After a long long wait, finally that anxious night came, when all my stuff was packed and i was ready to be teleported to my kind of desert. I had to get up at 3 in the morning to catch the flight, so it was hard getting a nap that night. Seconds, minutes, hours passed like a breeze and the alarm pealed.
I called up Farhan bhai, with a hope that he is awake and ready to arrive. He was the first step to get close to Leh, as he was my toter to airport. He picked up the phone on a second ring and i asked, awake Farhan bhai? He replied don't worry bhai jaan, you will be at the airport on time. I just smiled and said ok, as he understood my concern.
I did a final reconciliation with the checklist of items to carry. To overcome the fear of forgetting something, i said myself, don't worry, you can get things at Leh too.
Farhan came and as soon as i settled in the cab, i got a call from Air India informing about a delay in the flight by an hour. I thanked him for the information and thanked God too, that it's just an hour's delay, otherwise flights were getting canceled due to fog.
After spending the lengthy waiting time at the airport, i finally heard the call for starting the boarding process. As i entered the aircraft and grabbed my window seat, it was that astonishing feeling, that nobody is going to stop me now.
