A Trip to Dhanaulti

Although I have been to many trips but never made a blog post on any of them. This one is special and the reason being, my last outing with friends was 3 years back. This was a spontaneous plan and I am thankful to my friends for it.

We booked Innova and Swift for our journey to the hills of Dhanaulti. Well none of us realized then that fighting to sit in Innova was not worth the efforts :P (finally we settled for 4 in Swift and 5 in Innova, trust me when I say those 5 regretted  their decision throughout the journey). And by the time we reached Dhanaulti, most of the people  from Innova switched the vehicles. No no no, there was nothing wrong with Innova, there was just a minor accident and they just survived a life-threatening crash. And add to that, Mr. Driver asked my friends “ Kyu mai Car sahi chala rha hu na, koi dikkat ho toh batana……….” That’s it and my dear poor friends got so scared that their love for Swift magnified many folds ;-)

Well we finally reached the beautiful hills of Dhanaulti by evening. After a bit of efforts, we finally got comfortable rooms at cheap rates. After all  there are advantages of having  “Baniyaas” in the group, isn't it?? As the night progressed, temperature started dropping and it was unbearable for us. But but we spent the night under the open sky till mid-night and cold was bearable thanks to the bon-fire and “U Know What” (haan u guessed it ryt tea & coffee :P) It was one of the best nights for me: open sky – Bonfire – Friends – Music – quality time wid Friends.  There is an Eco- Park in Dhanaulti as well, do visit it if you want to make a stock of DPs and Fb Cover pics. We now have month long stock, or I guess more than that ;-)

One of the many Cover pics in Eco-Park 

Next morning, we started our journey back down the hills. Our next stop was Mussoorie. But our return journey down the hills was a roller-coaster  ride. Yes the reason being, our Mr. Driver refuses to learn from past experiences. He has seldom idea that there is a difference between driving in the pains and in the dangerously turning hill slopes. Anyway, keeping him aside, Mussoorie didn’t disappoint us either. “Mall” road did live up to its expectations. Pahari- women have that natural beauty which has no comparison. What do you think, what was our motivation when I say we roamed in the streets of Mall road tirelessly for hours in the cold winter evening. Apart from the beauty, food is delicious as well – one can try a lot of stuff in the market but I will have special mention of -  Kalsang Resturant if you have any taste for Chinese.(Special thanx to a dear senior of ours otherwise we wud have had Panner & Dal Makini in dinner as well :P)

LalTibba

Lal Tibba is the highest peak of Mussoorie. Do visit that place. Best view of snow-clad Great Himalayas and Sachin Tendulkar has a vacation home nearby to that place. Although it is 4Km walk from Mall road, but none of us trusted our legs and lungs that much, hence preferred to take the vehicles up the hills till Lal Tibba.  From there we started our return journey back to Roorkee via Dehradun. By this time, we were so accustomed to the “safe” driving of our dear Mr. Driver that we left everything in the hands of almighty. At one point I was praying that even if the Innova falls down the hills, No-Entry movie climax be repeated.(if u don’t remember, go and watch it you will understand my feelings).

Finally we reached our hostel safely. It was one of the most memorable trips for, got to know my friends more and it was a extended weekend well spent.

P.S. Although we missed out on few of our friends, they were busy wid some important work. But we are sure to compensate that in our next trip. Hope to have d next one soon J