this diwali(2006) while going home i travelled in ac. and as there wasn't much disturbance i happen to write a small experience of my journey, a travelogue. well this is the first time in my life that i ve written anything like this.
k here we go-
A Travelogue
When the train is traveling at a speed less than 20-30 kmph, it would need a Sherlock Holmes or Sir M Vishweshwaraiah to find out if the train is really in motion ( Unless you are not looking out of the window). Though this is not the first time that i am traveling in second ac, this is very much the first time I'm writing anything like this.The beds here are much more spacious than those in the sleeper class where we usually travel, & much more softer ...mmm... No need to carry a blanket or a shawl as they supply two white bed sheets, a white pillow and a blanket ( like the ones provided in the hospitals!). Nice cool air breezing as the ac window ( or the ventilator) is right above me here in the upper berth.I always prefer upper berth because the person in the lower berth or middle berth is some what dependent on me! If they wanna sleep they should request me that " I wanna sleep please go to your berth ". and if I leave my stuff there on the lower berth & if I am not present there then they will have to pick it and place it on my berth, well they may choose to throw it away, but nobody has done that till now. And sleeping on upper berth also gives me a feeling that " I am on top ! ".
Upper berth i mean upper berth, and not side upper. whenever i travel by side upper/lower, I sor
t of have a body ache the next day and even the journey isn't quite comfortable.I guess the reason for this is - when you are traveling in a train, you experience different vibrations. But the majority of the vibrations experienced are in a direction perpendicular to the motion of the train. i.e if the train is moving towards north u vibrate in the east-west direction [ sounds like a student preparing for IIT-JEE!].So if you are in side upper/lower (SU/SL) you vibrate left to right and not from head to toe!
One more thing I forgot to mention about this second ac, i.e the bed lamp they provide for each berth. And I'm really really thankful to this bed lamp. Its only because of this bed lamp I've been able to write about the experience of this particular journey. The time now is 11:15 pm and almost everybody not only in my compartment but the entire bogie is sleeping
When i reserved my ac ticket i actually expected to see some nice chicks here but as usual the lady luck wasn't shinning on me. there is not a single girl in the age bracket 16-24, in our coach! Can you believe it? But there are quite a few chicks in the sleeper coaches . Thats always like that, whenever I travel by sleeper there are good chicks in ac. and when i come to ac they go to sleeper. Oh...! wait a minute, may be they went to sleeper thinking that i'l be in sleeper!! possible, isn't it?
Usually in this Mysore--dharwad express there are 4 sleeper coaches, but today there are 6 as today happens to be the eve of the diwali vacations. Many of my friends bb, pp1,pp2 ( all L-3 lkbs) and many others are in general coach they forgot to book their ticket and now there isn't a single square centimeter area available to place your toe and balance yourself for the entire journey! Poor Fellas ! But they came two hours early & are lucky to have placed their ass on some wood.
before starting to write this i was reading a novel and suddenly i started writing.
"What is the name of the novel i was reading?"
there is a catch.
Yes, you are right. i.e
"Catch-22".
One more thing I forgot to mention about this second ac, i.e the bed lamp they provide for each berth. And I'm really really thankful to this bed lamp. Its only because of this bed lamp I've been able to write about the experience of this particular journey. The time now is 11:15 pm and almost everybody not only in my compartment but the entire bogie is sleeping
When i reserved my ac ticket i actually expected to see some nice chicks here but as usual the lady luck wasn't shinning on me. there is not a single girl in the age bracket 16-24, in our coach! Can you believe it? But there are quite a few chicks in the sleeper coaches . Thats always like that, whenever I travel by sleeper there are good chicks in ac. and when i come to ac they go to sleeper. Oh...! wait a minute, may be they went to sleeper thinking that i'l be in sleeper!! possible, isn't it?
Usually in this Mysore--dharwad express there are 4 sleeper coaches, but today there are 6 as today happens to be the eve of the diwali vacations. Many of my friends bb, pp1,pp2 ( all L-3 lkbs) and many others are in general coach they forgot to book their ticket and now there isn't a single square centimeter area available to place your toe and balance yourself for the entire journey! Poor Fellas ! But they came two hours early & are lucky to have placed their ass on some wood.
before starting to write this i was reading a novel and suddenly i started writing.
"What is the name of the novel i was reading?"
there is a catch.
Yes, you are right. i.e
"Catch-22".

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