MY VACATIONS
Dictionary
meaning of vacations is a
period of exemption from work granted to an employee/student. But for a
engineering student more than this literally!
So keeping this serious
definition stuff aside let me get straight to my business that is telling you
about my much awaited vacations. My vacations started on 8th of may
2013 on paper but for me and my mind it started a week ago from 8th
when I was in the middle of my end term examinations I used a great time of my
day, dreaming about how and what I will do during my vacations which actually
made me lazy! Still I managed to score decently. So when they actually started
all I used to do is to stay awake all night watching movies, catching up with
my old friends and cousins on whatsapp and facebook and as expected I used to
sleep all morning and afternoon literally all day and as a consequence I had to
face a lecture from mom and dad! But after that I got some time alone with the
love of my life, my sweetheart, my royal enfield classic 350 bike! I used to
ride it for a while and enjoy the awesome sound of its engine, the thrust, the
power, I love every inch of it. And this went for a while!
But after a week or so it all became
monotonous and boring! But one day to my surprise I got a call from my favorite cousin, my
brother, my partner in crime, Prashant, he is just six months older to me but
he is more of a buddy to me is coming to Delhi. So all the boredom vanished in
thin air. I went to receive him from ISBT Kashmere Gate. Once we met, we
started our fun filled week. The very next Day we went to Connaught Place,
wandered here and there, grabbed a byte to eat and concluded our day with mom’s
finger licking food. The next day we went to Haus Khas Village and there we
took our guitars along and had a jamming session in haus-i-alai, the tomb of
Feruz Shah. After jamming we had lunch and came back home and all this roaming
around the Delhi went on for four days.
Then after his
departure days again became slow and boring with nothing much to do. But after
a week or so my dad told me about the trip to Himachal Pradesh via Chandigarh
which made me really excited and filled me with thrill. So the preparation for
the trip started which only added the excitement to my happiness. So finally
that day came on we started our trip. Our first stoppage was and Chandigarh
where a retirement party of my grandmother awaited. Next day after the
retirement party it was time for some sightseeing and the beautiful city of
Chandigarh with my camera! We started our sightseeing from Sukhna Lake Followed
by rock and rose garden, they were beautiful and marvelous. I tried to capture
as much as I could in my camera and in my memory. Then the same day we started
our journey to our next destination and that was Dalhousie. We all know how
beautiful the place but the route is even better with mountains on both sides
and road cutting and making its way through them, the entire route is filled
with natural beauty and picturesque landscape. So we reached Dalhousie in the
evening and that night we spent in a hotel. The next day we started our journey
early as we had to travel a long distance to Chamba via Khajjiyar(aka mini Switzerland).
Again the beauty lied in the route and obviously as expected khajiiyar is as beautiful
and described by people, a lush green ground surrounded by snow caped mountains
and a pond exactly at the center of the ground. It literally seemed as if we
are standing in painting, it was very beautiful. After enjoying the view of few
hours we started our long journey to Chamba, the journey was tiring no doubt
but route was very beautiful with mountains and valleys and river Ravi flowing
alongside helped to forget the pain. Finally after 8 hours of road travel we
reached our destination, the beautiful city of chamba there we stayed in one of
my dad’s farm house for next three days. The farm house consisted of a big
house made out mug and wood totally authentic himachali house with a roof of
series of slates and a huge apple orchid, the entire area was surrounded by
high snow caped mountains. For next three days we stayed and went to near by
places like a temple of Bhalai mata, went for speed boating in Chamera hydro
project and finaaly to bharmor(aka 84 as the place has 84 temples) and world’s
one and only temple of Yamraj.
After spending three
awesome days with uncle’s family we bid them goodbye and started our journey to
my hometown, Palampur, the place where my paternal grandparents live, the only
place where I feel at home and at peace. There I the best days of my vacation
with grandmother and grandfather, get pampered the most by both of them, there I
spent the maximum time, 16 days of bliss. There I stayed at home enjoyed the
view of tea gardens and dhauladhar ranges from my window and terrace, had
tasty-tasty food made by my grandmother and mom and enjoyed to the maximum.
After spending time with them I planned a short trip for me alone to Solan to
cousin who came to Delhi. In Solan the gang to two reunited and had super fun
again. Finally the day of returning Delhi came and with a heavy heart I bid him
goodbye and came to delhi in a overnight journey in bus.
After reaching Delhi for
few days I was left in nostalgia of all the great memories and moment I spent
there with every single person and how all of it came to an end. But still
sometimes I remember those days and smile to myself and those memories make me
happy and calm me down!
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