Hey…
I hope all of you are doing well…
One of the most memorable vacations that I ever went to spanned across two weeks…
The struggles…
It was a plan that was being put on hold for two years,
and eventually,
we (my friend, one of his friends and myself),
got fed up with things not matching,
someday it was just dates not aligning,
vacation days for some,
for some it was a family emergency,
others were just struggling to make time from their schedule…
Impulsive acts…
So,
the week before Christmas,
we decided to just go along,
and started to make payments in advance,
to the travel guide,
to the homestay,
and a few days when all others bailed on us,
I took my cousin with me,
and my sister to the trip,
so in total I booked the ticket for the 4 of us to reach the nearest state through train,
from where the route was halved,
and my cousin brother picked us from a railway station in Haryana,
along with the taxi driver in his hatchback…
Our arrival at our destination..
The trip was complicated and messy,
around six hours later we reached,
but,
we were a total mess,
all of us throwing up,
as we weren’t accustomed to the change in the atmosphere and the environment,
as we climbed what seemed like an infinite flight of stairs,
praying to the Almighty,
holding our stomachs in pain,
we finally found ourselves a place to sit outside,
and wait till they cleaned the homestay…
On seeing the place where we were supposed to sit and rest it brought tears to our eyes,
as we picked out spots in the room,
and opened our bags and went to shower and later eat something to replenish our lost energy after throwing up,
and after eating out fill,
we went out for a stroll,
watching the sunset,
snacking on our way back,
and grabbing a few bottles to drink as we came back to our homestay,
and we lit a bonfire and took our solo cups and smashed 1.5 bottles within us 4 (one sober guy)..
Things We did for fun..
We went to sightseeing,
climbed a hill,
did adventure sports like ziplining,
ice-skating (during which I took so many falls and ended up with bruises),
playing in ice (My first time seeing real ice),
visited a temple,
and returned back to the homestay in the evening,
the running waterfall was the best thing to ever see,
as we took a bath and came back shivering…
Last day…
The day of our return was the saddest,
as the night before we emptied all our bottles and got piss drunk and all of us fell dead asleep,
on waking I saw my first snowfall,
a very real event that I haven’t seen before,
bringing me to tears,
as we were packing to leave,
we took some of the stuff that was popular in the area as a parting away gift,
and a bundle of memories to remember them by…
One of the most memorable of my vacations,
that I ever took,
flashbacks till this day…
Cheers (to good times) 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
Waakiye 
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