My Trip to Mussoorie

by Abhishek Singh (India)

A leap into the unknown India

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Firstly Hello to all the Judges !! The culture, weather and beauty of Mussoorie is totally different and unique from other hill stations. Mussoorie is a hill station of Uttarakhand. I have traveled to many other hill stations in India with my friends and family, but when I visited Mussoorie for the first time last year, I found that Mussoorie is the best out of them. I have heard people saying that Mussoorie is 'the Queen of Hills' and I also recognized that this is totally true through my visit. On my visit to this beautiful hill station I found a lot of adventure sports activities like river rafting, rappelling, Rock Climbing and bungee jumping here. The weather is always pleasant here. Our office every year take us on a vacation , this year we planned to go Mussoorie where we spent three days and two nights vacation in the beautiful hill station. Our journey started on 18 October's night by bus. Our office has arranged 4 buses for its employees. We reached Mussoorie early in the morning around 8 am. We stayed at Dunsvirk Court in Mussoorie. It is on the top of hill and off the Mall Road. They welcomed us with a big smile and lot of warmth. We were given executive rooms on first floor, which were nice, cozy, neat and clean. I would call it a 5.0 star property. We felt very close to nature here. All the recreational activities we did in these three days refreshed us up from the daily tiresome life. I will share a little information on some of the must watch places in Mussoorie that we visited in our trip. Our first visit was to Company Garden. This is a very famous Garden, has a large collection of flowers and plants.Once you reach there and if you are with children, there are couple of rides for kids that they can enjoy, and little pond where boating can be done. The pond is too small for boating hence will only be enjoyed by kids. If you are all adults, avoid it. Then we decided to take some rest in the hotel and in the evening went out for shopping in mall road. The other places we included in our visit list are SOHAM Heritage & Art Centre, Shedup Choepelling Temple, Mussoorie Christ Church, Nag Devta Temple and Jwala Devi Temple. We also enjoyed watching Kempty Falls and Jharipani Falls. Another must visit place in Mussoorie is Benog Wildlife Sanctuary. This is really a bird-watching heaven and home to several species of exotic birds such as White Capped Water Redstart and Red Billed Blue Magpie. We also had a visit to Happy Valley. There we could see a Tibetan school and a Buddha Temple. We also visited Dhanaulti , because of its famous eco park. The main tourist spot in Mussoorie that we enjoyed a lot is the Mussoorie Adventure Park. We had great fun there, enjoyed almost all the adventure sports namely Sky Ride- Superman Zip Line, valley crossing, Rock climbing, Rappelling, Zip swing, Rope course, Trekking Camping etc. Really our holiday trip to Mussoorie was unforgettable. We returned on 21 October night with lots of memories in our mind.