Rafting @ Rishikesh !!!
A.W.E.S.O.M.E - That's how our Rafting trip was. One hell of an amazing experience and a must for everyone. Started off on Saturday and reached there by afternoon after a tiring journey.
Our base camp had a series of tents just about a fifty feet away from the river. It was totally surrounded by mountains with the river flowing beside it. The lovely surroundings and the scenic beauty mesmerised me so much that I almost spent an hr just watching the entire surroundings while the rest of them were played volleyball. Then we explored the surroundings clicking pics while some of them decided to take a plunge in the river.
We had made a quick a trek to the nearby mountain while the guide tried to scare us with some of his ''encounters with the ghost'' stories. On returning we had our dinner and pulled our beds out and slept under the sky.
The next day started with the river rafting session and it was amazing except for the rowing. It almost paralysed my hands. The rapids were intense and h
ad some weird names ( dunno how people named and remember them ). We rafted almost for 2hrs and reached our base camp for our lunch. From there we continued our rafting which proved to be even more challenging and dangerous. At one of the rapid one guy from our raft fell off and hit the rocks, he was lucky enough to escape it with some minor scrapes.
The body surfing was an amazing experience. I was so excited to get into water that my friends named me "Tortoise - Active in water and lazy on land" (Well, that should give you an idea how lazy I can be). The water was very cold but couldn't keep me off it and swam away to glory in the holy Ganges. Soon we reached a cliff, which was h
igh enough to take a deep dive into the river. Hesitated a bit initially, but after watching some of my friends diving, I decided to dive and the experience was both horrifying and hilarious. But after the dive I could feel a great sense of achievement of conquering my fear of diving :).
Soon we reached the end of our rafting where we packed the raft and brought it to shore. We quickly changed and started off as we had to reach the Delhi-border by 12 in the night to avoid some-god-forsaken tax. The vodka-mixed drinks set off the mood for a non-stop singing session and provided relief to the almost paralysed limbs and also made us invulnerable to the horrible driving of the driver.
Our base camp had a series of tents just about a fifty feet away from the river. It was totally surrounded by mountains with the river flowing beside it. The lovely surroundings and the scenic beauty mesmerised me so much that I almost spent an hr just watching the entire surroundings while the rest of them were played volleyball. Then we explored the surroundings clicking pics while some of them decided to take a plunge in the river.
We had made a quick a trek to the nearby mountain while the guide tried to scare us with some of his ''encounters with the ghost'' stories. On returning we had our dinner and pulled our beds out and slept under the sky.
The next day started with the river rafting session and it was amazing except for the rowing. It almost paralysed my hands. The rapids were intense and h
ad some weird names ( dunno how people named and remember them ). We rafted almost for 2hrs and reached our base camp for our lunch. From there we continued our rafting which proved to be even more challenging and dangerous. At one of the rapid one guy from our raft fell off and hit the rocks, he was lucky enough to escape it with some minor scrapes.The body surfing was an amazing experience. I was so excited to get into water that my friends named me "Tortoise - Active in water and lazy on land" (Well, that should give you an idea how lazy I can be). The water was very cold but couldn't keep me off it and swam away to glory in the holy Ganges. Soon we reached a cliff, which was h
igh enough to take a deep dive into the river. Hesitated a bit initially, but after watching some of my friends diving, I decided to dive and the experience was both horrifying and hilarious. But after the dive I could feel a great sense of achievement of conquering my fear of diving :).Soon we reached the end of our rafting where we packed the raft and brought it to shore. We quickly changed and started off as we had to reach the Delhi-border by 12 in the night to avoid some-god-forsaken tax. The vodka-mixed drinks set off the mood for a non-stop singing session and provided relief to the almost paralysed limbs and also made us invulnerable to the horrible driving of the driver.
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1 Comments:
@aparichitudu
Yes ra... it was really an awesome experience...you should also visit it sometime....one hell of an experience
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