We had planned to go to Manali. It was a memorable trip for all four of us. Right from the beginning, Karan and Sagar were back to their natural form. We all knew that as both 10th and 12th standard exams were over, so we had a great opportunity to see some really interesting people out there (I hope you would have got what I meant by ‘people’ :P). Arsh had also decided to live these days to fullest as we had an idea that this was probably our last trip together. When we were on the way to Manali, we stopped at a ‘dhaba’ to have lunch. It was situated at such a nice location that we all were just mesmerized seeing the views on either side of the dhaba. On one side of the road where it was located was a beautiful mountain with pine trees which made it look exquisite, and on the other side a river was flowing.
All of a sudden, Arsh asked us to look behind, we all hurried as to what happened. We saw a family (but that was not what Arsh pointed). The group had two beautiful girls, of which one was of about same age as us and other was maybe 1-2 years smaller. We all were overjoyed by such a beginning of the tour ;P but were more startled by the fact that, this time it was Arsh who pointed out. We don’t know why but soon he felt shy about what he said, but then we had our fish caught in the net ... We had got the greatest opportunity to pull his leg for the first time, and it was me who started first –“ hmm... we are seeing Mr. Arshpreet, two cars, a family and two......, anyways its nice, it may have took long time but we have been successful, Arsh is finally arriving into the main league." To which he replied in a casual tone, “hah !!! What...., what all is going through your minds always, I was telling you guys about the little child with them, he is sooo cute.” Sagar said “ Why not ?? He is sooo cute, go with them and become his caretaker, they will be so pleased to have one for free, and then enjoy the trip with that ‘soooo cute’ child and also with..... .”
Karan in the meanwhile was enjoying the scenic beauty of the place, he had been the biggest nature lover in our group and all those places where we went to hang-out were actually discovered by him. He had camera and we asked our driver to take a pic of ours alongwith the dhaba. Arsh and I were trying our best to sit in such a way that those two girls also came in the background of the pics.
Then after 4 more hours we reached our destination. It was 7 PM when we reached hotel, and we all were so tired after the long car-journey, that we planned to stay in hotel itself (let me not forget to mention that although it was a cheap hotel , it was placed at such a nice location that we were actually glad to be there). Next morning, Karan and I woke up early, and as we went to the balcony we saw some beautiful snow-capped mountains and a small ray of sunshine coming from the clouds covering them. It was an awesome view. Next few days were full of fun and power-packed. We all did skiing, paragliding, rode snow-scooter, fought with snow-balls and all the crazy-stuffs that one could imagine to do there.
One day we went to see the sunset at some place famous for it. We went to the highest point over there, where hardly anyone went, but it was worth it. Just a place next to heaven, clouds covered that place and there were more than 10 varieties of flowers and it looked amazing to see the sunset from that place. Next day we all had to leave so we decided to go to the ‘mall road’ and do some shopping as we all had plans to buy some or the other thing for our families and yaa Disha too otherwise she would have cut us into a million pieces. First thing that Karan bought was a beautiful shawl for his grandmother. Then we all bought a nice sweater and a wooden showpiece exclusive to that place for Disha and something for our parents and other family members.
We came back after a week, it was an amazing trip, we got to learn so much, I especially gained a lot of negotiating skills and added a lot to my convincing power. Karan had a superb experience with photography. By the end of this trip , there was a spectacular change in Arsh’s attitude, he really started enjoying moments ( also started staring at girls :P) and to keep his cool, and for Sagar this trip added to his vast experience of handling various situations and people and getting most out of them. Moreover, one more thing that we learnt was to meet various kind of people , manage and utilize the money in best possible and also to take care of our usual stuffs, that was handled by our mothers or dads at home.
When we met Disha after returning, we had a lot to tell her and so did she about her experience of the marriage in a village. Her relatives lived at a very beautiful village, and she had thoroughly enjoyed her little vacations with them. Now, she was a great speaker, she explained each and every details so nicely and clearly and we felt as if we were ourselves experiencing all those events going by. 'Serene', this was the first word that she used to describe the village, which itself brought us into a different feel altogether. The greenery, the peace, a simple lifestyle and a tranquil environment made the life go so easy and smoothly that people over there were always happy and free of useless tensions. She also told us about her boating experience on the river that flowed by the village.
Marriage in one house, and whole village helped in the work with so much vigour that, marriage of their own daughter was going on. The people there were very cooperative and helpful. She said in her peculiar style – ‘ Functions, ohh my god !! There were so many functions for just one marriage that, in cities functions in three marriages would be required to equal them'. She continued ‘It was a great fun and all those pranks and games that they played on their new brother-in-law made the occasion even more interesting.' Then they came back after 5 days.
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