Himachal on the wheels

by Vishal Rishabh Guria (India)

A leap into the unknown India

Travelling himachal on a bike, we reached a diversion, one way to kheerganga and other to Tosh and the other side of the river where a place lies Pulga village. We kept our bike and decided to trek till there and have a night stay. We Started our trek at 5pm. Me with my 5 friends started our way to Pulga. As the winter season was on, the dark night captured us soon. We had to put on our mobile flashlights to get a glimpse of the footsteps that was used by the village people. As we were not professional trekkers, we really found it difficult to cope up with the slippery snow. It was 5km trek but for 3-4 times we went to the wrong directions. We reached a point where we had to decide whether to move on or return back. As we decided to return, we saw a man coming from the village. He gave us the idea how to walk on the slippery snow and gave us the overview of the distance. So it gave us some hope. Somehow we reached to a snowy road where it was ease to walk on. We saw at the sky, it a cluster of stars. We haven't saw such a thing in our entire life. Making us feel good. The stars followed us as we move on. With so much difficulties we reached the village and found a place to stay. We enjoyed a dinner and talked about iur adventure and we all laughed. We are going to remember this for our lifetime.