Broke, Booking, and Barely Breathing: Our Not-So-Smooth Trip to Ahmedabad (PRE-PRODUCTION, Ahmedabad)

Tickets To and Back From Ahmedabad

On a casual May afternoon, I got a call from my friend saying she got something to tell and got my other friends on the conference call, she then told us that we are nominated and invited at Ahmedabad International Film Festival and we should go there. First reaction being a happy one we congratulated each other and then decided exactly what to do, as we needed to take permission from our parents. The worst thing over here was that I wasn’t and am not working, so obviously no inflow of cash for myself and my other friends were going through the same situation. We renamed our Kolkata group to Ahmedabad as we already had an outing group of last year. READ KOLKATA DIARIES HERE https://www.theinnocentkido.com/blog/categories/kolkata-diaries

I did want to go but couldn’t tell at home. After few days it was high time to book tickets and I still didn’t ask at home. The girls started looking out for which trains to board according to budget and timings, they also checked out for accommodation as we just had 1 day/night at the hotel. I gained some courage and asked at home and they agreed. It was now time to book the tickets and I just had to GPAY the tickets and the girls would have picked it up, they filled the forms and got tickets which were obviously not confirmed but 13 people on waiting list. Almost a couple of days for the trip and I fell ill, with cough, cold, weakness, didn’t inform these guys but 1 day prior sent a voice note in the group telling the same. They encouraged me and gave get well soon wishes.

Finally, 7th June arrived, we had to board our train at 12:45am so it was high time for packing, obviously after packing last moment, doing checks more than 5x times and cross-checking with the girls it was time to go to Ahmedabaaaddd. Until some confusions took place and I had to go pick up my friend from her place. Read the next part to know what happened…                                                                                                           

- THEINNOCENTKIDO

                                                                                                        Chris Dsouza