Life in last 6 months - The Travel saga

The last six months have been great in terms of places I have visited across the country.From the highs of Himalayas and being next to China border to the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari.
It has been one of those years when I have travelled the most.

May- It started with the trip to Nagpur and back via Varanasi.Next in line was the 4 dham yatra which encompassed the following places :
  • Dehradun - Forest dept. guest house and institute.The starting and terminating point of the trip.
  • Mussoorie - On the route to Yamnotri and the Campti fall revisit after 18years 
  • Yamnotri - The treacherous climb and tiresome 5 km trek and finally the temple
  • Gangotri- Following the next river in line after Yamuna and reaching Bhagirathi.Another treacherous route to reach the place
  • Kedarnath - First time on helicopter and being in a place just next to snow clad mountains.Slept with 3 sweaters on and 3 more blankets and still felt the cold
  • Badrinath- Revisited after 5 years .Found it to be more crowded than ever.
  • Mana - The place famous for good sight seeing,Saraswati river and 50km from the Indo China border
  • Rishikesh - Choti wala food,,not that great ..just ok 
  • Haridwar - The ritual bath in the Ganges..again 5 years revisit
It was followed by a small duration stay in Varanasi and Tanda.
June- Started off with the Lucknow airport. Off to Delhi ,then Chennai and finally Trivandrum.Had a terrible time in Chennai airport controlling the sleep .
Fun days in Trivandrum comprised of the outbound and trips to Kanyakumari and some palace nearby.
Kovallam beach and Varkala beach were the other major highpoints of the stay.Varkala was splendid ,being a cliff top beach.

July- Mumbai for 3 weeks.Great time with the Janus people.Went to Matheran and Malshej.
Got the left joint injured for a photo snap in Malshej and planned for no more trips.
Finally landed in Chennai for a six month stint

August - Bangalore revisit after 2 years and things looked all the more same.
It was great spending the 2 days in my former house.Appeared that time has stood still when I took the morning walk from Silk Board to our Lake side apartment.

September - Edas visit made me to do some more travel to Mahabalipuram and Pondichery and
finally explore a bit of Chennai.Went to Kapileshwar temple, Fort St. George , Marina Beach and 
Express avenue mall.

October - First weekend was devoted to shifting and Jagjit singh concert and 2nd is completely devoted to rest.Looks like one of the few weekend when I have slept like hell.

November - Diwali trip planned for Tanda. Probable Lucknow and Varanasi visits in the cards.

All this reminds me of the lines we read in one of the hindi essays ..some urdu poetry -
sair kar duinya ki galib zindagani fir kahan!
          zindagaani gar rahi to nowjawani fir kahan !!

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