"Invading into a least known place in my native"

by Shailly Kumari (India)

Making a local connection India

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It was midth of the year 2018, me and my friends were located in a state near to Himachal Pradesh. And suddenly our group decided in the middle of the night to pack our rucksacks and head out to Dalhousie; a native place situated near to Dhauladhar mountain range. So we all hooped onto our bikes and started the most interesting intrepid journey. Soon we crossed the border of Punjab and out of nowhere landslides occurred along with heavy rain and we were all drenched and soaked up in water so decided to stay in a small hut of an old folk. I think that was the best breaker of our journey as we were served a hot bowl of kawa (a strong tea served in a earthen handcrafted cup) which also had a hint of rum in it. And an authentic platter of local food which was just mesmerizingly awesome. Later the old couple sung 'Rohru Jana 'a beautiful folk song for us and we were forced to move our hips with the beats to it. And then rain stopped so did the landslides so we headed to our destination. But that is one of my travel moment which I shall never get slip of my mind ever.