In these summer
holidays, kids were planning a trip to some hill station. When I was asked,
Mcleodganj was the first name that came out of me. I heard some my office
friend talking about the beauty of place to be scrumptious and breathtaking. I
started planning of the trip doing all the arrangements and bookings for the
family.
On the day of
starting our journey, we took a bus to Dharamshala from Delhi in the evening.
As it was night, I cannot say anything about the view but we reached
Dharamshala at five in the morning. From there we took a taxi to Mcleodganj.
Well, the roads were a bit bumpy but when you are in India, this is not a new
thing. The sun was rising slowly by this time and the view along the road was
really astonishing. After a fifteen minutes drive, we reached our hotel where
we were given our rooms. The rooms were really gorgeous and the view from the
balcony was icing on the cake. After we rested for some time and freshened up,
we got ourselves out of the hotel and hit the roads.
The streets of
Mcleodganj are very crowded filled with vehicles, stray cows and people,
although kids were enjoying all of this. After a short walk, we found ourselves
in front of the Tsunglakhang temple complex. This was the home and office of
great Dalai Lama. It was a great chance to give the kids an insight about this
great leader and the teachings of Buddhism. The Tibetan temple was another
great thing to explore with children.
After the temple
complex, we headed towards the Bhagsu nag temple, which is almost 2 K.M. far
from Mcleodganj. We decided to walk to that distance enjoying the natural
scenery on the way. I must say that it was bone shivering in Mcleodganj. Thanks
to thee winter jackts for kids in India we bought, the kids were able to
enjoy their trip to the fullest. After taking the blessings from the Bhagsu nag
temple, we went to the Bhagsu nag water fall. We all wanted to go just below
the water fall, but with kids it was dangerous and so we dropped the idea
although the showers of tiny droplets were coming to us even from a distance.
The view of the waterfall was really pleasing.
From there we
decided to visit the tea gardens. After reaching the tea gardens, we were blown
away with the beauty of the place. It was a clear example of what a great
artist nature was. It seemed like even god went out of his imagination to
create such an astonishing piece of art. Even the kids were speechless there
just enjoying the view.
On the return to
the hotel, kids and I did some shopping from the shops across the streets. The shops
have many unique articles and stones, which one can take them back home as the
souvenir from this out of this world place.
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