My Rendezvous Trip To India - PART 1

Ohhh.... finally I am back to where I started from , it's been quite some time since i have blogged about anything well it was cause I was on vacation with my parents and my primal destination was INDIA. When we say India all that comes up in our mind is it's upbringing of various cultures in just one country .... which is not quite seen in so many other countries of the world. We all know that India kindles more than one form of religion within ... but that's not what i want to tell you all... Let me start from the very beginning

It was 19th of July when we were supposed to make our first stoppage in India that is MUMBAI, what a wonderful and interesting city it is..... now isn't it ??? It is known as the city of Dreams, the city in which every person comes to fulfill their dreams which they probably couldn't do in their territory. So Mumbai is always open to every person from any part of the world , well a city with a big heart..... well that's just the intro, back to they story we had a very tiring journey of three and a half hours and by the time we reached Mumbai it was the next day 20th of July . And on the same day we were supposed to be off for Raipur(Chhattisgarh) from Kurla Station (Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - LTT). We barely had time to catch a breath . The next thing we know is we are on the road chasing a taxi which would take us to the station. We finally got a taxi after a 30 min stand. We were already falling behind and to add up to all the mess there was a huge traffic jam which pulled us  even more behind time, and then when we reach the station

NEWS FLASH !!!!!! THE TRAIN FROM LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS, GYANESHWARI EXPRESS HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ANOTHER RAIL ACCIDENT

As soon as i heard that it was a thunderclap to my ears .... I was in plain shock, after all we went through this is what we get. We decided to go and ask the officials if there was any other train that could take us to our next destination Raipur. It was hard to get the tickets since there were tons of other people whose train;s were cancelled or delayed due to the same accident around six train expresses were cancelled..


That was not the only problem we had excess luggage more than what 3 people could handle with ease, so we couldn't go around looking for some place to get tickets for 3 just like that. We took shifts in order to look after the luggage. It's Mumbai so it is usually crowded and the crowds in the railways may not be so welcoming. people keep on staring at you as if you're some kind of alien that has arrived in their territory...It was my turn to stay back with the luggage and in that time slot my parents went to get the tickets , it took them 1 WHOLE HOUR to come back i was expecting my dad too but he wasn't there , only my mum was back. 

Then the both of us waited and waited for at least another 2 hours it was already 11 pm and the place seemed a bit unsafe. Both of us were worried about my father, in this strange place where we do not belong anything could happen. We were really scared just the 2 of us ... my mum said she would go to search for him alone but i was scared and told her I wouldn't wait alone on top of that with me gone too who would take care of the luggage ..???? So both of us decided to take all of the luggage FIVE BAGGAGE'S with just the 2 of us . 

As soon as we set our foot out of the station a huge crowd of men started surrounding us and asked if we needed a cab or an auto we kept on ignoring them but they just wouldn't leave it was the most terrifying thing that could have happened at that time when we both were helpless we didn't even have a sim card for Mumbai which added up to our troubles no way of communicating to my dad.

Then we finally managed to get out of that crowd and started walking towards the booking office which was not that far but with the heavy loads on our backs and weak hands we couldn't go any faster ..... that short distance in this hard time seemed to be very long than what it was . We almost gave up but then we had to go on , everyone staring and wondering where these two are going . Finally we reached to the office and there we saw my dad we were overjoyed to see him as well as angry cause he just left us there alone with no means to contact him. 

He said that he had managed to get 3 seats in the BHUVANESHWARI EXPRESS for us but the train would only leave the next morning at around 5 am , since we had no means of going back home we had to wait overnight in the booking office itself which was quite uncomfortable but when we were together there was nothing to worry about. And the next day we went on that train and reached safely to Raipur.

This experience has taught me that there are worse things in life that can happen to us than the small things we keep on whining about .... " The fear that has been kindled in the minds of the young brave heart can somehow turn out to be true unexpectedly "

Always remember that only GOD and our hopes can save us in such tough times ......