As i got news, I have to reach Trivandrum before 6th Feb morning. Yes this is the time for a long journey and leaving home town.
As i have exam on 4th so now just two option, take Swarn Jayanti in the morning of 3rd or take flight from Delhi on 5th, after thinking a lot, decided to travel by flight. So packed bag around 7 PM and left home with receiving blesses from family members. My father dropped me upto bus stand by car and from there i took Bewar Depot bus. Bus was not so much empty so could not get window seat but completely aware about this road so without any problem reached Agra around 9PM, yes i crossed...
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Rambagh flyover at 7:40 but from there it took 80 minutes to reach Bhagwan Talkies. Took a E-Rikshaw from there to reach Hariparvat. From there just on a small walk, Raja Ki Mandi Railway Station is there. Buy a UR Superfast ticket upto Nizamuddin and came on platform 1 of Raja Ki Mandi. After few minutes Agra Palwal MeMU arrived on pf1 since Taj was near about Dholpur so decided to go by MEMU upto Mathura. MEMU performed well and reached Mathura around 10:30. came down from train and again started waiting for Taj at same time i looked that one IRI member is travelling by Jabalpur Atari Express which is running just after Taj Express and Punjab Mail running back to Jabalpur Atari. I changed my plane to travelling by Taj and started thinking about Atari Special. Between that time, Taj came, since crowd was also good in Taj so i decided to go by Atari Special only but after departing Taj, i got to know that Punjab Mail has overtook Atari Special. After few minutes Punjab Mail came i asked TTE for a seat in sleeper class and he permitted by me with charging difference of fare. Came on my seat, and started some railfanning, yes i was traveling to Delhi after more then 2 years. Punjab Mail really shown his performance thats why i came to know that apart from schedule and punctuality still its performing very well thats why it has a huge no. of fans. MPS action was started at Mathura but did not stopped before Palwal outer(except Kosi halt). At Palwal Bhopal Shatabdi overtook us then after Punjab Mail departed, speed was just ok after palwal but managed to reach Hazzrat Nizamuddin around 1:10 AM. Came out from Platforms and hired a Auto upto IGI Terminal 1, But there was a stuck traffic in midnight too at Sarai Kaale Khan so took few minutes to come upto Ring Road. No metter its midnight, Delhi being a National Capital, she never sleeps, Yes Ring road was still having traffic and some cautions at Ashram, Lajpat Nagar also. But after Lajpat Nagar traffic resisted auto to unscheduled stoppage at AIMS only. Then after around 2:30 i was at IGI T1. I looked on LCD display then found that IGI is really overcrowded Airport and having more then 25 flights in next 2 hours, i stand in queue for check in and after standing for almost 30 minutes, yes i submitted by Trolley bag airport authority, then after its time to security check so immediately after getting boarding pass, moved towards security lines, there was not so much corwd and get out from there in just 2 minutes and came in waiting area, its almost full and around 20% foreigners were also there, there was continuously final calls for different flights. It was around 3:30 when i tried to go in boarding area but i was not allowed, then after i waited for 1 more hour and get some new friends which were also going to Trivandrum by same flight, Around 4:20 i again tried to cross boarding area entrance gate and this time i was allowed so reached there, I immediately checked my gate yes it was 5B so i started waiting for few other once also. But within few minuted a member of airport authority(definitely a lady) told me, "For whom you are waiting board in flight immediately." Then after i crossed gate with my friends and after crossing gate, i come to know that we will go upto plain by bus. A low floor AC bus was there we boarded in it. Soon after i boarded, Bus started way towards flight. opps really number of plains standing in IGI more then no. of vehicles parked in New Delhi parking. After taking 4-5km run, yes we were in front of a small SpiceJet SG. As i deboarded from bus i asked my friend that how can we ensure that we are in front of correct flight at same time crew of flightalirt me, if you are going to Trivandrum then come quickly. My one friend(female) boarded from front gate because her seat was 11F and i along with 2 other friends boarded from rear gate(those seats were 27F and 23F). My seat was 23A. I got shocked when i looked the seats of plain, too much less legroom even UPSRTC buses are better. I put my cameras,mobile and earphones out and put bag in locker. and came on my seat. After few monutes engines get started, I looked at watch, it was nearing 5 AM, A announcement was done, "SPICEJET me aapka swaaagat he, ham kuchh hi samay me Trivandrum ke liye prasthan karege, boarding puri ho chuki he". Around 5:25 Crew members introduced himself and some instructions were given. Mobile was turned on flight mode on the instruction of crew and at exactly 5:30, Journey to TVC started. Firstly plane turned on road on which bus was came. after around 500mtrs, it turned right then after taking two more right turns, it came on main runway, picked speed quickly and taken off, soon we crossed NH8, Mahrauli, Badarpur, Noida, it took U-turn from Yamuna river and crossed above then Manesar. then after there were dark due to clouds, after few minutes i looked some lights checked in GPS and found that we were flying over Alwar. Then after i slept, after few minutes i waked up and found that sun is about to be rising, a very big city was below us, again GPS helped and found that it must be Indore, Captured many pics of this scene and again i get slept, after taking some sleep, there was a announcement in flight" WE are passing threw a turbulence so put tie seat-belts" i checked time, it was 8:20 and after opening window i found that we were flying threw clouds and over mountains. Sun was putting reflection on my eyes threw wings. so again have to closed half window, after few minutes announcement were done for landing. I again turned on my camera and plane took right turn after flying over entire Trivandrum city, I can clearly look beech, roads and buildings of TVC, looked Kochievali station also, soon in few minutes, we were at ground. And SpiceJEt thanx us for travelling, here we entered directly in Airport threw connected gate, took few selfies with plain and came in arrival hall, here collected my bag and came out from airport. Taken a prepaid taxi since Ola/Uber were not available at that time. and reached at my apartment at 10:45.
