North trip tweet digest

24th June

• First day at manavli is going awesome. Climbed the highest i've ever been on a tree! 06:09 PM June 24, 2008

25th June

• Arrived in mumbai. Day two of vacation. Need new 4gig SD card for camera 06:04 PM June 25, 2008
• Getting a tour of suju's house 06:09 PM June 25, 2008
• @having papdi samosa and lassi 07:36 PM June 25, 2008
• Pranav has been picking on me for the last two days and it really hurts. 08:47 PM June 25, 2008

26th June

• @having dosa and chutney 08:22 AM June 26, 2008
• Got a Booboo on my middle finger.. 11:58 AM June 26, 2008
• Going to shop at alfa, irla road 12:10 PM June 26, 2008
• Finding a parking space for a car is major problem on irla road. 12:17 PM June 26, 2008
• First stop alfa1 for mini dv for camcorder. 12:25 PM June 26, 2008
• 1100rs for a nikon d40 battery! 12:40 PM June 26, 2008
• Calling my contacts to know if that's a good price for a battery 12:52 PM June 26, 2008
• Just got busted for travelling vile parle to andheri with ticket to cst 08:01 PM June 26, 2008
• My streak of never being busted on mumbai local has been broken! 08:04 PM June 26, 2008
• Pranav got into first class compartment with a second class ticket, he's new.. 08:11 PM June 26, 2008
• Checking waiting list pnr status for golden temple mail. 08:37 PM June 26, 2008
• E tickets not confirmed are automatically cancelled?!! 09:26 PM June 26, 2008
• Yes, we are officially WITHOUT TICKET! 09:47 PM June 26, 2008

27th June

• My eyes burn like hell! 12:46 AM June 27, 2008
• Somewhere in gujrat. Updated my blog now trying to sleep. 03:04 AM June 27, 2008
• Leaving ratlam junction. Reading better photography. 07:55 AM June 27, 2008
• Somewhere in rajasthan..suju sketching.. I want to draw too! 12:51 PM June 27, 2008
• Ooh, she's sketching ME! 12:53 PM June 27, 2008
• Wah! That one was a disaster.. Ok, second try. 01:04 PM June 27, 2008
• Arrived and checked into a hotel at bharatpur. Now to get a haircut under the tree. 04:21 PM June 27, 2008
• Really hungry but the food rates at 'the park' are prohibitively high. 05:33 PM June 27, 2008
• @abhi2k1 sounds like you're having fun. I'm stuck in this hotel room watching some stupid south indian movie in hindi dub 07:06 PM June 27, 2008
• Finally off to have dinner 08:14 PM June 27, 2008

28th June

• Hmm showered really early today. Now for breakfast. 06:35 AM June 28, 2008
• Damn! Turns out bharatpur bird sanctuary is closed till the 1st july. This is bird mating season. 06:54 AM June 28, 2008
• We could have entered the bird sanctuary if we went at 4:30 in the morning. 07:47 AM June 28, 2008
• The water in rajasthan is so hard (salty). 08:07 AM June 28, 2008
• Raining in bharatpur. Decided to stay in the hotel till evening. Not going to see bharatpur fort. 11:19 AM June 28, 2008
• Lunch was awesome. 03:20 PM June 28, 2008
• Watching tv in the hotel room. 04:47 PM June 28, 2008
• Getting ready to leave the hotel room in an hour. 05:15 PM June 28, 2008
• Calling pranav so he comes out of the bathroom. He's probably playing pocket pool in there. 06:54 PM June 28, 2008
• Dun express down departs from platform number 3 in 5 hours.destination delhi. 08:07 PM June 28, 2008
• Damn mosquitoes at the station 09:51 PM June 28, 2008
• Just wished my cousin happy belated birthday for her birthday next month. Embarrassing! 11:25 PM June 28, 2008

