Kanchani Thatch

The trek to higher camp started on the 4th day. Both SP7 and SP8 lined up to bid us bye. We waited outside the base camp for the bus to take us to our trekking spot from where we were to start our actual trek. We packed our bags on top of the bus and packed ourselves inside.  

The bus moved towards Manikaran and then towards a right. The ride was long and the beautiful view of the hills and the valley below kept all the photographers occupied. We passed by few apple orchards, beautiful houses built in wood and ofcourse the ever flowing river parvathi following down the stream. As soon as we got down the bus and collected our bags, we saw a lady selling the wooden sticks which would help us during our trek. Most of us picked up one and started walking towards the first higher camp. 

The rest of the distance to walk till the Kanchani Thatch was short and the group was is no hurry. We met the first tea point near a small waterfall. We ate our packed lunch and a hot tea. After the early lunch and tea the group was in all mood to catch a nap but the rain gods  had different plans. It started raining heavily, by then we had reached a safe shelter. Few of us locked ourselves in a small room. The large group in the adjacent room started singing while we settled down listening to them and chit-chatting. Once it stopped raining, we reached the first camp KANCHANI THATCH.

The camp leader gave us a short briefing about the campsite and we were advised not to sit inside the tent which will not help in getting acclimatized to the altitude. The group started exploring the places around, the camp site was indeed a very beautiful place. A stream of chilling water was running behind the camp from the hill above. 

After sipping in hot tea, we gathered to play our water bottle game, the bottles got replaced by a socks ball and then the cricket enthusiasts wanted to play 8-8 over match. 

There was more decision making than actual game and it was fun watching them quarrel even for a single run. My job of score board was very difficult. I even tried my hand batting for a over. Not doubt it was a maiden. Manoj & Mayur dived for catch deserving a best fielding award. Dani should have had awarded the best batsman award. 

The night was extremely cold, I was almost shivering when we got a call outside the tent for a session on star gazing. Dhiren Meshvaniya, a star gazer by hobby was to share his learnings on astronomy. I dint want to miss it. Struggled to keep myself warm, the hot bournvita certainly helped. The cold was gone as we got lost in the sky watching stars and satellite. We enjoyed our journey watching the Saptharishi, Pole star, Swathi, Chitra and several other star and constellations in the sky. Its amazing to understand how we do identify the directions keeping the stars for reference. I sometimes got lost but dint miss bear, a man, lion, fish formations the stars made, for which we address them as sun signs. I was so excited when I saw satellites in the night sky for the first time. Night sky is a world in itself, it has so much in its treasure to amaze you, especially at this altitude where there are only mountains in all directions. 

There is so much to learn for a person like me who knows nothing about astronomy. Yeppie, could be a new hobby!! Noted down.

It was an extremely cold night. I realised only after the session got over. Ran back into the tents and started  star gazing inside the sleeping bag.

Kasol - "I am climbing..."

I could still hear Mithun Da making some announcements and I realised I need to get up and assemble for the PT. Pulling out of the sleeping bag was a big job in that cold mornings. We would jog from the camp to that ground close by and same set of 1 2 3 4 ... would start. I made a point to stand at a corner to somehow escape from the eyes of Sushmaji. 

It was SP5 group's turn to leave for the higher camp. we wished SP5 A Happy & Safe Trek as they walked the ramp. Today we would be doing Rock Climbing and Rappelling. We walked for while to reach the place for rappelling. Lakshman briefed about the rope, glove and other equipments used for rappelling. After watching him climb down, every one waited for their chance to get into the harness and started descending.

There was a long queue who wanted to give a try. While few of us took shelter in shade and surrendered to nap. When the queue reduced, we climbed up the rock from a side and started descending.

After this me and Dani took a short walk to where the stream was running. We came across this tree fallen across the stream. A fallen tree is always our fav place to sit and take pics. It dates back to my engineering days, we used to stop our vehicle every time we saw a fallen tree... sit on its trunk and take some crazy pics.   I went and sat on it watching the water flowing below it.

