Chhavi and I are heading out again, this time to the hills. So another daughter mother trip is about to start, It is a last minute trip. Actually my institute declared one full week of holidays after Diwali and it was such a opportunity to go traveling again! We are heading to Uttarakhand. After June I have not been to the Himalayas and I have been missing them!
As this was a last minute trip I had not even booked the train tickets. Even though Chhavi is quite well behaved while traveling a bus journey was something I wanted to avoid. So I gave Tatkal tickets a try for the first time. I wanted to book a train which goes via Gurgaon but I had no luck with it. In fact try logging in to IRCTC at 10.00 am and see what a difficult experience it is!
I just persisted even though I would get 503 error, incomplete login and what not. About 11.00 am, after one hour of trying, I managed to book two tickets in Shatabdi. To my surprise when I did the booking there were 122 seats left in Tatkal for tomorrow’s Dehradun Shatabdi!
So Chhavi and I are off tomorrow to Uttarakhand. Our trip involves a small trek as well which we hope to manage to complete with the help of our trusted guide in the region, Sohan Singh Bisht. As the trip was sudden I have not scheduled anything for the blog. I may schedule one or two posts but generally it is going to be a break from blogging as well!
So see you all next week. Now if only my packing could get done all by itself! With Chhavi the most important thing is to pack a copy and a pen so that she can entertain herself at a place where there is no TV.
Nice! Have a great trip! Mother-daughter trip is a great idea. I too went with my mother to Mussoorie. My mom is a great photographer. 🙂
Renuka nice to know about your trip with your mother and we are back now 😀
Happy holidays and Happy Diwali!
Thank you Niranjan and wish you a very Happy Diwali.
Best wishes for your journey 🙂 🙂
Thank you Mousumi.
Wish you a very Happy Journey . Looking forward to hearing or rather reading about the lovely journey with your daughter !
Thank you Motidana and we are back now 😀
I made a sudden visit to Varanasi last week and faced similar issues while booking rail tickets. Though I managed to get a ticket on longer time train but trip was amazing!
Pankaj trips are amazing 😀
It must be beautiful in the Himalayas this time of the year. Enjoy your Trek.
Barry it was such a freak weather that we got 🙁
mom! they are really a great company !
Yogiraj I hope my kid will think too more so when she is all gown up!
This is one trip I would like to plan
hope you have fun !!!
We had fun indeed and if you have any questions do send them my way!
Enjoy..have a great week. Waiting to hear all about it when you get back 🙂
Preethi and I am back now! The tales will follow.