Recently I had gone for a trip with my mom and eldest sister to Saputara, a hill station in Gujarat. We had booked a car and a driver for the entire journey.
From Saputara, we were going to go to Pune. The distance being approx. 280 kms. we estimated a 6 hour journey and thought that we'll reach around 4 pm in the evening considering we leave at 9.30 (taking a 30 min break for lunch) Little did we know we were going to be a solid three hours delayed!
Having travelled in the same car for 3 days before the return journey, our patience of listening to the only CD in the car was exhausted. Desperate to buy new CDs, we scrounged for a CD shop in the lanes of Nashik. I found one and bought VCDs for Delhi - 6 and Luck By Chance and an audio CD of A R Rehman.
The fancily equipped car had those LCD monitors on which you could watch a movie. Though it was a little difficult to follow the dialogues, overall it was an excellent experience. It took care of some great 3 hours of our journey. We had finished the fist half by the time we reached Sangamner for lunch. After lunch, we saw the second half and then peacefully dozed off for about an hour. When we woke up, we expected to be around 20 - 30 kms from Pune since it was almost 4 pm and the first sign board we saw, read Pune - 122 kms!! We had reached Ahmednagar instead of taking the right towards the original Pune road. Wasted a good 2 hours in the process of our detour!
We could blame it on "Luck By Chance", our dedicated concentration to the movie, ensured that we didn't pay attention to the roads and the driver kept driving without confirming directions!
As luck would have it, we then hit traffic while entering Pune and finally reached our destination at 7 pm instead of our original plan at 4 pm.
Lesson learned:- Next time you hire a car, ensure you discuss the route with the driver before inserting the VCD. And also carry maps. :)
From Saputara, we were going to go to Pune. The distance being approx. 280 kms. we estimated a 6 hour journey and thought that we'll reach around 4 pm in the evening considering we leave at 9.30 (taking a 30 min break for lunch) Little did we know we were going to be a solid three hours delayed!
Having travelled in the same car for 3 days before the return journey, our patience of listening to the only CD in the car was exhausted. Desperate to buy new CDs, we scrounged for a CD shop in the lanes of Nashik. I found one and bought VCDs for Delhi - 6 and Luck By Chance and an audio CD of A R Rehman.
The fancily equipped car had those LCD monitors on which you could watch a movie. Though it was a little difficult to follow the dialogues, overall it was an excellent experience. It took care of some great 3 hours of our journey. We had finished the fist half by the time we reached Sangamner for lunch. After lunch, we saw the second half and then peacefully dozed off for about an hour. When we woke up, we expected to be around 20 - 30 kms from Pune since it was almost 4 pm and the first sign board we saw, read Pune - 122 kms!! We had reached Ahmednagar instead of taking the right towards the original Pune road. Wasted a good 2 hours in the process of our detour!
We could blame it on "Luck By Chance", our dedicated concentration to the movie, ensured that we didn't pay attention to the roads and the driver kept driving without confirming directions!
As luck would have it, we then hit traffic while entering Pune and finally reached our destination at 7 pm instead of our original plan at 4 pm.
Lesson learned:- Next time you hire a car, ensure you discuss the route with the driver before inserting the VCD. And also carry maps. :)
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