It was a sudden decision by boys on the 9th floor to go for an adventure … After a long debate freezing on ‘River Rafting in Rishikesh’ was decided … dates were finalized and then postponed … thrice … and finally one fine day we all gathered at 10:00 pm here in Tolstoy House & boarded the bus to “Camp Wonderlust”, Rishikesh ...the rest of the story follows … pictorially.
Our Journey for the great adventure began in a high spirit (Hic!)
We started at 11:00 pm
A Mid way stopover for mid night meal …..Delicious Aloo Parantha’s and Special Chai!
We reached our destination at 5:30 am…. But could only locate the sign board of our camp! Airtel did not buzz at this spot and we all were in a fix.
Then… some of our daredevils receded in pitch dark to an unknown Pagdandi going down the hills to locate our camp & were lucky to find the camp by the side of a beautiful beach! But these Buggers forgot to intimate us who were waiting for some news amidst the bone chilling wind.
We were worried...And then suddenly Shamim shouted “Hey I have two dandi’s of signal on my vodaphone….we called one of our daredevils and he replied “Hey guy’s we found the camp & it’s so beautiful down here…. come down you all and don’t forget to get our luggage (Grrrr!)
Anyway ….it was a real site as we came down almost 700 meters on a zig zag track with extra luggage….
Beach Volley ball at 7:00am was great experience!!
A hot cup of Masala Chai as a welcome drink was really refreshing.
At 10:am we climbed-up 700 meters (no luggage this time..Luckily!) and boarded our bus and went to the starting point of our rafting adventure called ….Marine drive. All looked damn sporty in the rafting gears…
It was a 25 km long journey in the great Ganges…..we had to take two rafts….to face the 12 great Rapids…..4 of these were really challenging!
It was a real fun!!
Splashhhh while on the raft….. When guys were told that they are in the middle of a depth of 150 feet deep river Ganges… Everyone jumped back to the raft!!
There was a mid way halt ….this was a crowded spot with many other rafters taking a break for a 20 feet deep jump in to water….three of our teams members Vikram, Deepak & Ankit took the jump….
Camp fire and some ghost stories were on menu at the night.
Believe me….food at the camp was great!!
And the fire burnt till 2 am in the night despite the govt’s order to end it by 12 am....
Next day morning too, was great!
It was all on the rocks!
And the guy’s got the time to show off during the open bath at the camp beach…..
This camping proved to be a good team bonding exercise…………..
Some Great Poses…..
We all looked Great!
Time to set back home…..
Mid way Ganna break ……inspired by Rajiv was a great fun…..
On the way back the adventure showed ………………
It was a beautiful landscape at the Moolchands Resort near Khatauli …..An ideal place for meals on the way back….
We will go there again!
