Reason to Smile :)

Reason to Smile: The night before we thought of making plans for the long weekend that was coming up on account of Independence Day, I had already decided that I was taking a holiday and wanted to go some place surreal :) I browsed some pictures on the web and froze in on Spiti Valley. I asked 2-3 friends if they were ok taking a 9 days holidays clubbing the weekends and surprisingly most of them agreed :) What next, the plans were being referred to, the research started on the stay, food, organizers if any, trying to make this a budget trip with about 6-7 girls on a holiday ! While I was already a part of all the zing zang, something wasn't keeping me as excited about Spiti for Aug. I was wondering if it would rain so much, whether the itenary would materialize properly, whether it would turn out to be an expensive affair for that place in the Himalayas, etc. Just then I thought of withdrawing from Spiti and checking out Srilanka on my own :P I had some solo trip on my mind ...

Reason to Smile: The last Saturday that we took a plunge on the experiment of finding that "secret waterfall" materialized this time. So we went with Pug Marks Group who arranges Volunteer Training Programs to conduct outdoor camps and adventure activities. While they train some youth to take charge of such camps, they also organize treks and travel programs for the travel enthusiasts :) The bus droppped us near the Kondeshwar temple which was about 1 km away from where a small trek starts to the waterfall. But before that, it was time to have some fun and get some volunteers on the job. Vismay, Rahul, Tanmay, Madhurima, were some of the volunteers who got the participants all engaged with some fun filled games ! The monsoons have soaked in completely to the weather by now so the entire place selected for these games was all green grass and the wet mud to get us totally BROWN if we played Catterpillar, Ram Raavan Run OR the Mud Rush :P The gang of 27 thoroughly enjoy...