Photos of the Backpacking Trip
hey people!
well, finally, after a week I landed back at my place, I have managed to scan through all my pics, and finally uploaded them :) the (many)links are below :)
thanks ;)
cya!
-aashish
AmritsarMcleodganj DharamsalaDalhousie KhajjiarjammuSrinagarOn road to LehLehOn Road To ManaliManaliShimlaDehradunUttarkashiGangotriOn road to RishikeshRishikesh
Early morning back to delhiLabels: photography, trek
27 days. On the road. Amritsar-Himachal-JnK-Himachal-Uttaranchal.
Highlights - photography, interesting food, cheap acco, weird company for travel, punctures, military convoy lifts, learnings on sex at an overnight tea stall, cold deserts, sand storms in cold deserts, falling rocks, friend falling off a cliff (almost), treks, 2nd highest motorable road, highest motorable road, Leh-Ladakh, Kashmir valley, rafting, holy dips in ganges - 6 times :P, hot women to see, none to date :(, and a memorable trip.
Enjoyed it :)
Labels: Life, personal, photography, trek
Kar-Na-La
Well, this post comes 5 days late, after the 2nd and hopefully last
trek in the Sahaydris. Well, this happened after lots of mails among about 15 people, and 9 finally showing up on the eventful morning.
The morning - I wait for the woman
Just like any other morning, Sarmistha woke up when given calls at 5.30AM, the time we had hoped for leaving the campus, for the much needed maddu stopover. Having picked her up, we made it to maddu where the rest of the gang - 7 people - SD, SD Jr., Karthik, Jose - the old man, Sandhya, Nivedita, and Bachha were already getting some food packed for the journey. Vadas and a few idlis done, we got to Panvel thanks to the Mumbai local trains.
Train journey
At Panvel, Bachha cut us a deal with the autos, 9 people in 2 autos, for Rs. 150 per vehicle. A 20 min drive, and we were right infront of the starting point at as early as 7.30 AM. A princely sum of Rs. 20 ph, and all of us trodded right over the saying that I always had upheld so far "Vishnoi Doesn't Trek". A few hundred meters up, we saw the map of the complete place. A 3km trail to the fort, or a 6+km trail that showed us some birds (hopefully) and a long walk to go. With three non-trekking people, we chose the "stroll in the park" was what we had hoped for, what it turned out was not bad either. With too much exposing of the newly wed Ash - our trail had burnt leaves on both sides - we had a pleasurable route while we had expected a hot sunny day. Clouds were what did come to our rescue :)
The entry into the bird sanctuary
The map we read
Sarmistha and I at the
Drinks Break ;)
An anthill on the way :)
At around 9.30, we were atop the fort, and encountered nice views, had some food, while SD and Sandhya tried their hands at some rock climbing. Lots of Sriram over the place made us crack loads of Emani jokes, and a happy affair done, we started to walk down the trail we had walked up. Then did the slipping of people, and the injuring of ankles happen, with quite a few slips and a couple or so sprains.
SD - Desperate little kid on the top of the fort :)
The "erection" that SD and Sandhya tried to mount :P
All this happens while we eat :)
And SD poses on the rocks ;)
The
Srirams all over the rock
A peacock in the cage
Done with all this, at around 12 noon did we arrive at the start point of the Karnala Bird Sanctuary, with no birds sighted but in the cages - a peacock, and a couple of parrots. Then came the tough decision for the group minus Karthik, Sarmistha and I - who had decided to head back to IIT with a stopover at Karthik's place. The choice of proceeding to Alibag, or to Karthik's place where we'd order pizzas and his mom's hand cooked food? All chose the latter, and to Karthik's place we headed. 1.30 PM in there, we all gathered up in his library, some washed, some not, and the pizzas in front of us. Dosas also were made soon, and all gobbled up, one by one we all fell down like a house of cards ;)
Some 2 hours later, we all managed to get up, and snacks down the stomach, and a bus ride to IIT home sweet home we were by 7 PM. I made a dash to hostel, picked up the money that'd been lying in my suitcase for long, and to Dadar I went to buy my latest prized collection - Canon 350D. :) Yes yes, I own it now :)
Labels: IIT, Life, Mumbai, trek
