"Much Needed Break" ~ Off work but still onboard

We were in office and suddenly we planned for lunch and in couple of second we were out for lunch but ended up landing in decathlon and I was not in a mood to shop but I saw some bandana and without having a second thought I purchased some colorful bandana one out of each varient and we were back to our office without our initial motive of having lunch. I was wondering what to do with these many bandanas !!?But there is reason behind everything.

We were having party at our so called party place Me even after being an extrovert and a party person all the time was not completely dissolved in the party that day. There was something missing in me that even I wasn't able to discover. It's very rare that I am out before the party end but this time I was the first one to depart with some stupid excuses that I just cooked in my mind.

I just came at my place and started packing my bag with no plans about the location and I realised I didn't have a trek bag or stuff and no idea or place to go. Suddenly a plan crossed my mind to visit Rishikesh and while I was packing my bag I had talk with my roomie for looking for a cab to Rishikesh and he was influencing me to go to next day and he was a little confused too about my sudden plan. I was like "oo bhai jana hai to abhi Jana hai, and jaarha hu". In between this conversation my cab was booked and suddenly an idea hit my mind of solo bike trip to my destination. Riding had always been my first love.

My bike wasn't in a condition to go to Rishikesh so I asked my friend to get me his bike but his bike wasn't also not much relaible you know bachelor's things. I started looking for rental bikes at 00:00 and I wasn't getting any bikes then as it was pretty late but somehow I managed to get one with some extra charge but the owner was 30-40 kms away so I had a talk to my friend and he dropped me to the place where I would get my bike for the trip . On my way my friend was constantly asking me If I was sure about my decision for the trip and he asked me "ek baar dobara soch le" and I replied " agar dobara soch lia to kar hi nhi paunga aur koi thought mt daal, Abey jaani tu bus chod de mujhe" (being stubborn). My friend just handed me some cash for the trip as he knew I didn't keep cash in handy and we had the look at one of my favourite bike Avengers 220 we just looked for bike's condition and we completed the formalities. Meanwhile the owner of the bike was shocked on seeing the first person who was so desperate for the trip and even he advised me to depart the next morning but I told him "yaar tu tension na le , I will handle everything , tu chill maar and paas me the key" and this is how my unexpected , unplanned journey started !!

Without thinking twice I wore my protective gears, helmet and I just accelerated my bike from 0 to 100 in a go. On the way I was getting my bike tank full and I realised that there was low battery indication in my phone and I was even not aware about the direction to my destination. Ignoring this I kept walking through the road Signs like the one travelling in late 90's and at around 2 o clock I stopped at muzaffarnagar. I had tea with an old man who was asking me about my destination. What I notice now that there was zero visibility and low temperature so I need to put on my cloths. Haridwar was around 60km apart and I was getting excited and nervous at the same time. These 60 kms were very slow i was riding at a fast pace but the distance wasn't reducing and the enitre way I was thinking if my decision was right or not but the priority in my mind was to reach there safe , my bike was neither slow nor overspeed and suddenly a dog just came in front of my bike in the blink of an eye from the jungle and BAM! Realisation was after ten thumbles over 50 meters?the only thing I could see in this while my bike?was sparking while it was skitting on the road and I was dragged from left to middle of the road I just left my bike and It was 10-15 meter ahead of me . Meanwhile I was going through a series of flashback of my previous accidents and check myself if I was injured but Fortunately I was fine?

Yes , i laughed more and more in pain , actually it was happiness I guess that even after this terrible skit I was safe right from the back a car just stopped, a couple offered me bandage and medications and also some cigarettes and they suggested me that there is a dhaba nearby we decided to sit there have chai and sutta and I notice that there was no mark on my entire body except those scratches on my hand and meanwhile the girl said " yaar tu jo ghisda I thought tu gya but touchwood you are absolutely fine and smiling" after all this we had a quick intro about us and journey and i thanked them for helping in terrible situation After that I reached haridwar and just parked my bike and I just departed for Hari ki pori.

I went towards har ki pori I was thinking what to do now, then thoughts of office that road accident and all kept on hitting my head , at that very moment I thought of talking to any friend but that was too early to talk to any friend and then it came to my mind that one of ideal man must be waking now and immediately I called him and I told him all the story till now and he could experience that excitement and thrill he just told me like 'vaah mere cheeteh, tere ko dekh k bunny ki yaad aagyi, you are a rover man' . Don't worry about anything just enjoy your trip . He motivated me and after some conversation we disconnected the call and that conversation meant a lot for me, I kept the phone in my pocket and started running towards the river with full Josh I was so happy. I was feeling on cloud nine and that feeling is totally out of express that feeling is like when a mother is handed her baby for the first time.

There is a lot to say about the trip but this was my favourite part out off quki "safar khoobsurat hai manzil se bhi"?

After then I was out for rishikesh where I had rafting , camping, visited my beautiful cafe and I was roaming on streets of rishikesh as it we used to be free when we were on our materal home, later then I faced many more hurdles But I handled them happily, I enjoyed every part of it. I met a lot of strangers and made many friends which is my favourite part.There is a lot to say a lot to write a lot express but journey was worth remembering And rest of journey and the main trip part I’ll try to express with my captured moments and pictures.

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