A sudden plan, a great adventure, lots of unknown people. This weekend was a great or rather a different one. I went to Rishikesh, to pursue my passion for adventure sports. A trip influenced by quick decisions of Gen Y and booming economy that lets you spend guilt free. One on way to Rishikesh we passed though UP with the trademark Indian roads with potholes that can comopletely jam your back and ensure you cant sleep en route. The drive to rishikesh ended into a beautiful cottage on the banks of the river Ganga. The morning dawned with rays of sun beaming through my room and asking me to breathe some fresh air. I thought to myself when was the last time I felt so good, rejeuvenated, so full of energy rearing to go. The white sand the cold water a funny guide all made it a great trip. On our way to the 26 km rafting trip there were so many learnings of how a pahadi guy could speak more languages that I could. While rafting with so many groups of people from different countries he had learnt or rather figured out his way to communicate and ensure inspite of the language barrier, people what have a great time and would go back with lots of memories. He not only taught us how to raft but also broke a whole lot of inhibitions... he said a really nice thing...here it goes... Its often ok if you dont know how to swim but never be afraid of the water." While we went along with a few small rapids, some big he shared with us how adventure sports is not only about friends together or family together having a great time...but have become great corporate training grounds. From team building, to potential gauging, we can design activities with whatever message you wish to share. (Who ever said great innovations come only from board room meetings). Towards the end of our rafting trip we all jumped into the cold waters of the Ganga, shedding all our inhibitions, surrending ourselves to the calm waters, oblivion to the world of mobile phones, blackberrys, and all technology that remotely connects us to problems.
Our beautiful trip ended with a feeling of achievement...thrill...like all materialistics minds complete VFM...
On our way back it was a rather quiet journey...with the peace and the calm that made me sleep like a baby...and a feeling saying There is so much to India!!!left to be explored...
Monday, May 28, 2007
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3 comments:
Awesome - so glad that some visionary people like you see the potential that India has - and the learnings we can get out of seemingly simple things. These are the little joys of life!
Way to go! Nice blog - please continue the good work which touches the life of so many people.
:) Great one. You must visit the North-East, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh etc and of course Ladakh - have you been there? To use your words - 100% VFM!!! That will put you in touch with Mother Nature.
Good words.
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