Jana Waterfall

Jana Waterfall and Food

On 3rd day, we took bikes on hire from a dealer and straight away took the route to Jana waterfall. Our first bike ride in the hills. We were damn excited and couldn't wait to explore more.  

Every turn on the route towards Jana waterfall was exciting us more and more. I had driven bike on ghats, but this experience was just giving me thrills. After driving for almost 13 kms, we reached at our destination. There were few dhabas. As it is a waterfall, we needed to climb the hill a bit, and then we reached at the waterfall. We didn't knew much about to do stuffs in Jana water fall, so we just left directly without taking any extra pair of clothes or even shorts. Let me tell everyone one thing, if you are going to Jana waterfall, kindly carry a pair of clothes as the waterfall is mesmerizing and will excite you to dive in straightaway.The water was so pure and clear that we couldn't hold ourselves and just jumped in the water. The dip just took away all the tiredness of 3 days and gave the refreshment and a very exciting for the start of the tour.

The water was falling from the height so it was hitting in the head. The water was icy cold and very pure. There was one lady at the tent nearby waterfall. Asked her to make tea for us and the combination of hot tea and the cold water was breathtaking. There were couple of other groups from Punjab and Delhi respectively. One group was having beer there, very bad choice as per the weather and the place. They were even littering, that made us sad. When we were leaving we tried to pickup the garbage, lady said she daily cleans up the place before closing for the day. I would request to all the visitors to please avoid littering the places you visit as a tourist. You are destroying the nature. If you even did then please clean up the place before leaving. 

After the great experience of dip in cold water we got down and now we were dying with eat so stopped at a dhaba. There we had a local dish consisting of Roti(bread), Rajma saag (Kidney beans gravy) and red rice, this all i already had on our earlier visit to Manali. The dish also had siddu (One type of momo) with a chutey and pure ghee with local jaggery. We were full and the tired as well. So left the place and reached our hotel Journey Casa in Naggar where we were staying. The day well spent had come to end.

  

Delhi to Naggar

We had almost traveled for 16 hrs till we reach Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in Delhi. As soon as we got down from train, we took a autorikshaw from station for Majnu Ka tilla from where we were suppose to catch a bus for Naggar, just 18 kms before Manali. We boarded the bus and reached Naggar the following day 11 in the morning.

Nikhil had already made arrangements for the hotel booking and all so we just took a cab and reached the hotel straight away. We were damn tired as we had traveled for almost 36 hrs without proper sleep. We were finally there, well that feeling just kept all the tiredness away.

We slept the whole afternoon till almost 10 at night. Can't just explain how relax and peace i was feeling. i haven't felt that in ages, not any of i remember. It was ultimate. We woke up and just went to find the place to eat as almost all the food joints were closed by then.

Train for Delhi

I had traveled million times and quite few times to our national capital Delhi, but the joy and happiness this time was at its peak. I was so eager to reach Delhi that i din't realized that the same place is from where my wife belonged and could have asked some of my in laws to just meetup at the railway station. But seriously i didn't gave a damn.

We board the train to Delhi from Vasai and after settling our luggage and ourselves, we three sat together and started talking about fun we could had, if other would had also joined. Anyways, it was passed midnight and whole compartment was deep in sleep and the lights were off. It seemed like there was no other passengers on the train but us.

I must say the excitement to ride on the hills never let us sleep for a second that night. We just sat and continuously spoke of the things from the past, the games we used to play, the evil things we used to do right from our childhood. It seemed like we had lost lot of time running behind the money and forgot to live the life as we used to do in the childhood. Seriously, children are the best teachers. The next day in the evening we reached Hazrat Nizamuddin Station in Delhi and took a auto rickshaw for Majnu Ka Tilla from where we needed to take a bus for Naggar in Himachal Pradesh      

Trip to Heaven on Earth - Leh Ladakh

First Day of the trip

Nikhil and myself were the only participants to travel the ultimate journey but the last moment Shahbaz hoped in and if you ask me, seriously i was stumped. I wasn't at all expecting him to come, not because he can't but because he never been away from his home for such a long period of days and that too so far.

Anyways, last minute ticket booking by Nikhil for Shahbaz confirmed that he is coming for real. We board on to train from Mira Road for Vasai Road and from there, the train for Delhi.

I just couldn't believe that we were really going to the trip i had dreamed of since ages. Soon that dream was going to fulfilled and i was all set and ready for the most adventurous journey of my life.

Back Packing is an art

Back packing is seriously an art.

 All depends upon the place of visit or the destination you have chosen to go. Well in normal terms as we choose one set of cloths per day while packing for a tour. Sometimes we even carry extra pair of clothes just in case some situation arises. But as i said, it all depends upon the place you are visiting and the whether.

Travelling to beaches:

Usually while going to beaches we tend to carry loads of capri, tees and shorts but try and avoid that as you are going to spend only few hours on the beach or in the water. Most of the time we spend drinking beer on the beach but for partying one need to have good pair of clothes. Hence, please avoid carrying load of shorts and tees while paking.


Travelling to Hills:

Here comes the trick of packing for the most avoided place to visit, Hills. Yes there are many who plans only for hills, who loves treking and walking but most people avoid it. Well for hilly region one must carry those treking suit and jeans if no treking suit. I am saying this because you are going to get your legs lot of cuts by the thrones in the trees while treking. Hence, avoid going for a trek in those capri and shorts. Also avoid carrying loads of cloths. for example, couple of jeans and few tees will do for a trip of 8 days. You are going to regret carrying those bulk of clothes and not wearing them.

Insted of carrying bulk of jeans and tees, carry warm clothes if it is clod place as you gonna need them badly. Keep first aid kits, water, choclates, nuts and biscuits. Keep drinking water regularly to avoid dehyration. carry odomos and crape bands as well.