First solo trip and all that
"But why are you going alone?" "Arre, but how will you go alone?" "You know what they keep reporting in the papers. You still want to go ?" I had made up mind to take a vacation alone - partly for lack of company on the exact dates I was going, and partly because "solo trip" sounded very exciting. But after being assaulted by all these questions, I was in two minds. The bus was at 7 in the evening, and I could still change my mind and save half the bus ticket cost (the rest would be cancellation charge). Beautiful colors. Yum. My sensible friend who's used to my indecisiveness was telling me, "Toss a coin. When the coin is in the air, you'll know what side you want." At that point, I knew that if I tossed a coin, I would not want to go. But then there's something about doing things that you don't want to do - things that you're afraid of doing. So I took the plunge, and found myself in a rather tatty sleepe