The "fall" at Rishikesh

This trip is the baap of all the unplanned trips I have ever had! It started when my mother woke me up @7:50 to book a ticket for her colleague. I didn’t get the ticket but I got a sense that my vacations are being wasted. So I called up my mother and told her that I’m getting a tatkal ticket for myself for Delhi. I hadn’t met all my relatives since ages so I booked. On the same day I thought of going to Rishikesh for bungy jumping. After enquiring a bit, I came to know that it had to be booked in advanced.

So I booked my ticket for 16th, reached Delhi on 17th and directly went to ISBT Kashmere gate using metro from Jangpura which was the nearest station to Hazrat Nizamuddin Station using a battery 3 wheeler. I got into the first bus I saw which was going to Haridwar. Without knowing about further availability of the buses, I was on my way to Haridwar. That journey was amazing. Whole journey I was sitting with the driver troubling him with n number of questions like will I get a bus to Rishikesh, will I get a tempo? I had booked my bungy jumping for 18th and I HAD to get there tonight! The bus had a nude wire which the driver connected to the terminal to blow horn. Weird. He told me to shut up and said he’ll help me get the bus. And he did. I reached Haridwar @8:45pm and then immediately got a bus to Rishikesh. Both the buses were unregistered buses with together cost me 244 + 39 = ₹283

Here is the challenge now. I reached Rishikesh @9:30 and if you have been to rishikesh, you know that all the shops close by that time. I was hell hungry, I went to a shop and the shop said kitchen is closed. I begged them to give me just a Maggi and they did. Then I walked towards Parmarth Niketan ashram through Ram jhoola and the narrow streets and boom! The closes at 9. Now I had to arrange for a cheap accommodation for a night. I went into the hotels and the rooms were costly af. Now hotel person told me to go to a guest house and I got one at ₹600/night. I also hired a scooty for the next day which was ₹400/day to go to the bungee jumping site. I had read that you have to reach there early to be able to jump. So I woke up @6 and left at 7:30 for the site. The view from the route was really scenic with the Ganges flowing below and temples on its banks cutting the green mountains.Now this site is 1hr from Rishikesh and I had to wait for an hour. NO REGRETS AS I WAS THE 1ST ONE!

Reaching the stadium on the time was a challenge since traffic on the way is unavoidable in India. So instead of going all the way till the end by bus, I alighted on the 1st metro station I saw as I entered the city and rest of my journey till the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium was by metro which is the best mode of travel present in Delhi. Delhi was already out of the tournament and so all the supporters were cheering for Chennai in Delhi. But Delhi emerged victorious and the crowd started cheering for Delhi. That was funny. I on the other hand was the only one who Cheered for Mumbai and Sachin XD. So there ended my trip to Rishikesh.