20th June, 2010
It was a just like a common day. But something that made it a special one is our(me, Atinder,Buta and Mohit) discussion for a trip. We all proposed our ideas but all were not that which we were looking for. Suddenly Atinder said that “why don’t hemkund sahib?” He said that he had gone there earlier and it will be helpful for us. We both agreed because it was the place we were looking for. So the programme was set and we planned to go after the training. We found “Buta” as our fourth companion.
6th July, 2010
It was the night before we leave for the trip. We were packing our bags and were calling each other for silly things. I slept early after packing as we have to leave early on the morning. All was set except the camera which we couldn’t arrange till the next day morning.
7th July, 2010
It was the day we were to start my first trip with my friends. I woke up early and got ready to go. I left early for the bus stand. But the day was not so good. It started raining heavily but thank god the rain stopped till I reach Moga. Buta was waiting for me over there. We both left for Ludhiana where we were to meet Atinder and catch the train. But it was again our bad luck. We heard that all the trains were cancelled due to heavy rain. We have to change the plan and we turned to Ludhiana bus stand. We took a bus to Ambala after waiting for almost two hours for Atinder. At Ambala we met Mohit who was waiting there for us from 4 hours.
At Ambala ,there was flood like situation. The bus stand was full of water and people were waiting for the buses on roads. Somehow we got a bus to Haridwar. From there we took a bus and went to Rishikesh where we stayed for the night in the Gurudwara.
8th July, 2010
We woke up early and after prayer in the Gurudwara and we took a bus and left for Srinagar. We reached there by 1500 hrs . After lunch and resting for a while, we went out for roaming. We went to the riverside of Alaknanda. It was a beautiful place with some splendorous views. There was also a walk over bridge. Though it was closed due to its poor condition but still we got on to that to click some photographs. After that we moved towards the river. We started throwing stones in the river and started counting the tosses on the water. After a lot of fun, we returned to the Gurudwara, had our dinner and slept with some new aspirations for the next day.
Here are some of the pictures clicked at Srinagar…………
9th July, 2010
We have to leave that day for Gobind Ghat. So after the prayer, we went to the bus stop from where we got a bus to Gobind Ghat. I was an adventurous journey in which we saw number of beautiful places. In the midway, we saw number of people crowding the road and ambulances. A school bus had fallen into the river. We heard that all the passengers were dead except a small child and the conductor.
It was a breath taking incident. We moved ahead watching the landscapes and the clouds coming nearer to us. We reached Gobind Ghat by 1700 hrs. It was a chilling place. Our room was near to the river and loud noise of the water striking the big rocks can be easily heard. At night, after the dinner we went to the nearest market. There was no network coverage over there. So we tried to call our parents from the PCO but all in vain.
10th July, 2010
That day we had to start the trekking. After the daily prayer we went to the market and bought sticks. Then we started our trekking after a photograph at bridge. We had a great start but we soon get tired and started sweating. After resting for a while and changing the clothes we started again. It was a long tiring journey of about 13km. But the journey was very exciting. The way through the mountains and the dense forests. Here are some of the photos clicked in way:
We reached our destination for the day in about 6 hrs. The place was at a much higher altitude and the clouds were all around us. The temperature was freezing cold. Just after spending a hour outside we went back to the room to have a nap because it was chilling outside.
11th July, 2010
It was the day we had to reach the top. We started early as we had to return back the same day because there was no place of accommodation on the top. But the route was a tougher one. The temperature started falling as we were moving up. When we reached the top, we were all lost between the clouds. Nothing was visible except the white fog everywhere. Soon after resting for few minutes we went to “sarover” for a holy bath. The water was icy cold. Then we went to “darbaar sahib”. The environment inside was so peaceful and warm that no one was willing to come out. After the “ardaas” and a cup of tea, we started our return journey. We were really quick while returning because we moving back downhill. And within few hours and returned back to “gobind ghat” covering a distance of 19km at once. That day we covered a total distance of about 25km. We were really tired that day. In the evening we went to the market for some shopping.
12th July, 2010
It was the most unlucky day of our whole trip. We went to the bus stop by 8 to take a bus back to Rishikesh. But they was no till 11. At last we a got taxi to next station where a get the bus but, still it was not the end of our bad luck. The bus was not going to rishikesh. But still we took that because there no other option. Soon after found another problem. The road was closed and he had to stop there waiting for the road to be opened. But thanks to the driver whose took an alternate route. But the road was not a good one. It was very and the traffic was almost doubled. Somehow he managed to get to main road but it took us two extra hours. Our plan to reach rishikesh that day was no more alive. The bus took us to the half way from where we hired a taxi to Srinagar. It was a bit happy end to our unlucky day.
13th July, 2010
This was going be our last day of the trip. We woke up early and without any kind of breakfast, we went to the bus stop and took the bus to Haridwar. Atinder and Mohit left in the noon but I and Buta decided to stay there for the rest of the day and roam in Haridwar. Our train was at 9 in the night. So we both went out. We also went to the holy Ganga river and stayed there a while and went back to the railway station for our train. We got the train at time and reached Ludhiana at 7 in the next morning from where we took the bus back home.
It was really a adventurous trip that will never slip out of my memories……
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