We came back to the same spot for rock climbing after having lunch at base camp. I had done artificial rock climbing in the past but this was a natural rock. So it excited me. Lakshman described about different climbing ways. I remember two ways of climbing one was classic and the other I dont recollect. He gave us a demo. Before one starts climbing, he has to tell "I am climbing" for which the person sitting above with rope controls replies with "Climb on". similarly if you fall off in between we had to say "I am falling" while falling. Now this was difficult. I would have fallen and then realise that I had to tell something.... They also showed pencil hold, and several others where you could keep your feet while climbing. 

After few guys went up I started climbing. It was challenging. You need good strength in your hands to pull your whole body on it. I enjoyed it as long as I did it myself. There was this last stretch where I struggled to pull myself and Parvinder Thakur helped me at the end to complete. Lakshman had mentioned that we need to climb this part a little  “PYAAR SE” (Wondering how much pyaar se… My pyaar was certainly not on that rock :P) people started calling me “Mountain Goat” after this climb. 

After completing the task I took a nap in the shade. Others also joined the group and from no where the idea of playing with 2-3 water bottles(throwing randomly at others) hoped in and we had a gala time throwing the bottles quickly at others before they were ready for it. I still remember what Adi did (He threw the bottle where nobody was standing and when he realized that he himself started running behind it.. Dude was it Altitude problem :P). Ha ha… Even today when I see the scratches on the water bottle, it brings a smile on my face.

Back in the camp, we enjoyed snacks and tea. Me and Raja sat near the steps for a long time waiting for our mobile and camera batteries to get charged. After a yummy dinner, we enjoyed another camp fire by SP7. Hot BournVita gave warmth for a good night sleep before we leave for higher camp the next day.

Sarpass - Day 2 in Kasol

A hot tea at 5:30AM would kick start the day. By 6:00 we were all up & ready for a morning jog followed by exercises. Our rock climbing guides Lakshman, Thakur, Sushma and few others made us huff n puff early in the morning. They would make us stand in a big circle and call out 1 2 3 4 till 8 and then back to ... 3 2 1. I would have stopped somewhere at 4 and would enjoy watching others struggling to complete with the count. Sushma madam used to make a face and say "what is there to laugh come on do your excercises properly..." And I would still do the same.. :P Dani & Suhas made fun of my jogging. It seemed to them as if I was dancing like a duck. Dani immitates me jogging even today, Dani I know you are a great actor... Ha ha!! By the time we finish the warm up, we would sweat like pigs even in that cold weather. For tomorrow's session I knew where I need to stand. After the exercise we would walk back to the camp.

After having breakfast, SP4 was to leave for the higher camp. We lined up on both the sides of the ramp to wish them luck. Sathyanandan Sir was busy giving instructions to those people while the participants boasted their spirits by dancing together with their group, clicking pictures before leaving. And finally they waved at us through the ramp as we clapped the YHAI clap 1 2 123 1 2 123... till the last person left the camp.

For acclamatization walk, we packed our rucksack with blankets and water bottles and few people carried the whole stuff that they would carry to higher camp. It was like a morning walk in the woods. Mithun Da lead the team sorry.. it was few dogs leading us :P. We stopped at some place and sat in a group playing Anthakshari. Initially the group was a little hesitant but when Mithun Da took charge, every one joined humming the tunes.

 Few turned out to be real good singers. And when someone is singing good or there is a nice number the group is singing I just cant stop myself singing it. I easily get lost while singing few old numbers of Md Rafi, in general all old hindi songs. Patil Ji was sitting behind me all this time hinted that I should sing a song in the campfire. But I had no plans to pester these peace loving people by doing so esp when they have come all the way looking for some peaceful time. Ha Ha!!! This walk helped us to get acclamatise with the group more that with the weather.                      

