Our trip to Heaven...

Never before have I experienced such a blend of excitement and enjoyment.

Last weekend I, along with my 8 other colleagues went to Mussoorie on a 2 day trip. This, I would say, was the most memorable trip after my Lansdowne trip 2 years ago.

Ready for Departure

Friday,16^th July 2010: Everybody was surprised to find me in the office even after the office timings. Later only did they came to know that we were supposed to depart from the office itself.Lolz.

At around 2230 hours, our cab arrived and we started our journey with such high levels of excitement that could not be defined. Manoj sir, Rajesh sir, Vineet sir and me boarded the cab from the office, rest others were supposed to be picked up in the way. After an hour or so we had reached Ghaziabad and that’s where the actual journey started.Nobody was left to be picked up and everybody was full of excitement. Drowsiness was given a bang on its face by all of us. Leg pulling, ’Antakshadi’, Anecdotes and joking is all what we did during the drive to Mussoorie.We reached Dehradun around 0530 hours and guess what, there was a huge spell of rain to welcome us and escort us to Mussoorie. Stopped at a road side restaurant near IMS college, alma mater of Veena Ma’am, for a light breakfast. Continued the journey then amidst the heavy rains and finally reached Mussoorie at around 0830 hours. Hotel Gulmarg is what we opted for our stay there. A typical budget hotel.

We all thought that our trip will be spoiled by the rains as there were no signs of weather turning to our favour. But luckily, the weather cleared after an hour and a half .The plan was to first go to Kempty Falls and to Lal Tibba from there and return back in the evening so as to check out the famous Mall Road.

Day 1,Destination 1: Kempty Falls

So according to the plan, we left for Kempty Falls at 1030 hours. Stopped at two or three places on the way to take some nice pictures of the nature’s splendid beauty bestowed to us.We were at Kempty Falls at around 1200 hours. Five of us i.e. me,Rajesh sir,Vineet sir,Manoj sir and Anand sir enjoyed the Falls and had some nice photographs there. Then had a very nice lunch and left for Lal Tibba.

Day 1 ,Destination 2 : Lal Tibba

Everybody was tired by this time and eventually fell asleep.Woke up when we had already reached Lal Tibba.Kudos to Driver Uncle that he could drive for so long when even the guys riding pillion were aslept.Lal Tibba was just opposite to what I had imagined.It was known to me that it is the highest place here and one can seeMussoorie on one side and China Border on the other.So I thought it would be a scenic place with lots of open space.But it went against my imagination.All we could see there was a double storey building with a small shop on the ground floor. A lady was sitting there and she said there’s a large binocular on the Terrace through which we can see Mussoorie and China border.But there was some charge for going upstairs.Not much just 10/- per head.Initially we were not in the mood to go as the entire valley was covered with thick fog and there’s nothing we could see.But after much persuasion from the lady,we finally went to the terrace.There was thick fog everywhere round and so nothing was visible through the binocular.Everybody then started cursing me that why did I recommended this place.Especially….

But still the Fog covered mountains were looking very beautiful from there.So for the time being when we were hoping for the fog to clear,we had some really good snaps.

Slowly fog started to clear and we could see Mussoorie with bare eyes.Looking at it through the binocular gave a very amazing view. We spotted Gun Hill and Camel’s back Road. The scenic beauty of the place was slowly becoming spellbinding.The other good news was that the fog started to shed away on the opposite side also where it was said that we can see China Border.China border did not become visible but what we spotted was truly a picturesque view.Guess what? The Snow Clad Himalayas. Amazement rushed through everybody to have a look at the Mighty Whites through the binocular.By this time we had ordered coffee as it was really cold out there.The coffee arrived,I must say it was a nice one. We spent some of the best moments of our life there.

How much do you expect the price of the coffee that we had there?Guys,it was worth 40 bucks!!!But we never mind paying for it when we had such a wonderful experience.

Day1, Destination 3:Mall Road

Our next destination was Mall Road.Reached back to the hotel around 7:30PM and left for Mall Road after almost half an hour.The main reason behind checking out Mall Road was that we guys,specially Manoj sir, wanted the  justification behind its name. We wanted to see why it is named “Maal Road”.The reason was quite obvious;there were lots of maal we could trace there.Lolz.

Loitered in the market for an hour almost.Now it was the time for dinner.I had heard about MyShop which serves very good veg and non-veg delicacies. But unluckily it was fully occupied and hence too long waiting time was given. We finally gave up the idea of  having the dinner there and chose Hotel Clark for the supper.The reason behind choosing it was very clear ,it was the nearest restaurant serving both veg and non-veg meals, and I was in full mood to have hot,spicy chicken.The Food was OK.Not so good and not so bad.So after  a heavy dinner we directed our steps towards the hotel.After reaching there,we enjoyed the game of Court Piece, a card game. Retired on the bed at  0200 hours.

Day 2,Destination 1

While we were returning to the hotel, I had told everybody, specially girls, that we all should be ready to leave for Dhanaulti before 0900 hours so as to get maximum time to enjoy there.I myself woke up at 8 AM only when Sandhya Ma’am came to wake us up.She was all ready for departure and among boys-everybody just woke up.We all  got ready within an hour and checked out of the hotel at 1000 hours.Left for Dhanaulti,high on spirits,intoxicated with excitement. Had Omelettes and Paranthas on the way and we were at Dhanaulti at 1300 hours .

Let the suspense remain.Wait for me to get time for continuing it………..