On the Morning of the First Day of New Year 2007, Me and my friend RK got up lazily at about 8.15 AM or so. We decided to go to place called "BLUDAN'. My friend had gathered from a localite that it is a very beautiful mountain place with ICE. Honestly, I was skeptical about the whole thing but have decided to give it a try as I could not think of anything better at that moment. I called up my Cab Guy, Osama (No link whatsoever to his namesake the infamous guy) to arrange a cab for both of us to go there. After a little bargain, he has agreed for a price of Rs. 1000 SP for a round trip.
We sat in a Bus Shelter, opposite to my friends hotel waiting for the cab. The bus shelters are a kind of cute but funnily there are just two chairs in every one of them. Only two people normally wait for a bus in Damascus ? No Clue. We spent the time chatting and taking some pictures of us. The time was 9.45 AM and my cab has arrived. With a Lot of anticipation we have started our Journey. The journey was quite good but not that much of traffic. There was fog everywhere. We wondered what to expect. It took about 45 minutes ride for us to have first glimpses of ice on the pavements and on tree tops. After that the terrain changed dramatically and we have started looking at snow covered mountains. Another 10 minutes of ride landed us admist snow....You dont believe it was complete snow. Luckily the weather was bright and sunny. Our warm clothes were sufficient and we have enjoyed little walks on snow here and there. we had the chance to click some good snaps of us.
No words could explain the simple beauty of this place. It was amazing and I was pleasantly surprised. I wasnt prepared for the sight. Mountains covered with thick layers of snow. We had enjoyed an hour admist ice covered roads and cliffs. I thought, its an irony of life that, there might be many such small mountains on the foot hills of Himalayas,Not to forget the Great Peaks themselves, but while I was in India, never had time or opportunity to visit them. However in this strange land, I had all the time, thanks to unexpected new year holidays of about an week.
An hour was not enoguh is what we both friends echoed to each other. We have deicded that we should plan a longer visit in this place may be a night halt to enjoy the place. I always feel time is not enough at all when you are admist such a beautiful place.
We sat in a Bus Shelter, opposite to my friends hotel waiting for the cab. The bus shelters are a kind of cute but funnily there are just two chairs in every one of them. Only two people normally wait for a bus in Damascus ? No Clue. We spent the time chatting and taking some pictures of us. The time was 9.45 AM and my cab has arrived. With a Lot of anticipation we have started our Journey. The journey was quite good but not that much of traffic. There was fog everywhere. We wondered what to expect. It took about 45 minutes ride for us to have first glimpses of ice on the pavements and on tree tops. After that the terrain changed dramatically and we have started looking at snow covered mountains. Another 10 minutes of ride landed us admist snow....You dont believe it was complete snow. Luckily the weather was bright and sunny. Our warm clothes were sufficient and we have enjoyed little walks on snow here and there. we had the chance to click some good snaps of us.
No words could explain the simple beauty of this place. It was amazing and I was pleasantly surprised. I wasnt prepared for the sight. Mountains covered with thick layers of snow. We had enjoyed an hour admist ice covered roads and cliffs. I thought, its an irony of life that, there might be many such small mountains on the foot hills of Himalayas,Not to forget the Great Peaks themselves, but while I was in India, never had time or opportunity to visit them. However in this strange land, I had all the time, thanks to unexpected new year holidays of about an week.
An hour was not enoguh is what we both friends echoed to each other. We have deicded that we should plan a longer visit in this place may be a night halt to enjoy the place. I always feel time is not enough at all when you are admist such a beautiful place.
2 comments:
Jwala, u ought to ask me if i m also interested in joining u. anyway seems u had lots of fun on your first visit to snowladen hills. Wish I could also join u..
Good words.
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