Post lunch we had a orientation by the camp leader SanthyaNandan. He gave a big bhaashan in the noon.  The very thought of sitting and listening a lecture for such long time gives me a great pain. I hate to disappoint my eyes who'll be crying to close after a nice afternoon meal. We choose a group leader Sharmaji, deputy leader Urmil Patel and Meena, our environment leader. I made efforts not to doze off by playing with my water bottle, disturbing Suma and Suhas who were sitting next to me. And finally I was glad it got over.

                                                                   - Kasol market

Later in the evening we went out for shopping in the kasol market buying woolen gloves, torch and other stuff required. There were many shops lined up in the street close to our camp with colorful glowes, socks, sweeters displayed. One can pick up really nice woolen clothes for cheap prices.

We had an awesome campfire. SP6 had majority of them from Karnataka mostly living in Bangalore. A small group from Gujrath and Maharashtra. This time Patil Ji cheered the crowd by reciting funny poems in hindi. When I invited him to perform on the stage he reminded me that I have to sing a song after this. Not to disappoint him and many of my friends request I did sing two lines from my fav song "Yeh Saman Saman hey ye pyaar ka..." I sing bad but I honestly enjoy it. Not to miss Pallavji’s singing, Patel’s Basuri and Kannada songs by Suhas and “HIS BOYS”. We winded up the campfire by singing the National Anthem and lined up for the BournVita queue.

Even when it is time for lights off, Mithun Da would still go on n on making announcements or again running for something. I used to wonder when this guy managed to get some sleep... I guess he could be making announcement even in his dreams. "Last call to collect your pack lunch" "SP6 line up" "submit your blankets" "After lights off no one should be seen outside your tents" and the list goes on...

Sarpass - On reaching Kasol base camp

It was a big dream of mine to visit The Great Himalayas. Two weeks of leave were a huge concern but this dream I knew was worth making any compromise. We booked our flights even before getting our leaves sanctioned. We shopped endlessly almost every weekend in April.  I was excited like a kid with every day getting closer to this trek. We kept our day schedule tight with workouts both in the morning and evening. Finally the big day on May 5th arrived, we flew to delhi and took a overnight HPTDC bus to reach Bhuntar. A local bus from Buntar took us to Kasol base camp in Kullu dist. I caught sight of snow mountains on our way to base camp and I was like WOW!!!! 

- Route Map of Sarpass Trek

The base camp was in a beautiful town of Kasol. River parvathi flowing right behind it. Her gushing sound all through the day set a endless music at the camp. The water in the taps were chilling. Forget taking bath, I had to think twice to even wash my face with that finger numbing cold water. More than 15 tents put in a large ground which is hired by YHAI every year during this sarpass trek season. Mithun Da was taking care of running this camp smoothly, he himself used to be running all the time for everything :P Amazing chap!!! 

             - Picture of Camp site at Kasol taken by Amit Mehta, one among those who see more through lens than throw eyes.

This being my second YHI trek, I was not surprised by the tents and the crowd in Base camps. We had our breakfast, bread butter jam and eggs. We were worried about having bread for breakfast whole of our trek, but fortunately that was not the case. We took our sweet time to occupy and settle down in our tents and relaxed for a while.

Just walk a while outside the camp and you see endless Israeli crowd roaming in weird dresses. No doubt the locals were accustomed to these guests and made their stay cosy in India. I was concerned about this and later I was told that tourist from Australia and Israel are common in Kasol being it cheaper than Manali and they are here for not more that 6 months.

Post Lunch, guys enjoyed a nice sleep in their tents while me and Suma wanted to explore the place with our camera. We took a bus in front of the base camp to Manikaran, 5km away. Manikaran  is located in the Parvati Valley between the rivers Beas and Parvati. It is famous for Hot springs. Manikaran is a pilgrimage centre for Hindus and Sikhs. A Gurudwara and Ram Mandir in the same temple complex. This place is crowded by piligrims visiting the gurudwara throughout the year. There is a pool where you can take bath in the hot water and on the other side of this bridge connecting the temple we can see boiling hot water gushing into the river.

