Start of the Trip

Event Date: March 29, 2006
Location: Hyderabad

So,
Finally it’s decided. I’m going to Nigeria for the project. Bibhu has been trying to scare me off since day 1, and as usual his words end with “I’m not trying to scare you, don’t worry”. Anyway, I got the tickets in the afternoon, for the night flight to Mumbai. Guess it was a good idea to pack my bags a night before, since I was able to leave the office by 6:30pm only. Since my biggest concern was how I’d be able to make contact with the client in Lagos, when I get out of the airport (I was told that the airport was more like ISBT bus stand Delhi, turned out that it was true!), I was given a pre-paid card with international roaming, and was left to get a handset on my own.

While rushing back home to get my bags I called my friend Amit in Mumbai to try and buy a handset as he also had a night flight to catch and we’d be meeting at the airport. However, as I had doubted, Amit was unable to find a handset for me.

Even as I hurriedly rushed to the Airport, the flight got delayed by an hour and I was left wondering what all things I’d left behind in hurry. Well I finally reached Mumbai, met Amit and boarded my next flight to Addis Ababa.