Manali trip Day 1

What could be the best start to a trip.....i dont know. But 1 thing I know for sure is that there could not be a better trip than the one on which we went last week. So gear up for a narration to the best college trip ever.
The start was not the best, I must say. It was delayed by about an hour and a half. But nevertheless we started and slowly made our way onto NH1. We stopped for some light snack at sonepat(although it was 10:00 pm) then we went on and started playing cards (hearts and flash- there is a particular story to flash which I'll narrate some other time). At around 1 am we reached karnal and had a very heavy dinner at Haveli. This dinner was not enough to make us sleep though. We continued our cards though ( there is going to be more of cards so please don't get bored). The whole night went by and we had to go through a very physically taxing path to reach our destination- Manali. On the way we saw too many things which we could talk about. There was Chitkara Univ. which it had some connection to Modi. Then there was the eyesore J.P. cement factory. It looked like an artificial tooth in the road from delhi to manali(there is another artificial tooth in the tale).But these things are not important in the fun.
The next morning fresh from not sleeping fotr the last 24 hrs we were there at the river rafting site which is 20 kms to manali. There was the now known indecision as to whether we should go in for the river rafting or not . It was decided that we do it now and then leave for manali.
Now came one of the good parts of the story. Most of the people we saw were going 'boating' in a raft. The raft was being handled by 'trained “technical” professionals'. But, we were in the mood for adventure. We told the 'trained professional that we are going to do this on our own, which we did. Th rafting experience in itself was a tale-to-tell.
I was manning the left side of the raft, Rahul was on the left back , vibhor was on the right betwen the 2 'trained professionals'. Prateek(motu) wassitting in the centre of the raft (to give stability :) ) .Chirag was sitting on the right, praying to GOD to make the journey go event-free(but that was not going to be the case, as it turned out).
When we started rafting the river seemed to be very nice. The first rapid was negotiated very well as per the instructions of the 'guide'. But the next ones were going to be “technical”. And, boy, they were. The first 'technical' rapid was negotiated with only a slight hiccup , that of us hitting a rock and the raft not overturning. The second 'techical' rapid was negotiated with us going right over the rock and feeling it hit on our heels. The third 'technical' rapid gave us the greatest pain a.k.a pleasure. The rock hit the raft at such speed that the 'trained professional' was thrown back at us and we had to steady him and the raft. After that came the easy portion of the rafting and we swimmed a little in the river and went till the 7km mark without any help from the 'trained professional' and then it was over. But nothing ends until it ends completely. We had to be transported back to the starting place. We then had a game regarding who can throw the boulders at the maximum distance(no points for guessing as to who won ... ofcourse me).
Now we were transported back to the starting place. Now the adventure bug in me had been awakened and I wanted to go swimming in the river . No one was game and it was getting late, so I decided against it. But I will swim in the river the next time I get there (which is going to happen sooner rather than later).
The other things happening there.....
Some localite was trying to impress the girls by repeatedly bathing in the river.
Army school children were swimming in the river(but I could not :( )
We ate omlette-bread.
Someone was going to be caught embarrased in the loo.
I am just thinking that this is the first day and nothing great had happened yet and still i have so much to write about.
The best part of the trip is coming in the next blog post when we reach Manali(and from there Gulaba).