 Back in the base camp, after a round of tea and snacks, We went for a short walk to the near by market enjoying the beauty of this little town. The houses in kasol built with wood were beautiful to look at, naturally for a person who is so tired of seeing concrete structures everyday. There are beautifully built structures standing amidst green fields. The town is surrounded by hills in all directions. Every hill is covered with pine trees. Little googling about kasol tells us that there is only one school which teaches only upto class 7th. Further the students either travel to Manikaran or Kullu to continue their studies. And we happened to see this school on our evening stroll. The school facing a temple, had not more than 20-25 students mostly girls. In a beautiful place like this it is natural that kids wont want to waste their lives sitting in those boring classes rooms and ruin their chilhood (I am being honest :P). The school had this big board telling "Honesty is the best policy" and several other boards of sarva siksha abhayan. Yea but I felt I should come here sometime in my life and work for these students in such schools where education is still not commercialised. 

Back in camp we had the first campfire. It was time to sing "Fire Fire CampFire". I still find this part very funny in YHI. Then started the performances by SP5 group. I cannot forget the Kargil story fabulously narrated by Chandrashekar Patil ji from Maharashtra. 

- Eco friendly Camp fire!!!

We collected our sleeping bags and kambal, next ten days we would spend our nights in these sleeping bags and Kambal. After sipping a hot cup of Bournvita the lights went off and we into our sleeping bags. 

KanyaKumari

It was a quick decision to go to kanyakumari and also a long awaited one. A week long frustration demanded a immediate break. And what better plan can be than watching sunset n rise in kanyakumari with my beloved. What could be better than going away from everything and enjoy the aloofness.


Booked bus to n fro from bangalore to kanyakumari. This is one best part of being in blore that u get transport easily to any corner of the country.

Friday night I started from my ofc to catch bharthi travels multi axile bus to nagercoil. I can always count on suma for she will never say no even if I inform at the nth moment. Many a times she blindly says yes without even knowing where we going. The journey was quiet ok. Saturday morning, at 7:30 we were nagercoil buz station waiting for bus to kanyakumari. Unlike my last visit, this time it was easy to locate a bus. Locals helped me find one time saving service (TSS) bus which charges Rs14 n reaches the tip of indian mainland with in half an hour. Bus fares in TN is unimaginably cheap. We got down at Vivekananda puram (kendra), 2km before the destination. With Raja's help we managed to get a AC room at Rs880/- per day. After fresh up, we took a bus to visit Suchindrum temple which is around 15kms towards nagercoil. 



The temple is amazingly beautiful with a huge door which was closed for us during our previous visit. Like any other temple in TN, this temple too is very huge a structure where you easily get lost roaming in. The idols are beautifully decorated, a glance of which comes in front of your eyes whenever you think of this place. After this visit, we were at kanyakumari temple which was closed from 12:30 to 4pm. 

We planned to come back here once back from rock. As it was a Saturday, we hoped for a smaller queue for the jetty, we were lucky enough to get into one without any queue at all. We were on rock at peak noon. I could not resist for long from going to the meditation hall,  I spent an hour sitting inside this hall... Meditating or could be just sleeping after that heavy lunch I had. Once in a while when I opened my eyes I could the hall crowded with school kids at every nook an corner and few other moments when it was absolutely me. I felt so good sitting here. Finally the watchman showed me the way out, guess he was worried that I would sit there forever :P 


The moment I came out, I realized the sun had gone and thick clouds covered the sky. With in no time it started raining rats and cats. people moved to take shelter under the temple roof. It was a downpour, which dint want to stop. We managed to reach the jetty queue when it gave a slight break. My only worries was the camera and phone. Else I would have enjoyed dancing in the rain. I had never heard thunders so hard and close to us. It was just few meters from where we stood that we could see the lightning. It was exciting and equally scary. The jetty took us back to the main land. And the roads almost flooded washing away all the dirt on the roads. We took a rickshaw back to room. After a short nap, we walked towards sunset point. Luckily sky was clear blue after the downpour letting us enjoy a wonderful scene of sun vanishing into the horizon. We visited the KanyaKumari temple. 

