Road to Dehradun II

Here I'm... back after a short nap!!! The second part of my trip follows...
The first of the two nights in the train towards the Capital of the World's largest democracy went well. As the train was in the neighboring state, we didn't feel the "Cold". We were in II sleeper and very near to the rest room. So Venkatesh and Sachin had no problems in smoking near the rest room. One will guard the other from the railway guards on smoking occasions, failing which they would have been penalized. The food hunt of Sachin started in the early morning with a tea followed by Idly-Vada. Being ready to miss them for a fortnight, I ate well. I got my Mein Kampf with me. Though it served the purpose fully only when I was traveling from Delhi to Jodhpur and back, I read it for a while. After reading the preface and a few pages about the early life from the "so-called dictator" Hitler's auto-biography, I realized that the book is not just for a travel time-pass. We had everything that passed by our cabin, needless to mention - only food stuffs.
When I was young, I used to think about the Northies as rich and royal citizens. I dreamed of people there as Kings and Queens. My ignorance rose to its peak when I imagined north as a heaven having no huts and only palaces and forts. These are due to the true fact that I had never been to north and I know only Taj Mahal and few other forts there. My dream castle began to collapse as the train slowly entered into the northern India. I saw beggars everywhere, it is common in India though. They come in the moving train and ask for money and food.
It was bitter cold as it was winter. Venkatesh, a Southie wanted to enjoy(!!) winter as he too was on his first visit to northern part. He, the Superman (as named by Sachin and me during this trip) wanted to travel in the train without winter wear and whenever asked said he was enjoying the cold and was very comfortable. As he was saying the word "comfortable" we witnessed the word being type-written by his teeth. Sachin and I burst into laughter and will never forget this incident. At last we reached Delhi after a tiring one day and two nights train journey, my longest train journey ever till now. In Delhi, Anjana's brother and sister-in-law came to receive us with breakfast. I was so hungry that I didn't even get introduced to them as my only concentration was on the breakfast. The breakfast didn't disappoint me and was indeed good.
We reached Dehradun in the evening by around eight after a six hours journey in a bus from Delhi. I never experienced such a cold weather in my life till that time. Dehradun, being a valley surrounded by hills, the temperature was slightly above zero degree C. We heard Venkatesh saying "I feel a bit cold". Again everyone burst into laughter.
We reached our accommodation by an auto carrying all of us with our luggage. It was a good hotel where Sachin and I / Venkatesh and Abu / Anjana and Jeyasudha shared rooms. Abu, carrying a camera with him, took snaps of everyone. These snaps will make each of us cherish those beautiful moments we spent whenever we come across them. In fact while I was writing this blog I was searching for that folder in my laptop to see them once :)
My next blog will be on my stay in Sachin's home for two days before I left for Jodhpur. I'll try to post it as soon as possible.