Exploring Myself

by Akashdeep Singh (India)

A leap into the unknown India

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Hello Guys, the story I'm going to tell you is nearly one year old. I'm working in a shopping mall and three of my colleagues and I made a plan to visit Mussoorie in Summers. I am very shy type of a guy who never go out with colleagues and chill. Also I'm very shy to loose my clothes to dive and swim. So we started our trip via train. It's gonna be a full day and night journey. My senior was also with us so I'm little bit nervous at that time but then while our journey to Mussoorie we open up a bit start sharing our thoughts and stories. And it makes all four of us good friends. On the way to Mussoorie we had a stop in Haridwar, where holy river Ganga flows. And everyone thought to took a bath in holy water and I'm so scared to took my clothes and dive in it. So I tell my friends that I can't have a bath in front of all people so they inspired me but I didn't dive in. So they do the worst of it. They forcefully took my clothes off and throw me in water. Water was so cold. I'm ashamed of it and then I thought that it might be a way to get rid of my phobia. So I had a good bath with them. Then we started our journey again to Mussoorie. After reaching therr we had to share a room. That was fine. Next day we had plan to visit Kempty Falls. It's a waterfaa and naturally swimming pools with mountain water. First we had a breakfast of rggs and bread with hot tea because whether was cold. At Kempty falls it was new environment there. People were having fun, kids playing around. Amazing food stalls. People were swimming, there also a zip line but none of us tried it. Peddle boats in pools. We had tea again and start swimming. I also join my friends. After swimming we go to peddle boating. It was amazing experience with friends. After spending few ours there we came back to our hotel because we were tired and sleepy. It was evening time and Sun was going to set and we came out of our hotel go to market to have a look. There are awesome jewelry shops, food shops, and entertaining stuff. We bought some things for us and our families. We also go to local club. We dance there and have a little bit of alcohol, it was my first time try drinking alcohol. But we had a amazing night there. Tommorow we had to leave and visit Dehradun, which is approximately two ours far from Mussoorie. Way from Mussoorie to Dehradun is sloppy and curly. Bus was going like snake. On the one side of bus is mountains and on the other side is deep valley. My senior's head start to spin and he puked two times. Thanks to God we reached Dehradun. We book a hotel and have some rest. In noon time we go to local market to have a look also buy something again as in Mussoorie. In dinner time we go to local kabab shop and have amazing food there. We had chicken biryani, rumali roti, kabas. We also had sweet Pan there as it was very famous in Dehradun. After dinner we thought of trying Hukkah. It was the best. It get nearly mid night we were in the market as market opens all day long and night. Then we came back yo hotel as we have to leave tomorrow morning to get back home. So we got in train and we have change our train from Haridwar. Luckily we had enough time to take holy bath in river Ganga. So we did. It was the most astonishing experience we had there. And we get our train and reach our home town. After this I thought of how it changed me, how it helped me to get rid of my phobia. Also me and colleagues have strong bond after this trip. We came to know about each other and most importantly Ourselves. I challenge myself that I can do that and I did. All I can say that we should have a little trips like once in three to four months, it makes us stronger and independent. Love you guys. Thank you.