I love traveling. One thing that i realized after coming to engg college is that the thing i always wanted to do was to travel, with friends, adventure group or strange people; like they show on discovery channel! Going to different places, eating their food, interacting with the people...it's kinda fun!
I had been to Jaipur with college people and had an altogether amazing experience.Firstly because 70 of us had boarded the train without confirmed tickets.And secondly because it turned out to be the best part (now that i think about it, at that time...it sucked a bit!). traveling on "waiting list" is a whole new experience...u get to see the other side of the journey. The bathroom doesn't seem that unclean, you get used to stench, the most comfortable seat turns out to be near the door close to the basin! and you manage to sleep on the narrow side berth with at least two people sitting at your legs. you don't even care when your cheek gets stuck to the seat while sleeping( coz u ave nt put any chaddar) you are just happy that after forcing your eyes to stay open for the whole night you have found a flat surface to sleep on...you finally get to stretch your legs. And no matter of the morning sounds that you hear, the cries of children, the chaiwallas, the other "wallas"...you ignore them, you don't get irritated...all you do is sleeeeep...till the confirmed person wakes you up.Then you move on somewhere else where there is space and the journey continues. In between you get to be with your fellow mates...you play with them...chat, eat, talk in code languages, laugh, get down on random stations in the middle of the night, yell when there is a tunnel coming up, get choked by smelling the gas given out by people (as you are so close to the bathroom!). all in all this kinda journey is a must for a student, you actually learn management and the art of talking to people!
