with family to Shravan and Yatish

13 April 2005, Tuesday

Room’s Reservation at HTTDC, Janpath
Sanjay’s Lunch at my place + Packup
Run to campus + Sanjay needs bank
Bus arrives and so do the rest.
Shimla’s ankle-strain
Deepak calls
Bhupesh and Meena are interested
Last pickup at M2K Multiplex of Mrs Saroj Bala mam.
Balloons
Grands please!!
Chungi at Haryana Border
Dinner at Murthal + triple sum-breakup
Late Night songs
Short bumpy Detour
Hooch’s in and Sharma’s smokes behind the curtain.
Sanjay & Priyanka’s tate-a-tate.

14 April 2005, Wednesday
Baby awakens many of us.
Nobody sleeps like Karan – I should know.
Mandi and Kullu
Tea- Break at riverside restaurant
Triple Gaurav Incident, Part – I
Rohtang Manalsu – We check in & Room Allotment and Scramble

Sumit, Karan, Nipun check out
Lunch
Hidimba and Ghatotkach Temple
Manu Temple
Splash - Sanjay & Baby incident and I hurt G1’s feelings
Chanchal and me at Club
Shooting at Manali
G1 and Shravan arrange for tommorow’s trip
Dinner from Gaurav Singh’s restaurant in Mall
Tommorow’s Provisions by NAPN: Bread, butter and jam
Early sleep
What did Triple Gauravs do in Night, Part -II

15 April 2005, Thursday
Bravely into bathrooms to bathe with cold water and wash clothes with hot water.
Leave in 2 qualis
I am driving here after 1 year (at 70 kmph on road- winds!!)
Rented Snow outfits
Shooting of Akshay Kumar’s Kashmir-based Movie
Army check-post and first snow –line crossed
How car skids in snow? Tyre Technology
Rohtang Pass
Anupama and Neetu not well
Ash and Karan on Snow bike from the word go….
Me and Shravan-follow them.
Glad I am alive..- Dhasohar lake is aptly named
The race to the top leaving Ash below
Fun with snowmen and tyres
Small T-Break and price negotiation with snow-bike wallah
Halt at Army Check-post
Arrival at Hotel and the teachers now start for the trip in the bus.
Group – I to Hidimba Temple, Shopping and Trekking
Group-II to Aqua and Rope games
We hurry back for aslept Anupama – this lady can shame a polar bear.
Triple Gaurav Incident – Part – III: Others fall for Vyas’s fall
Me and Shravan to Monastry and Price Comparision.
G1 arranges for the fire.
We have dinner down at the mall road.
Song and Dance by fire.


16 April 2005, Friday
The great bathroom Crunch
Triple Gaurav Incident: Part-IV: Main Aisa Kyoon Hun
Walk for battery and Camera Reel, and Nehru statue
We all check out.
Spend time playing ONO. Thanks due to Priyanka Anand.
Manikaran and Gurudwara
Does water – splash burn? Ask Sanjay
Dinner at a small road-side dhaba
Kabab mein Haddi, But how was I to know?
Late Night halt

17 April 2005, Saturday
Arrival in Delhi and most leave at Madhuban Chowk
Vomit King
Breakfast for the driver – I knew he was a Pahari (close to my village!!)
A valuable camera Reel is lost. But it is like ‘gore mukh pe kala tilka’.