29th June

• This has got to be by far, the Worst fucking train i've ever been on. 01:21 AM June 29, 2008
• Pranav's being a jerk again. Don't want to start something at this time of the night in the train. 01:22 AM June 29, 2008
• Twitter get ready to be spamed as i'm not feeling sleepy anymore. 01:28 AM June 29, 2008
• I can't lie. Told dad upfront that bharatpur leg of our journey was just a day spent in a hotel. 01:30 AM June 29, 2008
• Rational thinking tells me I should sleep now because tickets for the next train are not confirmed yet. 01:32 AM June 29, 2008
• The top birth is kinda hot as there is little air circulation 01:36 AM June 29, 2008
• Reading sunday times of india,new delhi 06:26 AM June 29, 2008
• Why are there no toilets on a platform? 07:08 AM June 29, 2008
• Can't find one damn vendor selling a toothbrush on delhi station. 07:49 AM June 29, 2008
• Just found out mom and dad are vacationing in hyderabad. 09:02 AM June 29, 2008
• And mom, being technologically challenged, didn't pack the charger for the camera as usual. 09:03 AM June 29, 2008
• The name of the last station was ..Murad nagar. 'Murad' is prayer in hindi. 09:22 AM June 29, 2008
• Drifted off to reminisce about my camping trip in canada. 09:39 AM June 29, 2008
• Reaching a critical hunger point.. Now I Want food! 10:15 AM June 29, 2008
• @having khopra (coconut) in the train 10:55 AM June 29, 2008
• Suju is sick..:( 11:02 AM June 29, 2008
• Took some really daring photos while hanging out of the train door. It was too much fun 12:02 PM June 29, 2008
• So hot in here! When will i get to take off my jeans? 01:41 PM June 29, 2008
• Wow! Got gprs in raiwala canttonment! Awesome. @Cyberoidx just vacationing with friends in north. 04:36 PM June 29, 2008
• Just showered. Feeling refreshed. But dinner's not till 8:30 pm 06:39 PM June 29, 2008
• Got to wash my clothes, including my jeans but I can't help but procrastinate 07:00 PM June 29, 2008
• The guy told suju to dress up for dinner. "night dress mein khana nahi milega" 08:59 PM June 29, 2008
• The army guest house and all the rules do get a little uncomfortable for civilians 09:01 PM June 29, 2008
• Watching bend it like beckham on star movies while waiting for pranav to return 10:09 PM June 29, 2008
• Bed time for me. Good night all. 10:45 PM June 29, 2008

30th June

• It was nice of suju to join me for breakfast. While Pranav is still sleeping. 08:35 AM June 30, 2008
• Pranav sounds really pissed. I think I know what happened. 11:26 AM June 30, 2008
• Cadbury temptations rum raisins after such a long time! Feels like an orgasm in my mouth. 11:28 AM June 30, 2008
• Damn there's so much smoke around. My lungs long for the air that I breathe while riding my bike down at 80 km/h 11:31 AM June 30, 2008
• Raiwala station, a clean, quiet place to hang. 11:40 AM June 30, 2008
• What the hell is taking pranav so long with his principal? 12:23 PM June 30, 2008
• Finally the rainfall slowed down. 12:29 PM June 30, 2008
• Raincoat is off! Looks like sky is going to get clearer. 01:17 PM June 30, 2008
• Waiting for the arti to start at haridwar. Heard its spectacular. Got my camera ready. 07:32 PM June 30, 2008
• Pranav's got his camera and the camcorder. Suju's tired and sitting down. 07:33 PM June 30, 2008
• Arti over. The crowd is walking me out now. 07:48 PM June 30, 2008
• Stuck in traffic. Looks like we might be spending the night on the road. 09:46 PM June 30, 2008
• So tired that I'm not even gonna bother about dinner tonight 10:15 PM June 30, 2008
• However, some cold water would be lovely. 10:19 PM June 30, 2008
• One thing worse than girls is sick, picky, needy girls 10:25 PM June 30, 2008
• Awesome place to take some star trails photos. 10:39 PM June 30, 2008
• But stupid military rules don't allow photography 10:42 PM June 30, 2008
• Never seen so many glo worms before.These things are like natural LEds 10:50 PM June 30, 2008

1st July

• No water in the bathroom again this morning. 07:34 AM July 01, 2008
• Thanks twitter contacts for update on mumbai weather. My turn To return the favor: weather in raiwala is cloudy but dry. 11:16 AM July 01, 2008
• @having Thanda garam in the on-site office. 01:10 PM July 01, 2008
• Watching modern marvels on history channel 08:52 PM July 01, 2008
• Now, Kamikazee on history channel. 09:04 PM July 01, 2008
• pranav really screwed us over tonight. I'll have to sleep in my jeans in this hot weather. 10:57 PM July 01, 2008
• He says: boxers are 'like' shorts but they're NOT SHORTS. 11:01 PM July 01, 2008