Thanx for reading so much long trip.

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रुका अंदर झाँका तो पाया कि मोहित जी और विवेकजी वही विराजमान थे। हमने भी उनके साथ स्थान ग्रहण किया और चल दिए एक जयकारा लगाते हुए बस स्टेशन की तरफ। लगभग दस मिनट के अंदर हम बस स्टेशन पर थे। यहाँ मोहित जी ने फ़ोन लगाया आशीष जी को तो ओट लगा की उन्हें करीब 10 मिनट लगेंगे बस स्टेशन तक पहुचने में। इस बीच मोहित जी के आग्रह पर हमने अथर्व जी को फ़ोन लगाया किंतु उनका फ़ोन बंद जा रहा था। लगभग 10 मिनट बाद आशीष जी एवं संजय जी रिक्शे में बैठकर आते हुए दिखाई दिए। जैसे ही वो उतरे एक शिकोहाबाद डिपो की बस आगरा जाने के लिए तैयार थी। हम चारो उसमे बैठ गए। समय हो रहा था पांच बजकर सैतालीस मिनट। कुछ ही मिनट के अंदर हम शहर से बाहर आकर राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग 2 पर दौड़ने लगे। मेने कई बार अथर्व को फ़ोन मिलाया पर दुर्भाग्य से उनका फ़ोन बंद जा रहा था। ठीक छः बजकर 10 मिनट पर हमने टूंडला पर किया और उसी समय अथर्व जी ने हमें शुभ प्रभात कहा। छः बजकर तीस मिनट पर हम आगरा शहर के बाहरी हिस्सो में पहुच गए थे इसी बीच छलेसर पर हमने आगरा लखनऊ सुपरफास्ट को वैप 5 के साथ देखा। लेकिन छह बजकर चालीस मिनट पर हम आगरा के जाम में फास गए। मुकाबला था कि इलाहाबाद जयपुर सुपरफास्ट से क्योकि उसने टूंडला पांच बजकर 40 मिनट पर छोड़ा था। खेर इन दबके बीच हम 6 बजकर 50 मिनट पर भगवान् टॉकीज पर थे। यहाँ से हमने एक ऑटो लिए जिससे हम कुछ ही समय में राजा की मंडी स्टेशन पहुच गए। यहाँ अथर्व जी ने बताया कि उनका फ़ोन डिस्चार्ज हो गया है इसीलिए हम लोग आगरा छावनी पर ही मिल सकते है। लेकिन कुछ ही समय में वहां पलवल आगरा छावनी मेमू आ गई। जिसमें हम सभी ने स्थान ग्रहण किया। डब्बो के अंदर भी संकेत दिया जा रहा था कि अगला स्टेशन आगरा छावनी है इसीलिए यात्री तैयार रहें। सात बजकर पच्चीस मिनट पर हम आगरा छावनी पहुच गए। यहाँ से बाहर निकले सुबह का नाश्ता करने। वहां पहले हम सभी ने पोहा खाया उसके बाद बाकी सब चाय पीने में व्यस्त हुए और हम छोले भटूरे खाने में। जब हम भठूरे ख़तम करके उठे तो उसी समय अथर्व जी का फ़ोन आया कि वो आगरा छावनी पहुच गए है। हमने उन्हें बाहर पार्किंग में बुलाया तो थोड़े ही समय बाद हम दोनों आमने सामने खड़े थे। हम सभी में रेलवे स्टेशन परिसर में प्रवेश किया तो भोपाल शताब्दी प्लेटफार्म क्रमांक 1 पर आ रही थी। हमने उसके साथ कुछ दृश्य कैद किये उसके बाद चल पड़े प्लेटफार्म क्रमांक 2 की तरफ। हम सभी लोग स्वचालित सीढ़ियों का उपयोग करके प्लेटफार्म क्रमांक 2 पर आ गए अब यहाँ हमारे A अथर्व भाई के अंदर जोश जागा रैलफंनिंग का। निकाला कैमरा और चल पड़े फुट ओवर ब्रिज पर। यहाँ से दुरोन्तो स्किप का वीडियो लिए जिसके साथ ही छत्तीसगढ़ एक्सप्रेस प्लेटफार्म 1 पर आ रही थी। उसके पश्चात सुचना मिली की पंजाब मेल 1 नंबर प्लेटफार्म पर ही आएगी इसीलिए कर्नाटका एक्सप्रेस के दृश्य देखने के बाद हम नीचे आ गए क्योकि उस समय तक पंजाब मेल भी आ चुकी थी। हम सभी लोगो ने अपना अपना स्थान ग्रहण किया।
अब आप हमें थोड़ा समय दे अगले भाग के लिए। उसमे हम बताएंगे कि कैसे हमने और अथर्व ने यात्रा के मजे लिए। हमारे सह यात्री कैसे थे हमने वीडियो कैसे लिए वगेरह वगेरह।