|
| This little adventure of my first ever Trek has entered the history books!! I took my trek at Tirthan Valley in Himachal Pradesh. The valley is part of the GHNP (Great Himalayan National Park) and it got the tag of a UNESCO World Heritage site the same day that I trekked here! 23.6.2014!! |
We stayed at Khim Bharti's place. A homestay because it was not like a hotel. It was a blue house from where you could see and hear the River. It was my first time being so close to a river and I was very happy with the view
I was so fascinated with this place that I decided to play hide-and-seek with my folks. But they were so confused that they just couldn't find my hiding place
|
| I did a lot of fun things at Tirthan Valley. This was the first time I climbed a tree too |
And saw some flowers that looked like my milk bottle brush
|
| I also sat on my first hammock where it took me a long time to find my balance. But I learnt something unique about this hammock too. It is handwoven and was taught to the Tirthan people by a German guy called Helmut whose wife, Cindrella, made some yummy jams and cakes |
|
| I also met two sisters at the Nagini village in the valley. One had a beautiful baby and the other was brushing her teeth |
|
| Moma and DC sat and had chai with our new friends while I was busy playing with their baby |
|
| The water flow is very strong in the valley but I loved it because it always made me feel like nao-nao (bathing). This valley gets its name from the Tirthan river which is a tributary of the bigger river called Beas |
|
| We came across something called a shrine. I've never seen anything like this before. It had all sorts of metal and auto spare parts stuffed into the tree! It was beautiful |
|
| That's how small we are. That tiny red dot. And the reason why we did this trek was to reach the waterfall |
|
| After almost two hours of walking ( I hardly walked though), hurrah, we finally reached the waterfall! |
|
| The water was so nice and cold. I simply LOVED it! |
DC and I also crossed a bridge that was shaking so much that I was scared that it would break. But DC told me it was okay to walk on it
|
| The only reason we came to Tirthan Valley was because Moma wanted to eat fresh Trout fish from the river EVERYDAY!! |
|
While Moma got to relish the trout everyday, I could enjoy it only once after which my tummy went poo-poo! But I'm glad the trout called us over to tell us so much more about Tirthan Valley
Moma got so busy with me that she couldn't even take a picture of her favourite dish so she clicked a pic of the trout poster at a nearby restaurant run by the Mitras
|
