Two Roads Diverged into The Yellow Woods, But both were screwed up!

"Eric is free, so is Wazeer and Karthik. I've asked them to convince Joanne and Rihanna to come. C'mon man! Try to hang in. Its gonna be ultimate! All of us, spending a weekend at Goa!" "Aah! Sounds amazing. But, i have an assignment to submit on the following Monday. Lemme see what i can do. Surely not missing out on this man!". You haven't even talked to Wazeer or Karthik yet you have convinced Dennis to the list for the so called Ultimate Road-trip. We'all have been to at least one such trip with the best friends. Logically, a successful road-trip with them is like getting pregnant. Only we know how many times this heavily planned trip has flopped before the successful one. If you know what i mean.
The awesome road trips are familiar topics which would be talked about for the rest of your lives. Best friends, exotic location and a relaxed mind is always the perfect blend for an amazing weekend. Filling in the bags with best tee shirts you own and all the other cool stuffs, booking the tickets and rooms, submitting work early, arranging enough cash and updating the "Bags packed, destination Goa!" status up on Facebook - the usual ritual. We'all know how awesome those days are and the trip, even better. We've heard about it a million times and all are bored out off their minds listening to it. Whats more interesting is the Heavily planned trip Screw ups! Here is a compilation of the worst screw ups of master-planned trips.

- "We planned everything precisely. 20th is my last exam of the semester. And we were going on 26th. The place of stay, time to be spent at each place. And booked a car for rent. Would come back on 31st." is what Ayman planned his trip with friends to Mumbai. Well, to his surprise, Mr. Ajmal Kasab and friends had a clean 'Grand Theft Auto in real life' session in Mumbai on the very day they were to leave. "Hanging him to death was too nice! I had suggested better ways to kill him", he said.

- Dennis was to meet up with his childhood buddies Eric and Athef last summer at perfect Summer vacation destination - Goa. He was excited that he couldn't sleep that night. The train was at 6 in the morn, and he awake all night. And he woke to know that it was 11 am. Over-excited screw up! Expecting Dennis and Athef, Eric had set off for Goa a day earlier. Hearing that Dennis missed his train, Athef backed out and Eric had the time of his life stranded at Madgaon Railway station! He left back for home in the very next train, that was after 17 hours. Master-plan Suck up! However, they met up this year and celebrated the two years together. They call it their 'Combo Vacation'!

- So,These trips dint happen. Suzan said Tanya's wedding, Tanya said Suzan's tying the knot and Pratik's and Rahul's career guidance classes. Yeah! Out-of-the-blue excuses and MAY was supposed to be the ultimate month for the gang. We'all know its worse when we go on a heavily planned trip and it ending up being a bad dream for life! So the trio after much tantrums and disagreement decided upon a 2 day Pondicherry (now there’s a surprise). And weren't our friends all prepared!! - From toothbrush and jemmies, they had everything charted out ,specially with a guide our smart friend Pratik picked out right off a shady site(Indian equivalent of craigslist). Yeah, he does sound like Alan Garner (Hangover-movie Fame). Handing over their saved up money to ensure extreme thrills to the shady Anglo guide in there was easy. Now, What could ever go wrong? Getting stuck at a hotel with barely 500 bucks and having no Freekin' clue 'bout what the hell to do. The “holistic hocus- pocus” guide had ditched them and vanished with their cash. Using what little cash and brain they had, they made it to the train station where they sold every not-so-valuable things they had to find some penny to find their way back. Bad dream? Hell Yeah!

- The super active gang who figured out an instant plan for a super cool road trip and set off for it right away. All set, have all the essentials packed in the car, Sarah and fellas left for a near by hill station. Oh wait! They found an interesting Bar on the way. Instant change of plans - Hit the bar! And then you should assume what happened, 'coz they have no idea what happened later on. Alcohol, one easy solution to all your 'I haven't sucked up a road trip!' problem.

And here, I certainly am not thinking of ending the blog Entry saying, " Oh Screwed up Road-trips! You make the successful Road-trip look nice!".

Screwed-up Road-trips, are bad! There isn't no BRIGHT way to look at it!

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