The drudgeries of life

It was past 1 AM. The noisy six-seater, crowded with 10 very tired people, made its way to one corner of Pune. Cramped up in the back seat, I muttered to myself (or so I thought), "Adventure unlimited". Aditi, who was sitting in front of me, laughed a bit on overhearing this. She surely shared my views, as did everyone else who was with us on the weekend trek to Ratangad.

If I weren't as enervated as I am now, I would've definitely posted about the whole adventure, from the starting till the very end. But that'll have to wait for a couple of days! But just to give you a gist of how my weekend was spent, we travelled for over 16 hours by bus; trekked, mountain-climbed, scaled treacherous and steep paths without any safety harness whatsoever; walked in the clouds, literally; enjoyed the tasty food provided by the organisers of the trek, and surviving on biscuits and polos in between meals; guzzling down the hill water (yep there were ancient water tanks there with crystal clear water) which was purer than the water we get at our place :O; spent the night in a cave on the ledge of the hill (awesome!!); etc. etc. etc.

The trip was an out-of-this-world sort of an experience. Tiring as hell, but you tend to forget everything when you come face to face with mother nature's exquisite beauty! The organisers, a group of guys and gals, who go by the name of Trek'di, did a wonderful job! They'll be on the next post but still if you want to know more about them, visit them at www.trekdi.com

This was a totally different way of spending the weekends which we are so used to spending at the malls or at the multiplexes or even on our beds! Getting awy from the hustle-bustle of the city felt good as did doing away with the cell for a while and not being bugged by the perennial telephone calls!

Pics? Yes, we snapped lots of them but they seriously can't capture what we've been through. Anyway, here are some of the snaps:

Labels: Trek, Weekends