Chasing The Mumbai Dream

Hey frnds thrs no denying this fact that good times just flies away so fast and wid it leaves so much of good memories which we cant forget for our lifetime.the same way we have reached to the end of our 4 years of engg which we call as our honeymoon period.1 thing that all of us wanted and was still left unfulilled was a trip to Goa & Mumbai (specially sandy's much talked abt Hiranandani).But every time our plan failed coz of 1 reason or the other.But the enthu of being in final year just got us a unique method of saving our plan from getting failed.This time we planned and 1st thing we did that we booked our tickets so that no1 can back off after that.And this plan was indeed so successful that we gonna use it in our other trips too.

We were already on a trip to IIT kgp and had just 1 day break to start a painful long journey of 36 hrs.but the sheer excitement of our dreams getting fulfilled was enough to again fill us wid all the energy.So finally we left for mumbai and a train journey that too so long wid all the frnds is alway full of so much fun.After 36 long hrs of not so painful journey we put our 1st foot on mumbai soil at 6 in the morning and 1 thing that hit us instantly was the way this big city has exploded in population and this fact was quite easily visible wid the local trains so much crowded that not even 1 inch of space was left.we somehow garnered enough courage to board one of them wid our luggage and plight after that is an experience in itself.Nirmal's body acquired shapes wid the way the space was available wid feets not even finding ground and hands firmly on the hanger .thr was a constant sound of lots of aahs and oohs which we finally found was frm pritam's mouth.we reached our destination and had to jump of the train bfore it even stopped.it was a big sigh of relief wen all of us got off the train wid each one of us a diff story to tell of his plight.now it was time to settle down and sandy took us to his relatives' home and intrduced us to his family and kool bros.we recharged our gears wid some mumbai special vada pao .

Now it was time to explore and we again boarded one of the local trains to reach the historical VT(victoria terminus) a world heritage site. Time for another history lesson as we reached the gateway of india and monumental hotel taj adding to its glorious beauty.Till then our own ishaan awasthi(pritam) was so pareshaan being the first timer to a big city like this.He was as always so confused and had his own fundoo theories of watever came across him.From the gateway of india we decided to visit Elephanta caves to add to our ever growing tally of visits to world heritage sites.it was 1 hr ride on a steamer and we all were so excited abt it.the view of so many other ships nd cruises and ishaan's question made this 1 hr so much of fun.actually ishaan being so inquistive abt everthing and being so smart in history had taken elephanta caves 4 something else.just the similarity of the name filled him wid the hopes of seeing lots of elephants thr. Finally we reched thr and bfore even starting we felt like eating something.The only restaurant available thr was so much overpriced that we decided to fill our belly wid free daal that they were providing and at last even the waiter was fed up wid the amount of dal we ordered.after being fresh again we went to see all the different caves wid just 1 question in our mind"what the hell he was thinking who made such sculptures out of stones that too in such a place whoever stupid he was" .But the sculptures were beautiful enough for us to pose for that 1 memorable pic(For jaadu it was too many memorable pics considering his passion for getting clicked).Till then sandy had found a beautiful blonde and made her our bhabhi bfore even telling us.we were so amused wid the fact that she was following us whereever we went which may be accidental or in fact we were following her.Now it was time for us to leave and steamer was w8ing for us.every1 was happy wid the experience wid a tinch of dissapointment on ishaan's face as he culdnt find even a single elephant thr.In this utter dissapointment ishaan came up wid his sentimental dreams of becomingthe "3rd largest reichest person of india" (god knows wat that means).

after getting on the shore 1st thing we did was to find an MCD and then we went to fashion street whr ever1s different techinique at bargaining for stuffs was at display.Sandy being a mumbaikar was a frontrunner and final purchase was always done at the price which he decided.Buying all those branded stuffs for just rs 120 took us a lot of time and we decided to drop the plan of juhu beach and rather go to Marine drive.Marine drive and the fascinating view of the city frm thr was quiet exciting and the excitement made all of us pee at that historical place.but this call of nature made life difficult for sandy as a couple always used to pop up of even the least expected places whenever he was abt to pee.Seeing this place as a great lover's point and the romantic side of mumbai our own cassanova Ishaan decided then and thr that whatever be the case ,he is going to join WIPRO mumbai only.it was quite late till then and we decided to call it a day and went back to sandy's place where some great home food was waiting for us.here also ishaan showed his calibre and gulped watever he was offered as he never believes in saying no.Mee ,nikhil, nirmal nd jaadu behaved decently but ishaan culdnt say no to that 1 big glass of milk that he was offered after eating so many stuffs (God knows how he created that much space in his small belly).our plans for next day was a visit to water kingdom and then we had to leave for goa.but 1 thing was still left and we all felt incomplete without this.how can we forget that place which sandy has vivdly explained and raped our ears since first year teling abt it.We all including sandy's bros went to the much hyped hiranandani at 11 in the night whr i called i bro(subrat) studying at IIT mumbai.at 1 in the night we made a trip to iit mumbai and the beautiful powai lake. my day was finally over at 2.

It was the start of our day 2 at mumbai and we all were excited abt Water kingdom and every1 was humming those lines of that age old ad which said "essel world me rahunga main ghar nahin jaunga main". we all were geared up and after 2 hrs of long journey we reached at the outskirts of mumbai almost out of the city where we culd see the big hoardings and rides of essel world and water kingdom.we culdnt wait anymore and paid for tickets and clothes and went for those joy rides.till then nirmal had had quite a normal trip.but how can everything be normal wid nirmal.This khate pite ghar ka bahut jyada khane peene wala ladka has so much fear of heights that we had to eventually beg bfore him to go for 60 degree ride.our constant nagging,taunts,respect for 350 bucks he spent nd bravery shown those small kids finally made him make 1 go at it and he did.and this 1st 60 degree became his last ride as while coming down frm it he amost flew in the air wid his hands and legs which he was instructed to cross were distant apart.He came down as a an armyman frm a lost battle and surrendered in front of us who were laughing our asses out at him.after that he quit and directly went to drifting river wid a tube where even five year old kids dont prefer to go as it can degrade their reputation in front of society and gals.rest of us had a great time thr specially wid the 90 degree ride and rain dance. Nirmal at the mean time met a drunk uncle who advised him to get a can of beer if he wanna do away wid his heightophobia.We all repeated our rides to make the most of those 350 bucks we payed thr.Those 3 hrs of non stop masti left us energyless and wid water water every where.time for us to go back pack pur bags and bid gudbye to mumbai and make a start to he next phase of our grand trip as we reached bus stand whr a volvo destined for goa was waiting for us.