Leaving for South India from New Delhi
As i decided to visit South India, the dilemma faced by me on getting a ticket through cleartrip website was difficult to dodge. The plane ticket mentioned no PNR and that was something that posed trouble at the airport. Left Home for Airport at 12.05 pm with Mr Gurjeet Singh at the wheels. Indian oil petrol pump near Moti Bagh in New Delhi came handy as the personnel with the name Mr Ravindar Chauhan handed me change. The taximan was kind enough to drop me at the airport. Reached airport at 12.37.
Ms Pinto of Vistara Airlines put a poser to me as a ticket with no PNR could well mean no travel. There was another gentleman who took pride in the fact that in exceptional circumstances they entertained tickets with no PNR. That was crude on his part. In fact they had no difficulty to trace the PNR by feeding in the name of the traveller. There was Mr Prashant looking for a flight to Dharamshala and the Air India flight to Ludhiana had a spot fare of rs 40,000. There was another gentleman who had come from Saudi Arabia and destined to travel to Varanasi. He was carrying Euro notes and meant to be used in places/countries whose economies were showing turbulence.
Post frisking i met Mr Nitin Jain of Buddy who helped me to make a phone call from his cell. Vistara the inflight magazine carried a story on Nepal the mystical wonder. Flying to destinations within India since 2015 we (Vistara) launched international operations in 2019 by adding Singapore, Dubai, Bangkok and Colombo.
There was another story on Experiential travel which is a trend gaining momentum. Seated next to me was Mr Sundeep Reddy from Hyderabad. The flight took off a little after 2.40 pm. On getting to know that i had plans to walk from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala, he declared that he had the knack to walk from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala every two months. That was something to cheer. On most of the sectors in India they were dependent on China the country as far as raw materials went was his observation something that i found it hard to fathom. Mr Sundeep Reddy gave me his contact number and told me to look for APTDC site for rooms for places i wished to travel. The descent begins at 4.40 and the flight lands at 5.02 pm in Hyderabad airport.
Having reached Hyderabad and collected luggage i headed towards bus stand from where for rs 265 the bus takes you to Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) in Secundarabad. I understand the bus fare stands unchanged from 2018 when i visited Hyderabad. In the bus i happen to meet Mr P V K Raju who took the trouble to do a room search in Srisailam on his smartphone, the place i was supposed to visit first. He had the fortune to work in Indian Institute of Chemical Technology. He handed me some of the cell numbers which i could try to gain access to rooms in Srisailam One Of 12 Jyotirlingas Of Lord Shiva.
Seated next to me was another gentleman who went by the name Mr G S Rao. He declared that the place where New Hyderabad Airport was located was drought prone area at one point of time and it had been developed like anything. He further added the population of Hyderabad had crossed 1 crore (10 million). The ride from Hyderabad Airport to JBS came with a spate of flyovers with P V Narasimha Rao flyover the longest and steady enough to carry any amount of traffic and spate of grandiose buildings and malls across either side. In fact it was P V Narasimha Rao who was Prime Minister of India hailing from Andhra Pradesh much credited for ushering in economic reforms in the country. Mr G S Rao spoke about high rates that Ola and Uber charged while going from airport to the city which are poles apart.
The man at the wheels was Mr Srinivas and he was kind and cheerful. The bus took more than one- and-a-half hour to reach JBS with traffic showing no signs of abating. From JBS i took an auto mentored by Mr Madhu Sudan. I zeroed in on Padmaja lodge. Mr Adhikari was at the desk. Took Bombay Meals from Padmaja restaurant. It was from A R Mess point i took black tea.
As i decided to visit South India, the dilemma faced by me on getting a ticket through cleartrip website was difficult to dodge. The plane ticket mentioned no PNR and that was something that posed trouble at the airport. Left Home for Airport at 12.05 pm with Mr Gurjeet Singh at the wheels. Indian oil petrol pump near Moti Bagh in New Delhi came handy as the personnel with the name Mr Ravindar Chauhan handed me change. The taximan was kind enough to drop me at the airport. Reached airport at 12.37.
Ms Pinto of Vistara Airlines put a poser to me as a ticket with no PNR could well mean no travel. There was another gentleman who took pride in the fact that in exceptional circumstances they entertained tickets with no PNR. That was crude on his part. In fact they had no difficulty to trace the PNR by feeding in the name of the traveller. There was Mr Prashant looking for a flight to Dharamshala and the Air India flight to Ludhiana had a spot fare of rs 40,000. There was another gentleman who had come from Saudi Arabia and destined to travel to Varanasi. He was carrying Euro notes and meant to be used in places/countries whose economies were showing turbulence.
Post frisking i met Mr Nitin Jain of Buddy who helped me to make a phone call from his cell. Vistara the inflight magazine carried a story on Nepal the mystical wonder. Flying to destinations within India since 2015 we (Vistara) launched international operations in 2019 by adding Singapore, Dubai, Bangkok and Colombo.
There was another story on Experiential travel which is a trend gaining momentum. Seated next to me was Mr Sundeep Reddy from Hyderabad. The flight took off a little after 2.40 pm. On getting to know that i had plans to walk from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala, he declared that he had the knack to walk from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala every two months. That was something to cheer. On most of the sectors in India they were dependent on China the country as far as raw materials went was his observation something that i found it hard to fathom. Mr Sundeep Reddy gave me his contact number and told me to look for APTDC site for rooms for places i wished to travel. The descent begins at 4.40 and the flight lands at 5.02 pm in Hyderabad airport.
Having reached Hyderabad and collected luggage i headed towards bus stand from where for rs 265 the bus takes you to Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) in Secundarabad. I understand the bus fare stands unchanged from 2018 when i visited Hyderabad. In the bus i happen to meet Mr P V K Raju who took the trouble to do a room search in Srisailam on his smartphone, the place i was supposed to visit first. He had the fortune to work in Indian Institute of Chemical Technology. He handed me some of the cell numbers which i could try to gain access to rooms in Srisailam One Of 12 Jyotirlingas Of Lord Shiva.
Seated next to me was another gentleman who went by the name Mr G S Rao. He declared that the place where New Hyderabad Airport was located was drought prone area at one point of time and it had been developed like anything. He further added the population of Hyderabad had crossed 1 crore (10 million). The ride from Hyderabad Airport to JBS came with a spate of flyovers with P V Narasimha Rao flyover the longest and steady enough to carry any amount of traffic and spate of grandiose buildings and malls across either side. In fact it was P V Narasimha Rao who was Prime Minister of India hailing from Andhra Pradesh much credited for ushering in economic reforms in the country. Mr G S Rao spoke about high rates that Ola and Uber charged while going from airport to the city which are poles apart.
The man at the wheels was Mr Srinivas and he was kind and cheerful. The bus took more than one- and-a-half hour to reach JBS with traffic showing no signs of abating. From JBS i took an auto mentored by Mr Madhu Sudan. I zeroed in on Padmaja lodge. Mr Adhikari was at the desk. Took Bombay Meals from Padmaja restaurant. It was from A R Mess point i took black tea.
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