Roadtrip

Me, Viral and Jain were dying to go some place once they were free with their CAT exams. They were raving about this place called Neemrana Fort, 198 kms away from my place on the Delhi - Jaipur highway. We had heard a lot about that place from our colleagues at the office. We had heard of a really cool adventure sport called Zipping being offered there by a company called the lying fox. Zipping or zip lining consists of a pulley suspended on a steel cable mounted on an incline. The incline along with the momentum of your body takes you from one point to another at speeds close to 70 kmph. Its at a decent height as well. Basically...loads of fun. Reading about it really made us excited to venture on this roadtrip. We packed the booze for the day...which was Vodka..cuz its winter and all, packed in some snacks for the way and headed towards Neemrana fort at 6:00 am in the morning. Actually I started at 6:00 am by my car towards Jain and Viral's place. Being the bitch*s that they are, they dint even get up when I started from my place. Anyways I reached their place at 6:30 as promised but waited for them to get ready and also had some much needed breakfast. We left Noida at 7:30 and started cruising the highways. Delhi has awesome roads esp when they are empty. I was cruising at 90kmph on the DND to the airport and finally on the NH8 which is not bad either. The drive was awesome..nice sunny day...heavy metal blaring into our ears and empty roads. We opened up the Vodka at about 9 in the morning..and finished half of it. I dont know what it was. but we were sufficiently high after having around 2 pegs each. We kinda stopped after that since we had to trek and other adventure sports stuff. We stopped around 15 kms away from the place at a small tea shop and enjoyed a nice cup of tea. Tea after the vodka was somehow really nice. I never had tea while I was high...and it does kinda take it to the next level. Anyways I can go on and on about alcohol. We reached the place at 10:00am. Its a huge fort...with loads of sculptures and the works. We reached the Flying fox guys who told us that they can move our slot to 11:00 am instead of 1 pm. Since there wasnt much to do in the fort, we agreed. We were all really very excited...and also a bit high. We trekked for 1.5 kms uphill which sobered us up real nice. We had a small practise session before the real thing. There are 5 zips in total. Zip 2 is like the longest in south asia. Its close to 400 mts. That was awesome. Zipping does get your adrenaline right up there..its like flying!..the wind on your face feels awesome. Sometimes if your weight isn't completely balanced, the wind sways you to the sides. Its a nice feeling to just let go..and for fatsos like me..the momentum really helps. After the zip lines, we headed for lunch at the fort. We were informed that lunch would cost us Rs. 1100 (or 1400?) per person. We promptly decided against it and thought of having lunch at a roadside dhaba. Since there wasn't much to see on the fort, we left for Delhi at about 3 after having lunch at a restaurant nearby. The drive back was equally fun except for the small rush near the Delhi Airport...but the second half of the vodka kinda lifted our spirits. We reached at 5:30 and since we were crossing South Extension, decided to head towards Cafe Morrison. Its a nice little pub which plays rock and metal. However, maybe because we were tired or the crowd wasnt that cool...the entire atmosphere inside was pretty boring. The music was not loud, there was only chinese on the menu and they were offering 1+1 happy hour beers only for Kingfisher pints. Anyways we had a couple of beers and headed back. I reached my place at 8:30 or so but hit the sack early since I was really tired. All in all an awesome trip...would love to do it again!