25th june 2009
I was so exciting to travel in train for long duration. This was pre-planned two months before to visit new delhi during semester holidays. Traveller in the troop were IQBAL, PRABAKARAN, VIVEK &ME.Due to some reason Ravi could't join us. Every one met each other in chennai central where we were supposed to depart. We were very busy in buying our travel things. My dad&uncle were with me till the train comes to the platform. We found our compartment easily & berth too! Since we were very tired , slept soon as the train started.[TAMIL NADU EXPRESS]
26th june 2009
4:35am, when i woke it was ANDHRA , which appeared to be far different from what i thought, with mountain slopes. The place was Vijayawada. We got Nepolean&Maanicham (police personnel) good co-passengers as new friends. They two are very interesting, humorous people. So we did't find any difficulties passing time. The worst thing we hated throughout the travel was FOOD!
The train reached Nagpur at 4:30pm. Everyone went to get the nagpur special "gulfi ice". Me &vivek bought batteries for his digital camera. It started raining before when we reached Bhopal station. One more thing we came to know on that day was, "Travel duration was not 2days; just 30hours!
27th june 2009
Train arrived at New delhi @ 9:15am with a one &a half hour delay. Before reaching new delhi, we saw slums of delhi, which were in worst condition. As we planned earlier, Prabhakaran's friend Siva kumar, was to guide us throught our tour. And delhi was very strange to us! Soon after we arrived, we had an average breakfast in a tamil hotel. Found a lodge within one hour for 500 INR/day and refreshed. It was worser than we thought. The temperature was so high as our chennai and could't bear it.
I could see new trend in Rail. That's Delhi metro with well advanced features &hi -tech infrastructure. We were wondered&happy to travel in metro. Travelled to Chandini chowk to see our first sight seeing. That was 'RED FORT'. Started our photo- snapping there till battery dried. High light of the day was "jar full of banana milk shake for just 20 in a sardarji shop! "
28th june 2009
My day was made with a wonder of the world. Time to see Taj mahal, One of the wonders in world. Reached Agra at 12pm. We saw the Agra fort first and then a khadi kraft emporium, guided by a professional travel guide. Still the hated thing in our trip was the sunny climate. Everyone who have seen Taj mahal first can't forget it through their life including me. That was pretty awesome to see and i have realised the importance of love! Bought Agra special sweet "peda". We saw Madhura, Brindhavan while returning back to Delhi. Reached delhi at 2pm. Highlight of the day"BELIVE IT OR NOT we travelled in non-A/c seat in an A/c bus".
29th june 2009
The day was with full of local sight seeings in Delhi.
¤INDIA GATE
¤PARLIAMENT
¤VEER BHUMI
¤QUTB 'MINAR &more .
We could't see lotus temple &Nehru's home because of weekly holidays to them.
And finally visited one of the big masjid called "Jimmah masjid".
Still i did't purchase anything for me &home. And i prepared my shopping list. One more thing i saw was high level security everywhere in the city. Thorough check in metro , mall's and public places was strange to me but it was good.
30th june 2009
Started &shopping. Delhi is good place for shopping low cost items. But we should beware of cheaters &should be ready to face problems. We had problems when purchasing in palika bazar. Karol bagh is a nice place to buy cloths&home decorative items, but with that same precautions mentioned above.
1st july 2009
That was the day we planned to take rest. But iqbal only did that. Me, vivek, prabhakaran & siva went to a brand new temple. I don't know the name exactly, but it is near by common wealth games 2010. That was huge in area and architecture. Finally we vacated our room at 7:30pm. Started our return journey in the same tamil nadu express. Unfortunately we got old couple as co-passengers. Highlight of the day was i lost my brief case key!
2nd july 2009
What i thought happened! The day was so long , since we found very hard to pass time. Playing cards, chess , seeing through window gave some relaxation. The wonder in the return journey was, what we saw while going was not the same while coming. Because of heavy rain the places were lush with green that we could't see when we were going to Delhi.
