One Picture And One Story Week #69

Today I will tell you the story of one of my unique travel. You know tourists often associate a trip to the mountains with famous cities like Mussoorie, Nainital, Shimla, Manali, etc., in our area, but this trip was a walk in a distant village in the Himalayas.

  
We traveled to this area with high-quality, wide roads that connect these hill cities to Delhi. This time I was finding an increasing number of people, as well as cars, becoming a problem for driving in this hilly area during the last summer as it was too crowded for my comfort.

Walking amidst the bright sunlight, cool breeze, and trees full of fruits, which is close to my idea of ​​heaven. I saw a few fruit trees for the first time that I didn't even recognize. I often got confused between the pear and apple trees but found them amazing.

The view of the trees was amazing, but it was not easy to identify them! But that cool breeze in the scorching heat is everyone's dream in this season. I felt as if some of my wishes turned into reality. That trip to the mountains in the Himalayas was one of the best!

That was a privilege and an opportunity to spend some time in that village in the Himalayas with friends! Actually, one of my friends has been living there for about a month, and after hearing him, I could not resist and decided to come here!

At first glance, I thought there was no significant difference between Delhi and these hills. The main cities of this area had the same crowds, noise, the need for fans, air conditioners, etc. It was during peak summers, and the number of tourists visiting these cities increased so much that the local administration had to ban the entry of vehicles.

The villages in the mountains away from these cities are gradually becoming the center of attraction for tourists. But the luxury loving class living in cities often get surprised seeing unpaved roads, rooms without fans and air conditioners, kitchens without fridges, drinking water brought from rivers instead of packed water bottles, and darkness. But these things were the main center of attraction for us here!

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But that morning we walked to meet our friend, on whose advice we had come here. He was staying in another homestay in the same area, about one km away. I would like to describe this morning walk as the most beautiful morning walk of my life so far!

There were countless trees on both sides of the track! And these made our journey wonderful! By the time we reached the homestay, it was evening, and with the darkness of the night and the fast and cold wind, it seemed as if we had come to a dream place. The sound of insects coming from the surrounding forests, the sound of wild animals coming from a distance in between, there could not have been any more beautiful music to our ears.

When we were on the return journey, there was a big event there that day. The main roads were closed and diverted. I did not have much experience with that hill road, being a first-timer in this area.

I was worried that I might get lost and that I should be able to get out of the mountains safely and comfortably, so we took the city route. Keeping this in mind, we returned from the main road and promised ourselves to come back again and returned to Delhi!