Night at the airport

It was during the Diwali vacations in the year 2011, when I was hoping to get my train tickets confirmed. When I saw no hopes for the same, I decided to book the flight the prices of which were sky rocketing to Rs 12K one way.Luckily I got the ticket for mere Rs 3000..yipeee!!!
Well there was a catch to this blessing..I discovered that it was the last flight from Mumbai to Delhi arriving at 1 am. Was thinking if it would be better for a girl to go back home alone at the middle of the night as my dad couldn't come on account of heavy work load he has been going through the season.

So I decided to stay back overnight..I was hoping that the flight get delayed but in vain.It was 12:40am when the plane landed in Delhi..it landed before time!!
I was amazed to see the terminal 3 at the IGI airport, was memorizing the Heathrow airport at London. I was walking slowly to waste time there. Luckily I had some stuff with me to pass time like magazine, a Chetan Bhagat's novel and some eatables to munch the whole night and keep myself awake.

My eyes were searching for a place to sit and I found near the conveyor belt. Few benches were there and quite a few people sitting there. I was trying to read their faces if they are the ones trying to spend those 4-5 hrs with me and let the dawn break or waiting for someone to receive them. Many of them started sleeping while seated, some using their laptops and few of them kept bag on their heads and lied down on their benches..a typical railway station scene...lol

I started talking to few people around and tried to read that Chetan Bhagat's book..but just 1 hour has passed. Walked few steps here and there and munched snacks to keep myself awake. Thanks to dad and a friend of mine who kept on calling to know how am I holding myself up the whole night :)
There I met a girl who was from Raipur and also was waiting like me to take up a morning train to Rajasthan. We talked for the last 1-1.5 hr of my stay..she took away the boredom to make that night enjoyable for me :)
Clocked ticked 5 am and I decided to start off after saying good bye to the fellow passengers. I was amazed again with the Volvo bus service from Delhi airport to the city like the one at Bangalore. I had slept many a times during my journey but kept myself awake so that I don't miss my stop. Took the bus and reached home after almost 1.5 hrs. At home I slept at home the whole day multiple times to catch up with that night's sleep :)
It was tiring yet enjoyable night at the Delhi airport..will always remember the Diwali of 2011 :)