So, we were off finally. The flight was on time and the Hyderabad airport felt so good. Surely the best domestic airport we have in India without any doubt. I could even browse for an hour free of cost courtesy free WIFI connectivity hamper from Tata guys.
Once we reached Delhi airport the horrors started. We were en route to Kalka from Delhi on Kalka Shatabdhi express where the next day we had to catch the early morning Kalka-Shimla toy train. Since we had more than a couple of hours to kill, we had some decent enough food at the domestic airport. After that when I coolly walk to the Meru & Easy cabs counters located in the airport, they say they don’t have any cabs. And the government run prepaid taxi counter line was like a kilometer long. There we were in the India’s capital city’s domestic airport waiting for a taxi for almost 2 hours. Finally, we could get one and hopped into it only to revisit the horrors of traffic jams we experience now-a-days only in Bangalore. Finally after sobbing a lot, we reached the railway station a good one hour earlier to the scheduled departure.
The railway station of New Delhi is easily the worst one I have seen in my whole life. I hate to say this, but after seeing the pathetic condition of New Delhi railway station I understood why we are still called a third world country. I could see a couple of foreigners feeling so uptight seeing the surroundings. I felt like collecting some money from all of those likeminded travelers [including me] who were bearing that station and donating the money to the local authorities so that they can do something about it. At the very least, they could clean the platform once in a week.
Finally the train came which was a relief and we reached Kalka at around 10 pm. I could manage a just about manageable room to rest for the night and we grabbed a quick bite before crashing off.
Here is the stuff I was packing up yesterday.
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