Raja missed a nice sunset, he joined us for dinner followed by long hours of chit chat outside our room till late. Reminding me of Mumbai. I havent been to any beaches on the eastern part of india so this is the only beach where I have seen sun as if rising from water. We walked to the beach early morning at 6:00 near kendra to catch a sight of it. Lot of people had already gathered. We sat on those rocks waiting to welcome another day in kanyakumari. Sun rose soft n so did the waves. Its beautiful to capture these moments without missing any second. Treat to your eyes to see sun mild n rising up every second. We played for while with the waves before the gates to the beach closed. We took our sweet time to reach back to our room enjoying the serene beauty inside the kendra. Peacocks roamed freely and those plenty of squirrels running around. My camera enjoyed capturing those freshly blossomed flowers in the garden. 

It was obvious that rock will be crowded on sundays. We dint hope for a second visit but wanted to give try. The queue discouraged us. After another visit to kanyakumari temple we planned to compensate the lack of sleep  in our rooms. By lunch time we forced ourselves to wake up and after having lunch we check ed out of our rooms to leave to Mandekaad beach. We took a car to reach Nagercoil and had booked a cab to reach Mandekaad from here. It takes one and half hour to reach this place from kanyakumari. 


Mandekaad beach is one among the most favorite places for Suma. We spent a nice evening watching those deadly waves hitting the shores.  Waves here are a proof to describe the worst tsunami it had experienced in 2005. The temple near by is pretty famous and usually crowded with locals. B'ful flowers sold outside the temple naturally attracted me. Every time I come here, I refuse to leave... But I had to. I get lost watching that beach, locals and this temple. I some how managed to come out of the hangover quickly unwillingly. There is some thing very special about this place. It is not just the beauty of this place but something more close which I have'nt yet figured out, pulls me here. My mind is often flooded with few scenes of this place every now and then. 'Ma mind is still Wondering and wandering there...

Our return journey was from Nagercoil. We had a yummy dinner at Udupi Hotel right in front of the Nagercoil bus stand. The bus had just arrived. Saying Bye to Raja is always tough. But the thought that we would soon meet gave me lil relief. It was a good night sleep till the bus reached Hosur Road. From here my mind was searching for something it really loves. Crazy mind !!!!! We both got down at Madiwala and took a bus to Indira nagar. I reached ofc by 9:30 to start it all again.... But Yes the break had made a difference.

Trek to Kumara Parvatha

Reading my previous travel blogs always brings a smile on my face, this one might make me feel sad. I was in bad shape couple of days before and had second thoughts about this task. But convincing myself was easier than others, so made up my mind and showed a Thumbs UP!!! Manu also was doubtful to join, Suma slipped away at the last minute for health issues. So finally we were 11 of us at majestic bus stand to catch a bus to somarpet at 11:00PM. Adi & Akki managed to arrange sleeping bags and tents for rent. Me, Suhas & Manu carried food packed for each in separate bags so that not one will carry all of it. Without bothering much for intro of new joinees we just boarded the bus and dozed off.

Early morning 5:15am, Adi had managed to look for a place to get fresh near the bus stand. Sumanth joined us lil later from Mysore followed by Kushal from Mangalore. By the time we got ready to catch the bus from Somarpete to Beedalli at 7:30am, we were pretty much got all our names registered. Akki, Ajay, Dani and Sumanth were making their first trek with us. I don’t remember how long the bus took to reach beedalli as I enjoyed a nice nap all along. We started walking towards the forest check post, which was around 3kms from where the bus drops you. On the way, a jeep dropped us till the forest check post where we registered our names by paying an amount of Rs200 each.

