Epic Intership Trip

I am currently in Dhanaulti which is a village near Mussourie, Uttarakhand. It is very cold here. I saw 'pala' (as described by the driver) which is like white powder spread across the roads. This means i saw something that resembles snow for the first time in my life. At age 23. We ( me, elton, devassy and gupta) are hoping it will snow in kanatal (our destination). By the way we are in the middle of THE trip we were dreaming of throughout mbbs. We are done with mussourie which was good, cold, had a dip in kempty falls which had icy water. And one day was dedicated to white water rafting. Now when I heard about rafting, in India everything is commercialised and no one really gives you the opportunity to actually experience an adventure sport (unless u can spend a lot over it. We are still students and have no salary of our own). So our experiences are limited. But rishikesh rafting is famous all over India. I had to check out what all this buzz was about. They have an office where you pay them (only Rs 300 per person), change into shorts. Then they take you along with a rafting boat on a jeep 18km from there. Then your phone, camera, wallet can be kept in a waterproof bag. Board the raft. The instructor properly teaches you commands. Then you enter a different world. On a raft in the calm waters of river Ganga with impressive rapids in between where you get the adrenaline rush. While youre going forward and you get ur head up you realise that you are in a really wide river with a colour betn green and blue and theres lush green fauna and conical trees an the banks that slope on either side. Sometimes you go through hills and that makes the river cutting in between and flowing through a valley. There is a scheduled stop in between where the raft stops on the shore buzzing ppl on other rafts for some maggi, tea and cigarettes. This is right in the middle of nowhere, where you cannot see life for miles on either side. Hot maggi after a cold rafting session makes your stomach dance. There is also a 'cliff jump' point where you can make amazing videos for ur social networking profile ;) And the best part is when you end it. It ends near Ram Jhula which means swing of Ram. It used to be a bridge made of ropes and planks which used to swing due to the wind but now is a suspension bridge. But what is amazing about it is that it is surrounded by some dozens of temples on either side of Ganga which have stairs coming down into the river. Our trip ended at about 5pm which is sunset time there in december. So we're sailing on a greenish blue river with a golden yellow sky above, with a pleasant breeze brushing your face . All this time all the little temples are slowly moving back one after the other with muffled clattering sounds of Ganga Arti which gives your eyes a juicy treat and takes you into a spiritual heaven. It is definitely a memory for life for me.

Anyway its getting colder and colder as we are reaching Kanatal, our next destination. Our resort is supposed to be on a peak which (fingers crossed) would be covered with snow. That would be another mesmerising story to tell. Will definitely share it after i'm done with it.