Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Leaving For Varanasi In India To Visit Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Leaving For Varanasi In India To Visit Kashi Vishwanath Temple

As i decided to leave for Varanasi on a Saturday, the Vistara flight (UK 671) which i was supposed to board had enough passengers in the fray. Left home a little before 1 pm and reached airport (T3) a little after 1.30 with Mr Dharmendar the taxi driver who hailed from Uttar Pradesh a state with enough tourist spots with conflicting aspirations and base. Mr Dharmendar spoke about ill gotten wealth that some residents of Delhi City had got access to and i could not disagree a bit given the clamour for instigating turmoil/disturbances by ill-mannered souls like drivers in different places with police cover aces. At IGI Airport New Delhi i happen to meet Mr R S Gurjar, traffic volunteer, i also happen to meet Mr Satish or Mr Suresh another traffic volunteer. Meet Mr Praveen and Ms Rani who guide me to an ATM which i discovered was non functioning with none of the ream. As i entered the innards of departure lounge there was no bell bonge. Having collected the boarding card i began to note the stores in T3 heart

Stores in T3

- Masala Twist
- Secure Wrap Baggage Wrapping
- Costa Coffee
- Ckrushh Juice Bar
- Travel Good
- Exchange Currency
- Self check-in
- Cafeccino

After having dumped the coat and wallet in a tray and Mr Vinod Kumar Yadav pushing the same, it was Mr Omveer who did frisking with enough aspirations in the fray. Post frisking i began to make a mental note of flights to different destinations and on display board were flights to Bhubaneswar, Varanasi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Gaya, Lucknow, Rajkot, Paris Praygraj, Hyderabad, Singapore, Udaipur, Patna, Kathmandu, Ludhiana Jammu, Dharamsala, Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Muscat, Nanded, Tel Aviv, Abu Dhabi, Tashkent and Bagdogra. Having made note of destinations where different flights were headed towards there were stores with no sighting of cowards.

- Rado Swizerland
- William Penn
- On screen adrenaline rush activities you must try
- Brooks Brothers
- Porsche Design
- Tanishq
- Sunglass Hut
- Swarovski
- Dilli Streat (Railway Cutlet Burger coming for Rs 205)
- On screen Attract Amplify Connect.  Advertise here now

Ms Sapna from Vistara airlines wanted to have a look at my ticket with the promise that i would stand to gain as far air fare went if i choose to fly by Vistara next time.

With different food outlets serving snacks/food that were tough on your pocket it was time to wait for boarding with none sporting the qualities of a rabbit. Once inside aircraft i could lay hands on Vistara inflight magazine which was even read by those sporting masculine jean. There Was Story on Swachh Bharat. A crusade on cleanliness, Story on Indore declared cleanest city in India, Potpourri A collage of happenings from the world of travel,entertainment, technology and current affairs, Story on Rocky Mohan's Wazwaan co-authored by Waza Sharief, Shafi and Rafiq

As i began to flip through pages there were stories

- A Tryst With History. Indore's Heritage Triangle (Make time to see the evening aarti at   Omkareshwar)
- Galle The Dutch City with a Lankan soul. It is about 130 kms from Colombo
- Tales from Taiwan
- This Christmas eat drink and be merry
It featured Christian markets in
*Nuremberg
*Strasbourg
*Chicago
*Sapporo
*Jerusalem

There was a Story on Dreamy town of Rothenburg Ob der Tauber ('red fort on the River Tauber') (it should be spelled Tauber and not Tamber), Story on Horizontal Falls in Australia (Talbot bay is one of the country's most unique natural wonders), Story on Slovenia which has wellness retreats and culinary surprises. As for Swachh Bharat Revolution the Tata Group association came in the form of 41 companies, 2,00,000 hours, 1000+ activities and 74.000 volunteers.

There were two women sitting  next to me one hailing from Portugal, the other hailing from Melbourne whose husband was sitting on a different seat. The Melbourne woman was a Sri Lankan by birth (Sinhala) with one child residing in London, other in Singapore and the third one residing with her in Melbourne. We spoke about the fire that had ravaged parts of Australia and the Melbourne Woman went by the name Mallik He. She could not be served food as her flight ticket showed no deductions for meals and she had to settle for coffee/tea. The flight took off at 4.40 pm and reached Varanasi at 5.45. At Varansi airport it was security man Mr Jabir Singh  who greeted me. Perhaps the airport looks to be newly built with enough aspirational index and a bit far from the main city.

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