Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Reaching Bhangarh .....

They say if you desperately want something, then it is never easy to lay your hands on it. This thing Shobhit was realized yet one more time when we left Thanagazi for Bhangarh. Again the F'ed up road gave him a tough time to reach Bhangarh.

Shobhit : Yaar, sahi mein, hadd ho gayi hai, yeh sala kab aayega Bhangarh.

Me : Aayega yaar, bas thodi door hi hai.

Jeetu : Sale, tu kabse bol raha hai thodi door hai thodi door hai.

Me : Kya karu be, ab yeh bol dunga ki abhi 100 Km aur hai to tumhari himmat toot jayegi :P :P

Shobhit : Sale, abhi 100 Km aur chalani hai kya gaadi mujhe ?

Me : Nahin be, bas thodi si hi door hai.

Shobhit & Jeetu both : $%^%^&^%$#$^&%^%&%^%$^$ (You know what it means)

So, with  road deep dug on both side, Shobhit was constantly abusing that when will Bhangarh come and I kept consoling him that it will come, you focus on driving. Every time we used to ask a localite "How far is Bhangarh" ? We used to get the same answer every time, "Abhi 25-30 Km aur hai". When they said this line, Shobhit's expression was worth watching. Anyways, we were close to the place and he kept driving and as we were approaching our destination, he was getting more and more hopeless thinking about the fact ki "abhi 25-30 Km aur hai".

After sometime, I noticed the gate of Ajabgarh. Thats when I realized "Ab Bhangarh door nahin". I told both of them, "bas pahunch gaye Bhangarh, it is not very far from this place". As we were approaching our final destination, I could feel the excitement that was running through Shobhit's body and his facial expressions were loud yet lousy because of the increasing heat. He was sweating from every inch of his body (Literally). 

When you drive from Ajabgarh to Bhangarh, you get to see the most beautiful landscapes. There was a small water body which was filled with water and some bird. It was very far from the road so we couldn't go there. Jeetu and Shobhit were enjoying the view and I was getting all nostalgic about the place, remembering The Monsoon Ride -2009.

After, some time, we noticed this board 


And that is when we realized that we have reached Bhangarh. 

Shobhit : Finally, aa gaye.

Jeetu : Haan yaar, thank god.

Shobhit : Jeetu, 2-3 pics le le iss board ke aur Yatin, tujhe ek travelogue likhna hai iske baare main

Me : Ok boss. 

So, that is how the idea of writing this travelogue popped up. Jeetu clicked some more pictures of this board.



And after clicking these pics, we took the right turn and straight away headed towards our final Destination Bhangarh. The main palace was visible from this turn only and it increased Shobhit's excitement because till date he's only heard and read about the place.

So, after driving a few more thousand meters, we were in the parking of Bhangarh. Got the slip and we slipped into the haunted palace of Bhangarh. Jeetu took all the fruits with him and I was carrying bag having water and cold-drink in it. Damn it was heavy and it was getting hotter and hotter. We reached Bhangarh around 2:00 P.M. Exactly 7.5 Hrs after we left from Ghaziabad, Damn thats a hell lot of time.

Contd.

Thanagazi and Gol Gappe

P.S. Make sure you don't fight with me over Gol Gappe and Chocolate because for them I can murder anyone on this planet.

So, sun was rising and so was the heat. We took the Thanagazi waala road and screwed ourselves royally. 

Jeetu : Yaar ab to bhookh lagni shuru ho gayi hai. Humain kuch le lena chahiye.

Me : Abey, bhai, mujhe to bilkul bhookh nahin hai, tum log le lo jo bhi tumhe khaana hai.

Shobhit : Haan yaar, kuch to le lena chahiye.

As we passed through a small village, I dont remember its name. Shobhit remembered that it was a high time that he has to make a call to his Dad. He stopped the car in the middle of a village and asked Jeetu to get down and grab some fruits for both of them. Shobhit asked for Grapes and Jeetu ( A monkey in disguise who can kill someone for Bananas) got his favorite bananas and some ber for all three of us.

While Jeetu was busy buying fruits and I was roaming here and there near our car. A gol gappe waala came and asked us to park our car somewhere else, as that place was his daily stand to put up his gol gappe ka stall. From my childhood days, I am very fond of this tangy, spicy street food and I cannot resist myself from trying them at different places. But, the cheapest Gol gappas I ever had were like Rs. 1 ke 3 and that too when I was very young and used to visit my naani's place in Jaipur. In NCR, they are very costly like Rs.5 ke 3 :( :( .

So, as I saw that gol gappe waala, my hunger started knocking in my head and I wanted to give a try to those. I asked gol gappe waala

Me : Bhaiyya, kis hisaab se hai ?

He : 1 Rs ke 2 

Me : 1 Rs ke 2 ..... WOW .... jara paani taste karwa do.

Till now, Jeetu was on my side with a paper katori in his hand like I was standing. We tasted the water and it was AWESOME. 

Me : Bhaiyya, bina ruke khilaate jao.Wahan Delhi main to theek se gol gappe khaa bhi nahin sakte hai.

He : Kyun ??

Me : 5 Rs ke 3 dete hai yaar, jeb hi khaali ho jaaye.

So, that was it. Bhaiyya prepared aloo ka masala and we started hogging on those delicious gol gappas. ( Damn, my mouth is watering now ...... slurrrrrrrrpppppppppp ) 

Shobhit also finished his chit chat with uncle and we asked him to join us. Initially, he was a bit skeptical about trying them out but he tasted one as a trial and then he joined the league. 

Shobhit was the first person to get done with the gol gappas, then Jeetu and I was the last one. I just couldn't stop myself eating those. ( Jaise ki jindagi main  kabhi khaane ke liye nahin milenge dobara). To admit something I am the biggest bhukkad of our group and there are many famous stories that keep on making the rounds within our group. But, who cares, I am born to eat.

Me : Bhaiyya, kitne paise ho gaye ?

He : bees rupaye

Me : Bas, bees hi hue hai abhi tak

Yes, all three of us had 40 gol gappe, WOW, and I can vouch for it that I had the most. So, we got done with the a little snack break and started moving on towards our destination Bhangarh.