Waking up at 4 am on Wednesday to catch a train at 6 am from the New Delhi Railway Station, was the beginning of this travel-- A travel I looked forward to as well as well dreaded. Looked forward as this would take my mind off things but dreaded since this was with my office colleagues with whom I am yet forge a bond even after 3 years. I have absolutely no clue if this is because I have not really made the effort to do so or if this is in general me and I am not comfortable around them. But the moral of the story was I was taking this travel to avoid a lot of things...
We reached Mukteshwar at 2:00 pm after a two hours bus drive from Kathgodam station through some of the most picturesque forests that I have seen on the slopes of the Himalayas.
Then came the difficult part of selecting rooms and partners, there were rooms and tents. Only one from the ladies was interested in living in the tents so I decided to tag along with her.
well, the tents happened to be devoid of plug points and also the washrooms were away from the tent, after which I was in a double mind but then my roommate provoked me into staying in the tent and I decided to do it.
But being skeptical of the cold I asked for another blanket just in case I feel cold, yes we had to use quilts at night even in June- July there. the night was peaceful, woke up at 7:00 in the morning and decided to go for a uphill run. Now Mukteshwar is at an altitude of 7500 ft so it needs some acclimatization before we can do this but I had only two days so could not have wasted acclimatizing to the weather, could I? So I ran up as much (more like little) I could and then saw a temple so decided to trek upto it, like a little trek and then while coming down I ran full speed, with the momentum adding to my speed it was speeds that I have never experienced, literally could feel the air in my hair!!! haann experience!!!
Did I mention that my roommate chickened out after the first night so the second night I was alone in my tent but then I enjoy these...
Dozed off at 10:00 pm that night after reading "Room on the Roof" for some time and woke up at 12:30 am to the sound of pattering rain, one can hear everything considering that the hill are quiet and the tents do not have sound proofing to mitigate anything. Then my thoughts were as long as the tent is not dripping I am not moving to the room and lo and behold I was fast asleep in the next five minutes!!
Woke up early the next day since I again wanted to go running uphill and downhill and had also identified a patch of green mountain that I wanted to walk up so I refused to go the temple where five others were going but alas it was raining even in the morning so my plan was watered away (literally). The rain also brought the clouds right into our face which was another first for me. I have never felt clouds in my face or stood above them ever in my life.
The trip was fun since it gave me some time off a lot of things on my head and I love the tents!!!
Pics attached!!
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