Good bye Tawang, Good bye Bittu!
Day 5
March 19 2008
Tawang
Around 6:30 AM, we all were ready and we checked out and came down. Bittu as usual had a surprise for us... He said, Paing, the actual driver who was supposed to come 2 days back had arrived atlast!
And he will be coming with us to Tezpur.. We said we are sorry we cannot accomodate one more in the car as there was not enough space. I should admit that we were acting a bit rude, but Bittu had forced us to act that way.
We told Paing we are sorry, either you can drive or let Bittu himself drive. In that case, you can come to Tezpur on your own. He said its ok. I'll come somehow.
We stared at around 7:00 AM and reached Tezpur at 7:00 PM. In between Bittu never ceased to amuse us
by inventing new techniques in "How to be a very BAD driver" We had to tell him so many times to stop for breakfast, lunch and even 'susu'!!! He pretended not to hear... said you'll get good food in thwe next village only... we cannot stop here... It was as if we were at his mercy.
During breakfast he vanished somewhere with the car and our luggage... after almost 20 mins he came back and never bothered to tell where he went! At times I even thought of pushing him out of the car and leaving him there!
On the way, we stopped for fuelling. He asked for 2400/- Since we had told Miraj that we will be taking the same car to Kaziranga also, we thought the money will be enough. But the 'cheat', filled for rs 1000/- Only! When asked he said he will put more fuel later.
since on the first day we had missed the Orchid house, I told him to stop there when we reached Balukpong. But he said it'll get late and he will not stop. It was only 5:00 PM and we made him stop the car. Unfortunately we couldnt see anything cos the visiting time was over.
When we reached Tezpur, Bittu directly went to a Petrol pump. Eventhough the tank was half filled he filled it for 500/- As soon as we reached his Office, he met his Boss and talked for sometime.. since it was in their language, we couldnt understand anything.
After sometime, the vehicle owner came out and asked how the trip was and all.. We told him evrything that happened from day one and told him that we did not get good service for his company. We told him that the trip was a big disappointment for us all because of Bittu!
We had called Miraj and he came to the office after sometime. Again we repeated the whole story and they started talking in their language. When the topic came to the fuel in the car, we told them that we had given rs 2400/- to Bittu but he hasnt filled the tank for that amount. Suddenly Bittu said that he had filled the talk for 500 Rs in Tawang.
We got angry hearing his lie and told him that there is no use talking to a liar and we came out. Miraj and the other guy came and tried to pacify us. We told them that we dont want the money back and we'll consider that we had given it to a begger. We asked them only one help whether they could do something to take us to Kaziranga that evening.
The money mindedness in them came out and they again started talking business. They said as soon as Paing comes, he will take us to Kaziranga and we have to give any extra amount for Petrol as per the km reading, 1 days charge + driver's charge.
We didnt have any other option at that time and said OK. Paing came and we started to Kaziranga at around 9:00 PM. We reached Kairanga and met a friend Ranjith who was working in SBI in Kohra branch. He had booked rooms for us in Kohra and we checked in and slept trying to forget the bitter experiences with Bittu!
March 19 2008
Tawang
Around 6:30 AM, we all were ready and we checked out and came down. Bittu as usual had a surprise for us... He said, Paing, the actual driver who was supposed to come 2 days back had arrived atlast!
And he will be coming with us to Tezpur.. We said we are sorry we cannot accomodate one more in the car as there was not enough space. I should admit that we were acting a bit rude, but Bittu had forced us to act that way.
We told Paing we are sorry, either you can drive or let Bittu himself drive. In that case, you can come to Tezpur on your own. He said its ok. I'll come somehow.
We stared at around 7:00 AM and reached Tezpur at 7:00 PM. In between Bittu never ceased to amuse us
by inventing new techniques in "How to be a very BAD driver" We had to tell him so many times to stop for breakfast, lunch and even 'susu'!!! He pretended not to hear... said you'll get good food in thwe next village only... we cannot stop here... It was as if we were at his mercy.
During breakfast he vanished somewhere with the car and our luggage... after almost 20 mins he came back and never bothered to tell where he went! At times I even thought of pushing him out of the car and leaving him there!
On the way, we stopped for fuelling. He asked for 2400/- Since we had told Miraj that we will be taking the same car to Kaziranga also, we thought the money will be enough. But the 'cheat', filled for rs 1000/- Only! When asked he said he will put more fuel later.
since on the first day we had missed the Orchid house, I told him to stop there when we reached Balukpong. But he said it'll get late and he will not stop. It was only 5:00 PM and we made him stop the car. Unfortunately we couldnt see anything cos the visiting time was over.
When we reached Tezpur, Bittu directly went to a Petrol pump. Eventhough the tank was half filled he filled it for 500/- As soon as we reached his Office, he met his Boss and talked for sometime.. since it was in their language, we couldnt understand anything.
After sometime, the vehicle owner came out and asked how the trip was and all.. We told him evrything that happened from day one and told him that we did not get good service for his company. We told him that the trip was a big disappointment for us all because of Bittu!
We had called Miraj and he came to the office after sometime. Again we repeated the whole story and they started talking in their language. When the topic came to the fuel in the car, we told them that we had given rs 2400/- to Bittu but he hasnt filled the tank for that amount. Suddenly Bittu said that he had filled the talk for 500 Rs in Tawang.
We got angry hearing his lie and told him that there is no use talking to a liar and we came out. Miraj and the other guy came and tried to pacify us. We told them that we dont want the money back and we'll consider that we had given it to a begger. We asked them only one help whether they could do something to take us to Kaziranga that evening.
The money mindedness in them came out and they again started talking business. They said as soon as Paing comes, he will take us to Kaziranga and we have to give any extra amount for Petrol as per the km reading, 1 days charge + driver's charge.
We didnt have any other option at that time and said OK. Paing came and we started to Kaziranga at around 9:00 PM. We reached Kairanga and met a friend Ranjith who was working in SBI in Kohra branch. He had booked rooms for us in Kohra and we checked in and slept trying to forget the bitter experiences with Bittu!
Your photos are so attractive. I think there is heavy snowfall. I love snowfall.
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Preeti
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Thanks Preeti,
ReplyDeleteYeah it was heavy snowfall but too windy too!
Anyways we enjoyed it so much!
Nice Post dude!!Just loved the description and the Beauty of north east...i am planning to visit Tawang in august....any suggestions?
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