Tales of rishikesh





Hello everyone! Growing up, I assume everyone has watched ZNMD and YJHD. If you haven't, then you're seriously missing out! I also assume that you must have at least once planned to go on a trip with your friends after watching those movies. Well, guess what? My dream came true! Our school (not exactly, but close enough) took us on a trip to Rishikesh. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I love stories, I crave for stories, and I live on stories. It was a trip filled with stories, experiences, people, and obviously, places. So here's a glimpse of the best moments I had in my life.

Day 1: We had a soothing start to our day with everything going alright. The bus was full of chats and music, but just then, the bus stopped for a break. It was fine, considering everyone was hungry, but who knew that my friends and I would have to sit with our teacher? It was the most awkward moment I had all along the trip, but I passed it. Then we shifted to the train. Everything was alright until we got into a little fight with some kiddos over seats, sleeping place, and stuff. But my friend got us out of it tactfully, so we could all sleep peacefully. The next day was also filled with traveling, chatting, and playing cards. It was all new to me because I had never sat in a train before.


Day 2: It started with some really good talks with the Insearch team, who were the ones to take us on the trip. They were all of different ages and opinions, and we had a lot of gossip with them. I enjoyed listening to them a lot. Finally, after a lot of traveling, we reached the campsite and got settled.



Day 3: At night, we couldn't see the beauty of the place, but in the morning, I couldn't get enough of it. Today was our first day of activity, and we tried out beach surfing. The water was too cold, but lying on your back in the water and staring at the sun was just wonderful. After strolling and talking, we finally came back to the campsite, got ready, and went to the Ganga aarti. It was the most peaceful I felt in the past months. I felt pleasant looking at the sunset and lights twinkling up. We also did some shopping, not that there was much to shop for, but we did it anyway.








Day 4: We woke up a little early today so that we could get done with the trek, which was full of streams and birds chirping around. Afterward, we went back, got ready, and now came the thrilling part: rafting! We could see people already rafting before us, and it seemed easy. I remember our guide telling us that never in our career had any boat been flipped, and thus, we were completely safe. But God had other plans, and two boats flipped. It was a small distance rafting today. I remember how they told us to jump into the water midway. That gave me chills, although we had life jackets on. Still, the water was too cold, but it was all worth it for the rapids and the rowing. I enjoyed it a lot. At night, I had the deepest conversations with my beloved friends and went to sleep.




Day 5: We went rafting again today, but this time it was a long distance. We had a lot of fun. The whole day afterward was free, so we played badminton, danced, and also played this game called judgment.



Day 6: Again woke up early spoke with a lot of people. Played cards, there was a lot spilling tea session. We even prank called the people who weren't on the trip. We went to adventure park then, I was not sure about doing the rope activities having my period. But still I did it, being on period I had low energy but I tried my hands were literally trembling the whole time. But when we did the whole rain dance everything fell on place. Oh yeah! It rained there. It was our last activity we got ready, took a last look on the beauty embraced as much as we could and went back. It was a wholesome experience of lifetime that I would always cherish.




Thank you
Parnika



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