Ashish Kumar from Tekriti Software

I have been continuously traveling for the last 6 weeks. 2 Chennai trips, 1 busy US trip, a much awaited trip home for 3.5 - 4 days (with stop-overs at Kolkata) and now Jaipur Trip - is the maximum I have done so far in such a short span of time. There was a time when I used to complain to my folks that I haven’t been to as many places as a lot of other people I know. It won’t be too much of an exaggeration if I now say just the opposite - but with the difference that most of the travel has been limited to business.

We had been planning to organize a major team event since the last couple of months but kept pushing it till the past weekend primarily because we wanted all of us to be present during that big event. The trip started at 6 AM on Saturday (July 22nd) when we all assembled in the office and boarded a bus booked for the trip by us. That was just the beginning of the fun.

The first 15-20 minutes was quiet with everybody settling in as the bus departed to Jaipur. My younger brother Amit was the only person on the trip who was not from Tekriti and I am glad that he agreed to go else I wouldn’t have been able to. Amit was visiting me for a few days after he wrote his 4th year end semester exams towards his MBBS course. I could feel the unrest in the bus immediately after that as I felt people wanted more activity than what was happening there.

We begun with organizing the usuals - Antakshari and Dumb Charades. I was organizing the events, something that I have always found myself doing in a group - and so was having the maximum fun. The noise level was very high and I had to literally shout at the top of my voice to make myself heard to everybody in the bus. I had a bit of sore-throat and was asked to speak less (by the doctors - my dad and, even, my brother) for the next few days but the temptation to see everybody on the trip having a real good time was so strong that I defied the orders and pleas.

Here is the journey in pictures:

Everybody got seated in the bus preparing for the journey.

Last minute negotiations with the bus-driver who had some confusions regarding the payment. We had to call the travel agent to get it sorted.

I don’t know what Kapil was thinking here. The bus was pretty good.

OK - people had to get up at around 5 in the morning but it was especially tough for Gurpreet since he was partying till late the previous night.

We broke for breakfast here on the Delhi-Jaipur highway - oh well, the restaurant was inside.

We started to play ‘Mafia and the villagers’ and few people who were not playing the game tried playing a spoil-sport by disclosing who the actual mafias were. This single incident evoked the maximum laughter from everybody and was the highlight of the onward journey. Check out Sunil and Kapil standing on their seat and trying to look at the cards of those playing.

Amer Fort!

On the way to ChowkhiDhani. We had pretty bus conductors

Come on - don’t bother the conductors because there isn’t a prettier bus conductor in the country.

ChowkhiDhani - the place rocked as it showcased the Rajasthani culture.

Waiting for food! It was difficult to say No to the guys serving the food. Very authentic food - little too much for everybody. They gave me a roasted papad even when I stood up and clicking snaps of others who were still eating.

All in all - Jaipur trip rocked. Apart from the sight-seeing, the entire team bonded well during the trip (or so, I like to believe). Keep up the great work TeknoKrats - we will have many more such trips.

Saad has an awesome collection of photos from the trip. Don’t miss clicking the link - he is one exceptional photographer.