Hrishikesh Via Delhi

During my PG Diploma days in Kochi, I had managed to gain a bunch of good friends from my institute...

It was a part of our Pg Diploma curriculum to visit the University Of Petroleum Studies ,Dehradun to attend a training for 30 days. From the day we received the intimation from the university about the dates regarding the training, we had started the preparation.. nop not about the studies ...But the place we could visit there in Dehradun and around ..or on the way.

Planning went very well(unlike most of the times !!) and it was greatly put into action... we were able to get the tickets on time...and set for the training...err...The trip.!

We were 12 in number, and had set out to explore Delhi, Hrishikesh, Haridwar and finally drop down at Dehradun were our University was located.

Delhi :

Being a South Indian boy who hasn't been a frequent traveller, Delhi amazed me..
The fast life, food ,culture, people, skyscrapers....

The city was majestic in nature though very much polluted. Anyhow we managed to get a nice room for ourselves. Next day  we visited Connaught Place, Pallika Bazaar, Jantar Mantar. We had made most of our travel through Delhi Metro

Hrishikesh:

Peace ..Serene ...Calm Vibes
The ambience of Hrishikesh is awesome. We had reached there very early morning. Chilling cold froze our whole body. A gulp of hot tea re energized us. We were welcomed by the Royal Ganges ..We refreshed ourselves and had a bath on the ganges... then as the Daylight came in we set out to explore Hrishikesh.
We had already paid and set for a package which includes a 2 day camping river rafting and cliff jumping .
We were recieved by the tour opreator and taken to the camp site and had a great  time there.
River rafting and cliff jumping was the highlight it was a once in a lifetime experience for me....!!!!

With that we left Hrishikesh for Dehradun..

Err ..I hope you've been bored by now .... I'll have my Dehradun dairy open to you in my next blog...

Love
Ranjith...