On My Mind Today

Trek to Triund actually should be the first thing to do when you are in Mcleodganj, even if you are not into trekking. It was my first solo trek and it could not have been better.  Life is really about the choices that you make every day. The night before I planned to go to this trek, it started raining heavily in Mcleodganj. I had planned to leave the following morning at 7 am, but it rained continuously from 9pm to 3am. Disheartened, I had cancelled the plan before going to sleep, keeping in mind the weather. But the next morning when my eyes opened at 9 am, and at that very moment, I don't what happened but I knew I had to go to this trek. I suddenly jumped out of the bed, got ready and packed my bag in the next 20 mins, and left my hotel after grabbing a toast from the hotel breakfast table. I knew the first thing I had to do was to buy a raincoat as the weather was not clear yet and it could rain at any moment. The market usually opens by 8-9 am, so it was not di...

Link to part I . After we returned to our cottages, we got to know the cliff jumping point was around 6 kms from the cottage. Now for personal travel, the locals here offer you Luna bikes, the ones which have almost disappeared from most parts of the world. They have that much capacity that if you have a pillon rider, you'll have to request him to get off the bike if you encounter a steep uphill. We stopped at  gautami  to have breakfast before heading to the cliff point.     The route to the point was beautiful. You have to take the road towards Sanapur and then there is a right turn on the reservour road. There is a huge reservoir that suddenly appears on the left side of the road and when you see it, you can't possibly continue driving. You have to stop and appreciate. When we saw the cliff from a distance, it looked like a small one, around 25 feet. We were sure it won't be much challenging to jump from here and even asked the loc...

Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.  I tend to religiously follow this in my life and the return has been significant. This story started with total randomness.  There was a cultural event going on in our college and it was supposed to end by 11 pm. Surprisingly, our performance ended by 10 and as it was friday, suddenly the thought struck me, 'let's go somewhere on this weekend". When you search for 2 days getaways from hyderabad, Hampi naturally comes in every list. After reading this post, you'll want it to be number one. It was 10.15 and there was a  train to Hampi  at 11.10. At 10.30, it was decided that the weekend would be spent at this world heritage site.  Hampi remained the capital of Vijayanagara Empire for around 200 years. It was chosen because of its strategic location, bounded by the torrential Tungabhadra river on one side and surrounded by defensible hills on the other three sides. At that time, these e...