Disclaimer:

The following is the aftermath. So, if you haven’t read about the series of events that lead to this, stop reading this right now and come back after reading “Here’s a polarising broke story of 3 university best friends in Wales”.

Remember the part where I was telling you all about how renting the car from Green motion was probably the lowest quality standard decision ever made?

Aftermath:

The detour into Ruthin caused a slight delay and we finally reached London by 11pm. The ‘drop-off’ of the car was 9pm, so we were late by around 2 hours. We dropped it off and headed home to call it a night.

Unusually, the three of us were woken up to the sound of our mail notifications rather than our alarms. Long story short, it was Green motion’s mail to us, stating car damage fines of 1,205 GBP was applied by them. To put that into perspective, it is 1,11,850.58 INR. Point your finger to the screen, count that number again properly and try to digest the fact.

We shat our jocks, called in sick at work and school, and over morning tea planned to pay them a visit and see what is up. Gaurav and I did the same and showed the employees ‘before’ and ‘after’ tapes of the car we had rented. We had a back and forth for hours and they stuck to their original decision of fining us that figure. The two of us decided to take this issue to the police station. They advised us to take this matter to a solicitor. Due to the financial penalty, the three off our bank balances were literally down to single digits. Mine was on 3.01 GBP, which equates to 279.26 INR. To break that down, I could merely afford a custard filled Krispy Kreme doughnut with that money.

So, we weighed our options and ruled out the solicitor option, as we couldn’t afford one. Instead, we chose to reach out to our “Law-studying” friends, who guided us with steps to be taken. We heard them and decided to take it to the court of law.

Meanwhile, we got back to our regular university life and parallel applied for odd jobs to recover the lost money. The following days and months were difficult on us mentally, physically and financially. So much so, that Gaurav and I payed a visit to London’s own Gurudwara for blessings and high quality food. Haha.

The three of us graduated successfully and are now back to our respective towns. However, we still continue to ride this longest rollercoaster of a ride and fight the case outside the court, and are in constant negotiations over e-mails and phone calls. Simply, to claim back what was rightfully ours.

BUT, not a single regret!

Travel preaches and Lessons learnt:

Cheap is always not friendly on your pockets. Quality and brand value is.

Travelling is always not about visiting a museum, cathedral, beach or casino etc. Every travel should be a story and an experience.

The downside to our way of travel were the obstacles at every stage, but the upside was experiencing nature at its highest level and countless memories. So, keep hustling and pulling through those obstacles something magical awaits, just like that sunset near the fort.

Travel unplanned, its a life changing experience.

Somebody, make a movie already.

Stalk our instagram profiles for decent looking travel pictures, we don’t mind!

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