Bliss and Adventure...

I have always dreamed of going high atop a mountain and being there alone all by myself, doing nothing at all and just pondering. I have even imagined myself lying on my front on the golden sands of a beach for endless hours and not being bothered about by anyone...a beach, a masterpiece of God, a gift of Nature... It would be beautiful to have it all for myself! Wished of doing weird-but-not-weird things like just sitting quietly, lonesome, by the window-sill looking at the sky above and searching for its limit somewhere and being conscious of the burning water filling my eyes to the brim in the process...wished of not being disturbed...wished to meet my soul...

Sigh...I wonder when all my dreams would be fulfilled. I dont really see the possibility of owning a private beach. At such times, I wish I had Veronica Lodge's Dad (affluent Mr. Lodge) as my father (from Archie Comics). Owning a private beach...so much fun!

Oh well, someday!!
;-)

But my recent trek to a wonderful place got me a little close to my wishes! Yep, my trek to Chinchoti in Vasai was an awesome experience. I could say its been my first official trek; or would u call scaling the heights of Badrinath, Kedarnath and Yamnotri as treks?

Umm..well, the trip was lovely with a dense covering of something resembling a jungle and a waterfall, not to forget the raindrops that almost didnt touch us because of the heavy green foliage. It turned out to be more of a memorable experience because I had eight other friends and an extremely knowledgeable and somewhat professional trekker with us. Otherwise, we were all assuredly coming back home with broken bones and fractured body pieces. Or maybe not even return at all!! LOL!

Saw a lot of wonderful sights, which reminded me of the villages I have been to and the rural imagery from my poems all coming to life. The village women going about their work, carrying logs for firewood, hacking small branches, the rural dogs (which i noticed to be quite calm and quieter as compared to our city dogs), the children playing about, looking with eagerness at our gadgets (digicams and cellphones), the long blades of lovely green grass, definitely a treat to sore, smoke and pollution-habited eyes, wading through the water, wading through the swaying tall, green grass...my list will never end!

As we ventured deeper into the woods, the scene changed from an open, blue, welcoming sky to dense, tall trees as if protecting us, which I observed to be a bit twisted as they went higher up. Pakka and kaccha roads gave way to pebble-ridden, boulder-infested paths and we had to tread carefully. There were quite a lot of crabs too-black, white, red, brown...unfortunately, they wouldnt wait for me to click their pictures and would scutter away at the mere sound of our footsteps. Gosh, the only sound that there was, was that of stray twigs crunching beneath our feet and the pebbles stumbling downwards as we stepped on them. Or, ocaasionally, one could hear the rain falling and not feel it cause the trees were dense enough not to let the drops drench us!

Thanks to our knowledgeable trekker's (who has been here 3-4 times before us) dyslexia or amnesia or whatever shit that is, we lost our way. No, we actually made a full circle to the start point and trudged all the way (grrrr...) to the new path with some villagers help, who were most eager to tell us about their profession of making wine from jaggery...oh man!! *shakes her head*

And we finally reach our destination, taking pictures all along the way of bored village doggies, big spiders, beautiful landscapes, and a hollow tree trunk!! So, after a few bruises, an aching joint and a half-healed back, I am here with this post and some pictures!

I can visualise a content Aditi lounging in her chair at her work station and reading this post! :D

Wired Up!

Trudging Along!

The Lush Greens...

The Falls

Bed of Green Blades...

Doggie too bored!

Spidey!!

("Spider web is tangled up with me..."
thats a Coldplay song called "Trouble")

Wanna to this someday....
Reminds me of Heidi...the cartoon TV series!

Another vast expanse...

Lone Tree

(the tree is actually quite far away...
atop the source of the waterfall-see 3rd last pic)

A clearing to the way we came from,
from the waterfalls...

Small stream in the dusk

Rox!

Chinchoti

An outta da blue snap...

One Tree Hill

So many times during this trek, I felt like I was actually living Kaal and KingKong, but thanks to the absence of giant squids and other creepy creatures and a ghost for a guide, the experience was incomplete.
:P