Roadtrip!

It was the first time the entire gang was together for an outing. There was booze, music, the never-ending blabber, pretty scenery and awesome weather. We had to leave Delhi at 8pm but we only managed to start at 10 pm. I was kinda mad at some ppl for being late and stuff but beer calmed down my nerves and it was all fun again. Viral had brought his Bose Soundock speakers which were truly awesome. Although I dint get to play my music on the bus (hail bollywood loving crowd), I used 'em in my hotel room. After getting drunk on a few beers and a round of dumb charades, we reached a dhaba for dinner at about 1 am. We resumed our journey and slept the rest of the night away till cool breeze from the window woke me up. We had reached the mountains. It was pretty cool. Although I was sleepy as hell but I really could not miss the view. A bunch of us tired of seeing everyone sleep..created a ruckus soo bad that everyone had to get up. We stopped for tea at another tiny li'l place..where we also got the chance to freshen up. After tea we were told there was rafting on the way to Manali. We reached the place in the evening. We suited up and I got this really tight water suit which showed off my "assets". Anyways, the rafting was soo much fun. It was a much needed activity..since everyone had started feeling the tiredness of the travel. The ultra cool water rejuvenated us all. We headed for the hotel which was around half an hour from that place. The hotel was awesome...there was a bar ... a discotheque and the rooms were nice and luxurious and had awesome views. We freshened up and went for Mall Road. Its a shopping street similar to Sarojini Nagar. I couldnt find anything interesting but did manage to get soda and some snacks for the daaru party. We headed back..opened up the bottles and spent some time boozing away. We couldnt drink much since me and subhash had to meet the manager and talk to him regarding the sightseeing and all. As it is everyone was really tired..and hence we all went to sleep. We were I was up bright and early and got dressed by 5:00 am. However none of the others were ready..so I had this huge task of waking everyone up and screaming at them to get ready. With our packed breakfasts, we were on our way to Rohtang Pass. It was the most scenic drive ever. It was awesome! I just could not stop clicking away my camera. We reached the ski point...ohh yah I had my first experience skiing. It was soo much fun and I picked it up very quickly. The trick is to keep your weight forward all the time...and you wouldn't fall. We were not allowed to go on bigger slopes...sadly. We spent loads of time in the snow..clicking pictures and drinking tea. It was time for us to head back for paragliding to Solang Valley. It was a long trek to the bus but the panoramic view kept us interested all the way back. Also Shruti falling in the dirt also kept us in good moods. Back in the bus, we enjoyed the drive down the mountain. A bunch of ppl who were sitting in the front starting singing ol' sappy bollywood songs. Unable to bear the songs, me, Viral and Mukul went into this raunchy mode and started singing all the vulgar Bollywood songs to counter attack. And damn what ensued was a battle won by cheapness and vulgarity. We laughed our asses off the entire time. Easily the best time ever. We soon reached Solang Valley. It was getting cloudy which was bad news for us since the weather has to be totally clear for paragliding. As expected, the paragliding guys had packed up but asked us to wait for sometime for the weather to get cleared. We had lunch in the meantime and took some pics since it was a beautiful spot. However, the weather gods played foul and we could not paraglide. On our way back we visited the Hidimba temple which was pretty cool. We reached the hotel and spent some time at the riverside. Its always a nice feeling sitting by the river. When it became a bit dark we ventured back to our rooms for the much awaited daaru party. We boozed the night away and asked the room service guys to get our dinner upstairs. We finished boozing up till like 10:00 - 10:30 and went downstairs at the discotheque. After about an hour we came back still sufficiently drunk, tired but happy about how the day went. The next morning we had to pack up and leave for Delhi. We stopped at Manikaran on the way. There's this gurudwara and a Shiv temple. It also has a natural sulphur spring bath. The water was waay too hot for me and I dint go inside the bath. We spent an hour there and had breakfast at the langar. We resumed our journey and we were all too tired to do anything. My voice had gone phut! I was barely able to talk and hence decided to give my mouthpiece a much needed break. I slept all along the way..and after almost 20 hours of travelling we reached back to Delhi. I was sleepy, tired, my throat was bad and my legs were aching as hell..wow what an awesome trip!