Recalling Rishikesh....

As always, the sweaty summer calls for a break. Last month, I and my colleagues made a trip to Rishikesh- a mesmerizing hill-station in Uttarakhand. The tour carried the theme of adventure and was solely arranged by our company itself. We started our journey on Friday night, around 10:30 pm and reached the destination early morning on Saturday.

Well, it was Shivpuri, a bit far way from the main town of Rishikesh. Unlike five star resort and luxury hotels, we enjoyed a stay at make-shift camps, build on the bank of river Ganges. The natural ambiance was full of adventure and was far away from the city cacophony.

Enthusiastic travel troupes missed no chance to ooze fun and adventure. The trekking began and we all dared to cover a distance of 4 kms. On the way, we encountered the place, we were actually looking for. Oh! The cascading spring was awesome and we couldn't stop ourselves from getting wet. For an hour, we took halt and then, resumed our expedition.

We were at the apex level of the Neer Parvat- a height from which you can feel like standing close to sky. A pool there, was an ideal place to take rest. For an hour, we engaged ourselves to splash silver-white spring fall.

It was around 3:30 pm, when we were back to our camping location. We had sumptuous lunch and took a nap in the tent. The afternoon time on the bank of river Ganges is awesome. The big block of stones on the river-line appeared like stool and each one of us took best position to throw pebbles in the river.

Well, a few of my colleagues tried volley ball in the sand scape and some took part in the adventure rope walk.

With dusk, fun took an indifferent angle. All 33 of us took chair in a circular manner and started to play 'Dumsheras'- a guessing game dedicated to Bollywood movies and Anktashri. Hymm....I must say, my colleagues possesses good acting skill and singing spirit. The day called off with lip-smacking snacks and dinner.

Day 2 was even more adventurous than Day 1. Guess What! On the very day, we enjoyed the hearting pounding river rafting. All the arrangements were made by Indo-Ganges Nature Camp. We were provided life-jackets and trained guide, who taught the river rafting technique very well. It was just more then anything else. Sailing down through the smooth flow of Ganges and facing the wild rapids is  all together different. We covered 16 kms and faced 6 rapids, of which, I remembered the first one only- 'roller coaster'.

With completion of the rafting adventure, our trip came to an end. I think, I and few of my colleagues are a bit freaky. The last adventure task was something extra-ordinary. In spite of moving safe towards the developed road ways, we took pleasure to crawl high in the slippery hill-side and reach the bus. Thank God! We balanced to climb high or would have met accident, for sure.

The overall trip to Rishikesh went great. Stay tunned, till I set to pen down about my next traveling experience to the world of adventure.