A mini holiday in the hills with friends and family

Exams are taxing. Exams are tirirn

AT Kandigaon, near Damta

With my friends 

 Exams are taxing. Exams are tiring. And after they are over, you need to relax really well. That was the thought when we went off for a short trek last weekend immediately after my 1^st semester exams. This time my friends Iswit and Ranvir too were there with their family, and that made the trip all the more enjoyable .

On Dusshera day, after biding farewell to Ma Durga and asking her to come again next year, the three of us set out for the small town of Damta located about 70 kms from Dehradun. We reached at around noon and stayed at the PWD guest house ( arranged by Pradhan). It was an old colonial bungalow crying for maintenance.

The next morning , Pradhan uncle took us to his summer village Kandigaon, which is about 12kms from Damta. The village is located at a mountaintop and commands a very beautiful view of the surroundings. My mother talked with some villagers and explained the home stay concept. Wouldn’t it be lovely to have home stays in this lovely village? I wish it happens soon.

Next, it was time to meet up with my friends and their families who had started in the morning from Dehradun and were very exhausted after being caught after up in the infamous “Kempty’ jam.  

After having lunch together, we set off for the farmhouse of Gajju uncle, located amidst apple orchards. Gajju uncle is Ishwit’s own uncle. The house is very beautiful , but to reach it you have to trek 4 kms – up a steep hill and through a dense jungle. We had started walking at late afternoon from the village Tya and by the time we reached Gajju uncle’s house ( after slipping and falling down a number of times), it was quite dark .

We were exhausted but very happy. 

At Rarhi top 

At Devrana Temple

Up the apple tree- friends and me

Gajju uncles house in the apple orchards