 It had rained the previous day in Coorg, so the weather was lil cool. We visited a temple just before setting off. The uphill trail started in good pace enjoying the thick forest around. Forest had a beautiful stream flowing from a close by falls. We knew that we would not get any other water source for the rest of the day and half. With enough water packed, we moved through the woods with small patches of open areas which showed bright sun. After a while, we had a surprise. Rocks!!! Too huge and long to cover in one shot. I stopped couple of times in the middle, finally crawled slowly to reach the top and waited for the fun watching others crawl. We decided to have light lunch to compensate the energy discharged. Trek became slower after this break. There were three such stretches of rocks. And after the final one we entered a beautiful canopy, naturally our tired bodies fell on the bed of dried leaves fallen. Oranges !!!! one, two, three and we lost the count of how much oranges we ate. Here we met an interesting person. Mr Ramaswamy Reddy a 65yr long man who had been to Himalyas 63 times till date. He explained that he visits Himalayas thrice every year. We were impressed!!!

By 2pm, we reached pushpagiri peak, tents quickly took shape in a safe place where it was less windy. We unpacked our bags and filled our tummies with chapathi, peanut butter, jam, oranges.

At the view point, we enjoyed watching the clouds playing games every minute covering the whole scene leaving nothing visible and sometimes cleared to give sight of beautiful green forest far down the hill. Few enjoyed listening to music, capturing pics and few others writing poetry. After spending sometime here, back near our tents we played UNO for a while. As dusk took over, we started collecting wood for campfire. It was difficult task to put fire as it was very windy and the night was equally cold. Fortunately, the sleeping bags we carried were good enough to keep us warm inside the tents. Dani tried many tricks to scare the crowd, thankfully we had a peaceful sleep.

 The first thing we did the next day morning was to go back to the view point and enjoy the tingle in the wind. We had Musli, bread-jam and good life for morning breakfast after which we quickly packed our tents and bags to start the trek downhill. We had to cover 14kms most of it being plains. Scorching sun was already on our head. We initially moved at good pace but no very far. The downhill was even more difficult than the uphill trail so we had to stop the leg at every step, and the loose stones on the track added to the difficulty. We managed to reach Bhatru mane by 12:30pm, for a stomach full lunch and fresh up. We relaxed here for a while. The next part of the journey for me was the most difficult one. Every step was a tough one and we took more pit stops to regain the energy and moved further. Thanks to my team to bear my speed and they waited for me to pull up every time I fell tired. Manu kept the spirits high by his sense of humor. We finally made it to kukke by evening 5. And on our way to this famous temple of kukke subramanya, we witnessed the snake dance for more than 15mins. When we finally found they were non-poisonous we decided to bother & forced them to continue the rest of their play inside the bushes.

We got the rooms near the temple to get fresh. Me and Su made it to the temple before it got crowded. It was long time I was planning to pay a visit to this lovely temple. Adi subramanya is some how very close to my heart. The reason being, it was here I very well recollect my mum sitting and resting the last time that she came here with me. The scene some how refuse to brush off from my mind. So I sat right in front of this place, and there were hundred thoughts running through my mind. Its no peace to have them but still felt better. And temple prashad I always love to have, inspite of the long queue. By safe 8:30pm, we all gathered outside the temple for a small round of chit chat. New comers were exchanging their first experiences with the rest of the team. To catch Vaibhav at 9pm, we checked out of the rooms. Journey was trouble some for several reasons and the body totally refused to move once we were back in Bangalore. It took very long time to walk like normal but the cramps only reminds me that it’s high time that I should start working out for the rest of the treks. 

Throughout the trek, I must say that I made sincere efforts to learn using my camera, I don’t say learning photography for I know I am still at the very first step of it. After every trek, the team usually exchanges couple of mails about the haal-chaal. This time the chaal part of mails were interesting and I thought of adding them here .... 

Suhas starts the mail chain as always :P -

" How are the legs screaming??? :P "

Su replies first : " SUPER!! me walking with full new style in office.. J J"

Ajay replied : "Me walking like a Robot!"

Manu says : "Robot walk defines perfectly! ;-)"

Adi wrote : "No problem with legs !!! Still alive and kicking !!! it's just i am deprived of sleep !!! Return journey was memorable with all the strange sounds and reckless driver shifting gears without even bothering to apply the clutch generating quakes !!! And our karnataka vaibhava equivalent to our sarige expect for half push back seats !!! Next time only airavatha's please."

