The Born Wanderer

Its 09:30 of another Delhi winter Saturday and I am listening to my favorite track - Nostalgia by Yanni, the tune which makes me feel refreshed. Trying to recollect the last day's experience at Goa. Its ot very difficult as things are as fresh as it was on 24th Dec -06. It was 23rd evening and I was almost packed and ready to go. I had my train reservation on 25th to Kerala. I had planned the trip with 24 buffered to see how Goa celebrates Christmas. It was evening now and we, Suresh, Kiran (he is the cool Reddy garu in the earlier part, I just came to know his full name that evening), Satish, Me, Manesa and the naughty little girl Mandara, went out to check out for some restaurant at Panaji and to have some feel of the night there. We were accompanied by Nayan and Amol. Since I was looking for an accommodation for the 24th night at Goa, I was in the lookout for a hotel room for that night. If you are looking for an accommodation during the Christmas or New year time, mind you, its

I reached back home yesterday evening and after settling my stuffs, started writing whatever I could recollect. Please ignore any spell mistake or grammatical ones. I just wrote as it came to my mind. Here it goes..... The day started on 15th morning and I got ready for my long awaited trip to the wild nature. It was the initial stages of Delhi’s winter and the temp was a bit low though it didn’t matter much as I was excited about my forthcoming travel. The excitement of hearing the powerful horn of the electric engine and the imagination of seeing the moving engine while the train takes a turn was all over my mind. BTW, I wanted to be a Diesel engine driver in my childhood ;-). Left home at around 08:15 hrs and said goodbye to my sis who was at home on a short vacation. Reached the station at 09:00 hrs and got into S1, placed my stuffs at UP 19 and waited for the train to move. 09:30 hrs and the powerful horn indicated that I was about to start my vacation in the next second and it di