A trip to Jhakri

I reached Shimla at 5:20 pm this sunday with two of my juniors (not facchhas type but colleagues) from Chandigarh. That day my luck was written by , u know with what".

"Aisa karte hain aaj hi wapas Jhakri chalte hain..ek chhutti bhi bach jayegi (we had night shift that night)." .."Ok"..all agreed.

"So where to find the bus to Jhakri"..."Hmm..Shimla ISBT pe khadi to dekhi hai kai baar"."Pehle wahin dekh lete hain"

ruko...let's ask that guy (koi coolie jaisa tha)..."Bhaiyya, ye Jhakri ke liye bus kahan ..."

"are aap ko to lakkad baazar jana padega..us side ki bus wahin se chalti hai..."

Somehow we reached lakkad bazaar (kahde khade local bus me kandhe toot gaye bag latka ke)..

"Yahan konsi bus hai..yahan to koi nahin khadi"

Let's ask that man," Uncle, ye Jhakri ke liye bus.."....aap yahan kahan aa gaye...5:00 baje ke baad to main ISBT se hi milti hai us side ki bus.

"Hadd hai ", Abused that coolie type guy.

Again back to ISBT...obviously local bus ke dhakke khate hue...

"ruko, pehle is sumo wale se pata karlo, shayad ye shared taxi hai"...Bhaiyya Jhakri chaloge..share karlo..aur logo ko bhi baitha lena....

"Haan haan kyu nahin".."kitne paise loge"..."1500"..."teen aadmi ke 1500!!".... "Saale taxi share kar raha hai ki humme paise share kar raha hai....100Rs lagte hain ek ke"

"Abe bus pata karo"...On the counter," 517 ja rahi hai"

c'mon quickly, saaman rakho..khali padi hai bus...

bus ki seat pe baitha gawar buddha said," kahan saman rakh rahe ho, poori bus booked hai..aapko saman utarna pad jayega"

"ticket counter to khali pada hai ...book kaise ho gayi"....

gawar said,"are hum 3 din pehle se ticket kara ke baithe hain" ""bahut badhiya kaam kar ke baitha hai na"" I thought.

Saale gawar log, computer ka C nahin pata par online ticket book kara ke baithe hain...

Next bus at 8 pm but that was also booked as told by a man inside the counter.

let's catch up that taxi..500 is not a big deal.

"bhaag gaya, B ka".."lag gayi free ki chhutti"....let's go tomorrow morning by staff's bus (company wali)

next day..

guard standing at the door of corporate office.."bhaiyya ye SJVN ke bus kahan khadi hai "

"hee hee, aap yaha kahan aa agye .hee hee...aap seedhe chale jayiye..wahan se right turn aayega..to us road pe neeche chalte jana ...last me wahan bus mil jayegi..10:30 pe chalti hai..hee hee"

15 min., we walked down the slope..at last...we found the bus..still doors were locked...

At 10 pm..driver came..."kahan ghus rahe ho...pass kahan hain..."

"konse pass...ID card hai"..."Pass banwane padenge"..."To bana do"..

"hee hee..ye to wahin banenge..corp. office"..."Wo UKP guard pehle nahin bata sakta tha"

"aap log aisa karo..saaman bus me rakh do..chadhai me thak jaoge..waise bhi hum to 10:30 tak yahin khade hain"....."theek hai"

"let's go by stairs , they are shortcut to upper road"

they were around 500 in numbers..stairs...haalat kharab ho gayi ...

At corporate office,"booking kahan se karani hai"..."Go to the top floor".."saare kaam upar hi hote hain to neeche ke maale tudwa do na"..in frustration

Again 100 stairs....and we booked 3 tickets.

climbed down 100 stairs..."ab seedhi se mat utaro..slope se chalo..agar bus wala chalega to beech me mil jayega"....reached where bus has to be there but it disapparated...."kahan gayi""Saala saaman leke bhaag gaya"....

Jamadaar,"Bhaiyya yahan bus thi ek".."wo to bahut pehle chali gayi"

what the hell do we do now..no phone number of that driver.."oopar chalo..Seedhi se!!...ab nahin chhad sakta fir se...."...chhad hi gaye..legs were numb..heart beat was 200...agar moonh zayada khul jata to dil bahar aa jata..

"wo raha saala wahan khada hai...".."kahan der kar di aap logo ne.."

khoon khaul utha.=the blood boiled but said nothing.

chalo aaram se jaenge to sahi ab...we chose the seats that were in front..kyu ki bus zyada badhiya nahin thi..aage ka part kam ucchhalta hai...BUS ka"

2 hours were passed comfortably..."Excuse me, aap dono zara yahan aa jayiye..bachha pareshan ho raha hai..yahan bahut hil rahi hai na isliye so nahin pa raha"...

Good enough, now we have started social serving...

In mind,"bhagja yahan se, hum kyu kahli kare, hume nahin lagenge dhachke ??"

we said," Aapne pehle kyu nahin bataya, aa jayiye koi problem nahin hai"

the baby was really cute, here's the pic

Then our bhaangra started and continued for 3:30 hrs. Bus ka suspension itna acchha tha ki..hum hawa me hi rahe at most of the time...agar us time ultrasound kiya jata..to every organ was shifted toward chest...my friend who was trying to control nature's call from kufri...mujhe lagta hai uske andar Froth Floatation process ho gaya hoga uchha uchhal ke...

SOOO,,

If u wish to travel beyond Shimla..please either u should have 3000 Rs in ur pocket or forget about it.