2nd July

• Awake.. And not liking it one bit! 05:53 AM July 02, 2008
• Rang up dad to wish him happy birthday. I was the first caller today.happy birthday papa. 06:14 AM July 02, 2008
• I'll have a day alone with sujata while pranav goes to visit his old friends. 07:58 AM July 02, 2008
• Got to catch a 6 seater auto(tam tam) to Shampur phatak. 10:33 AM July 02, 2008
• Off the bus. Now Walking to dehradun railway station. Hopefully catch a bus to musoorie from there 12:06 PM July 02, 2008
• Suju responds to me in coughs. "Uhoo uhoo." 12:29 PM July 02, 2008
• The cork on my 3200 rupees 'nike sidewinder slippers' is shedding in just 28 days! 12:42 PM July 02, 2008
• On a bus to mussoorie. Just 30 rupees as against 90rs the cabbies ask for. 01:06 PM July 02, 2008
• Mussoorie is awesome. Among The best parts of the trip! 03:31 PM July 02, 2008
• @having onion paratha, dahi and coke. 03:52 PM July 02, 2008
• Sardar uncle on the seat in front of us constantly keeps turning around to stare at suju. 04:46 PM July 02, 2008
• Just realized I had fallen asleep and was drooling on my bag. 05:48 PM July 02, 2008
• Stupid train stopped at some god forsaken station. Wonder when we'll get to raiwala 06:44 PM July 02, 2008
• Finally dinner is served! 09:48 PM July 02, 2008

3rd July

• Woke up to heavy rains outside. 07:30 AM July 03, 2008
• Thinking I should shave. 07:31 AM July 03, 2008
• Playing some stupid game with sujata 07:54 AM July 03, 2008
• Breakfast is served.but i'm not terribly hungry. 08:27 AM July 03, 2008
• Was playing the dot game when suju got a call.. 09:24 AM July 03, 2008
• She's still coughing non stop. 10:27 AM July 03, 2008
• Off to buy more cough syrup. 10:59 AM July 03, 2008
• Aaaah! Monkeys! 11:47 AM July 03, 2008
• Learned about the water cube on nat geo. Really awesome architecture. 04:00 PM July 03, 2008
• Dinner was awesome.kheer for dessert. 09:42 PM July 03, 2008
• Sitting in the super hot waiting room at hardwar station. 09:57 PM July 03, 2008
• Listening to music on my bluetooth headset 10:52 PM July 03, 2008

4th July

• First time seeing three births on the two-seat side of an indian train coach. 12:13 AM July 04, 2008
• And because of the extra birth, our seat nos, which were supposed to be together, were split up. 12:14 AM July 04, 2008
• Was my first time travelling in the delhi metro. Not bad guys! Not bad at all! 08:50 AM July 04, 2008
• Was pranav's first time Ever in ANY subway transit system. He didn't know there are only two platforms one going up, other going down. 08:55 AM July 04, 2008
• Reservation still not confirmed.. Damn! 09:54 AM July 04, 2008
• I want to get on the wrong train and go wherever it takes me. 10:28 AM July 04, 2008
• Reading 'blink- the power of thinking without thinking'. Mind blowing first 11pages! 10:51 AM July 04, 2008
• Sleeping beauty(beast) is finally up. eating aloo wada. I think i'll eat something too. 03:52 PM July 04, 2008
• How much battery does gprs or edge consume?Got2 make the charge last till tomorrow.wondering if I should pause twittering 04:14 PM July 04, 2008
• Finally got some reception. Wonder what god foresaken land we were in for the last half hour. 08:17 PM July 04, 2008
• My back aches but cops are occupying the reserved seats. So I can't lie down. 08:21 PM July 04, 2008
• And again, I am more sacred and horrified when theres police around. 08:23 PM July 04, 2008
• Fucking tt gave me a seat number that was already occupied! 08:42 PM July 04, 2008
• Apparently the guy who's seat I was given didn't board from delhi because the chart showed 'not turned up' 09:23 PM July 04, 2008
• Really want to talk to pranav before I go to bed tonight. 09:41 PM July 04, 2008
• Looks like a big debate is on among the passengers and the ticket checker. 09:51 PM July 04, 2008

And that's the last tweet before my battery went down. I couldn't tweet about when we got down, there was someone there to receive Pranav and Suju and I had to take an auto back home.