3rd july 2009
The time was 6:45am when i confirmed that the train has entered tamil nadu. We were ready &waiting to get down till 7:15am. But the train arrived in chennai central @8:10am. A MORAL WE REALISED IN THIS TRAVEL IS "DON'T MAKE YOUR TRAVEL IN THE SUMMER SEASON!"
And the funny thing is i found my brief case key inside the brief case which was in unlocked condition.
Courtesy: SHARZ(Year diary 2009)
I was so exciting to travel in train for long duration. This was pre-planned two months before to visit new delhi during semester holidays. Traveller in the troop were IQBAL, PRABAKARAN, VIVEK &ME.Due to some reason Ravi could't join us. Every one met each other in chennai central where we were supposed to depart. We were very busy in buying our travel things. My dad&uncle were with me till the train comes to the platform. We found our compartment easily & berth too! Since we were very tired , slept soon as the train started.[TAMIL NADU EXPRESS]
26th june 2009
4:35am, when i woke it was ANDHRA , which appeared to be far different from what i thought, with mountain slopes. The place was Vijayawada. We got Nepolean&Maanicham (police personnel) good co-passengers as new friends. They two are very interesting, humorous people. So we did't find any difficulties passing time. The worst thing we hated throughout the travel was FOOD!
The train reached Nagpur at 4:30pm. Everyone went to get the nagpur special "gulfi ice". Me &vivek bought batteries for his digital camera. It started raining before when we reached Bhopal station. One more thing we came to know on that day was, "Travel duration was not 2days; just 30hours!
27th june 2009
Train arrived at New delhi @ 9:15am with a one &a half hour delay. Before reaching new delhi, we saw slums of delhi, which were in worst condition. As we planned earlier, Prabhakaran's friend Siva kumar, was to guide us throught our tour. And delhi was very strange to us! Soon after we arrived, we had an average breakfast in a tamil hotel. Found a lodge within one hour for 500 INR/day and refreshed. It was worser than we thought. The temperature was so high as our chennai and could't bear it.
I could see new trend in Rail. That's Delhi metro with well advanced features &hi -tech infrastructure. We were wondered&happy to travel in metro. Travelled to Chandini chowk to see our first sight seeing. That was 'RED FORT'. Started our photo- snapping there till battery dried. High light of the day was "jar full of banana milk shake for just 20 in a sardarji shop! "
28th june 2009
29th june 2009
The day was with full of local sight seeings in Delhi.
¤INDIA GATE
¤PARLIAMENT
¤VEER BHUMI
¤QUTB 'MINAR &more .
We could't see lotus temple &Nehru's home because of weekly holidays to them.
And finally visited one of the big masjid called "Jimmah masjid".
Still i did't purchase anything for me &home. And i prepared my shopping list. One more thing i saw was high level security everywhere in the city. Thorough check in metro , mall's and public places was strange to me but it was good.
30th june 2009
Started &shopping. Delhi is good place for shopping low cost items. But we should beware of cheaters &should be ready to face problems. We had problems when purchasing in palika bazar. Karol bagh is a nice place to buy cloths&home decorative items, but with that same precautions mentioned above.
1st july 2009
That was the day we planned to take rest. But iqbal only did that. Me, vivek, prabhakaran & siva went to a brand new temple. I don't know the name exactly, but it is near by common wealth games 2010. That was huge in area and architecture. Finally we vacated our room at 7:30pm. Started our return journey in the same tamil nadu express. Unfortunately we got old couple as co-passengers. Highlight of the day was i lost my brief case key!
2nd july 2009
What i thought happened! The day was so long , since we found very hard to pass time. Playing cards, chess , seeing through window gave some relaxation. The wonder in the return journey was, what we saw while going was not the same while coming. Because of heavy rain the places were lush with green that we could't see when we were going to Delhi.
3rd july 2009
The time was 6:45am when i confirmed that the train has entered tamil nadu. We were ready &waiting to get down till 7:15am. But the train arrived in chennai central @8:10am. A MORAL WE REALISED IN THIS TRAVEL IS "DON'T MAKE YOUR TRAVEL IN THE SUMMER SEASON!"
And the funny thing is i found my brief case key inside the brief case which was in unlocked condition.
Courtesy: SHARZ(Year diary 2009)
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