Dani Replied : @ Adi : OMG. I am not finiding any like button here. :)

    Atleast your seats have gone a half-way, just think of mine whatever i did it came back to its original position.

In another mail, Adi writes :

@ All : This KP trek was more memorable than my previous one !!! Loved each and every moment of it !!! When you think you are completely exhausted and u think u can't even smile manu comes up with " Karadi bandre nan surrender agbithinappa" which lightens the air and brings a smile on everyone's face. 

Goa After trekking

Energy levels were still high. I was waiting for this day to the usual goa during its festive season. Roads were extremely crowded and the sun was as usual super hot. We packed our bags and checked out of our tents. Booked two wheelers to roam around. We had nothing planned for the day except to reach busstand by 6:00pm. We had 4 activa Hondas n one bullet. Goa roads are too good to drive. The boards put up makes life simple ... One can blindly follow them n reach out to places. We first drove to chopara fort where the famous dil chahatha hai is picturized.  Must say this fort gives the best view of the beached below, Vetegar beach looks amazing from this place. Even though this time we were not visiting this beach, I made it a point to read a lovely novel next time when I am here during an off season. Waiting for the crowd to get out!!! Suggest a nice book ….somebody. Sun was forcing us to take shade at every step. Wifi caught signal to reach calangote beach immediately.
 



Adi was enjoying his bullet ride and me as well as a pillion. We stopped for a while at baaga beach, it was again very crowded and I guess we had seen enough of beaches by now that we simple dint want to stop there for long. We had to catch up with Supriya and group in calangote beach. While wifi and this team enjoyed playing water sports, we rested in a shack and few did lil shopping from the shops around. We almost dozed off by the time these guys recollected that they have a train by evening to mumbai. We were back in goa city for lunch at delhi durbar. Lovely lunch and even more lovely Fenny. After sipping in some local drink of goa, we roamed in goan markets and visited Panaji church.




 We had enough of goa left unexplored but we dint want to just see it superficially also Goa is a place where one is forced to relax, so we dint want to force ourselves to cover more places that day given. Have all time on earth and gos is never too far than an overnight journey :P In short I am in love with Goa and wanna keep going there again n again.




Back in camp, Wifi and team had their bags ready on their shoulders. We collected our certificates for completing the trek, chauhan sir was all smiling now :) Ghussa Tanda ho gaya tha!!!!
It was time to say bye to these guys :( Even though we met for a very short time, we bonded well – like what Adi’s learning said. Attraction!!! Those wonderful memories of – Survesh named as Par Par Paresh by Shubha, Ashish’s acting skills, his honeymoon pic with Adi, Parimal’s singing, Wifi’s cute lil lil love story(s) …. All of these are unforgettable. @U guys : You were fun to be with. Hoping to see u all together in many more treks.

We took lil time to fresh up and headed towards the panjim bus stand. Our bus and shubha’s were different. We had say bye to this cute, fun loving girl who gelled up so easily with every body in the whole journey. The whole bus was ours, the driver was super cool- he flaunted his multi-axile bus by showing off its features. We WOWed like small kids at its every stunt he made it do. We demanded for a good movie, his collection dint have much to ask. Singham!!! I could keep myself glued to it till almost the climax but don’t when my eyes closed for a sleep. I dint even bother to feed my empty tummy. Another happy episode came to an end at Majestic at around 6:30AM. I announced my return on FB just to kill the temptation I had controlled by not FBing for the past 10days. Few liked it, few asked for fenny which had traveled with me across border!!!!


I was missing office, I swear!!! :P But yes I was!!! For a yummy lunch at Moven pick!!!

So many days have passed after this wonderful trip to goa. Now if I close my eyes and think of goa those beautifu memories of Velsao beach, Streams at dudhsaagar and the journey back in bus having my fingers  pampered all the while I was awake :) ... rushes into my mind!!!