And Camping we will go ....

How many of you are paid to write a post ?? None ? (Vc counts the notes …….) You guys know Dee ? areh my friend Venki’s sister, Muddy’s friend, Dee…yeah Mrs Dee.. Well she took 2 weeks off in April and went on a 10 day trek to the Himalayas courtesy http://www.yhaindia.org/ In her own words : “We really had a great time..Met a whole lot of people..and had loads of fun...It wasnt a very hard trek..in fact this particular route is one of the easiest.. Around 65 kms in 7 days..We started the trek from near Kulu at around 5000 ft..Went all the way up to Saurkundi Pass at 13,500 ft..then descended back.. “ I know for a fact that there were no palanquin bearers.“This was truly a 5 star trek..They really feed us well :) We had really good company.. “ It seems when they camped at night, the local people would pitch small makeshift shops and woo the campers with a variety of tantalizing local dishes. Psst she was hoping she would loose weight alas it was the other way.(wink wink) “We would start everyday at 9..after good breakfast..trek for an hr or two and break..then trek till lunch time..have the packed lunch..relax for an hr..and start..again.. We would reach the higher camp around 4..they would give us a refreshing welcome drink..then tea and pakodas :) Then a yummy 4 course dinner at 7:30..after which we wd have a camp fire.” See its all eat,drink and make merry. “People would do just abt anything to entertain themselves..sing dance.. shaayarii vagera vagera..The nights were fun.. Struggling inside our sleeping bags in the packed tents :) “ Yeah I’ll tell you why ..because 20 ladies were bundled into a single TENT and it seems she had to snuggle up with that BMW chick.( wink wink). Her words “huddling close with the bmw girl for warmth “ But I was more interested in the “ would do just about anything to entertain themselves” anything ??? cough cough…. Of course the trek also had white water rafting ( 2 members had a close call with nature and please don’t read it as nature’s call), rock climbing , singing duets ,drinking the local arrack and meeting a whole lot of friendly people. The beautiful temples and natural hot springs on the way are simple indescribable. And in this place called Manikaran ,ppl put rice in pots and put it in the hot springs aitha after 20 mins it gets cooked. I must admit the pics that she shared were awesome and they did remind me of the film Roja. The cost of the TREK =Rs 1,900 ( One thousand Nine hundred only) .Ofcourse the AC Train ,the return flight back home ( transportation), the local noodles,egg burjji, arrack has not been included.