Picture perfect (Journey to Rotangpass)

Have you ever visited a picture ??? Or did it ever strike in your mind - that the place you have just arrived is exactly like a picture ???

I recall myself when I was in the 8th standard . Parents decided to celebrate Durga puja in the Himalayas . Yes I visited Kullu – Manali – The best part was my trip to Rotangpass.

Waking up in the lap of the Himalayas is a moment to cherish. You can breath the purest air. Stretching myself to yawn I peeped through the window . Its just morning … but a different morning indeed . In front – blocking the blue stood a naked mountain . I could see the white chills disappearing under the rays of the raising sun. The feet of the brown (mountain) was covered with green nature – A forest of pine cones … our hotel just at its edge.

I gulped in my breakfast and then it all began. Rotangpass was just a few kilometers from Manali but the welcoming ceremony (according to me) began when we left the town and headed for the paradise. Was it a picture we just entered ??? – Just an endless green bordered by the giants. The sky looked as its purest blue blushed by the feathery clouds. That was Amazing!!!

The real picture perfect spot was yet to come – I still remember our car strolling down a hill heading for a plane land. That was the real paradise moment for me. Just as our car inclined the angle , I just stared in amazement – A straight road (stretched for a few meters before its turn) was decorated by yellow leaves that were showered upon by the endless canopy on both sides … The wind blew it all from the canopies present on the top of the hill to the road we were traveling on. It was raining yellow – brightened by the blazing sun behind us.

I could hear a splashing – woosing rhythm … To check I edged a little and it all widened my eyes … splashes of water came down a rock (waterfall) forming small clouds under it. It went on as an endless stream that was glittering under the rays. That was absolutely beautiful …

A heart-throbbing experience was on its way – our car took the steepest road I’v ever seen - the road slithered itself to the top where lay – ROTANGPASS . It was preety scary and I couldn’t halt a chill run down my spine. The only thing that helped me withdraw my mind from the nightmare was the scenerio of the infinite ranges that peaked high and were smothered by the thick whites. Parachuting was on its craze – saw a lot of people gliding with they kites ;)

Yeah that was surely my visit to a PICTURE ;)