Hello Hivers!
It's been long time since I posted but I am back again within another block regarding a visit to a contain above a village named kotkhai in Shimla Himachal Pradesh. Himachali is huge and once you visit here you will know about it. This North Indian state is full of huge and beautiful mountains rivers, valleys and forest. You may have heard of Shimla, Manali, Dharamshala, Kullu, Jubbal, Rohru these are some of the famous tourist spots and from each corner of all visit the place to experience the natural beauty of the Himalayas.
Today's blog is about my visit to a forest near our village. I have heard that the forest is so beautiful full of greenery and much more. It's time to explore it together.
Road towards the hill
Walking Between The Woods
We started my journey at 10:00 in the morning and it was a beautiful sunny day the sun was shining brighter and the whether was amazing.
Everything around was perfect, my friend and I decided to start our journey by taking God's name. There was a road towards towards a village which is at top of the hill and we decided to follow it and until we reach certain height.
The view was magnificent and I couldn't believe my eyes. The road was beautiful cover with all the grass, greenery and bushes. One thing about walk at forest in Himachal is you will definitely get to inhale the purest air. As it's isolated from all the disturbance is and very few people visit the place cause it's challenging and it's not a cup of tea.
Also there is an easy way to get up here and that is to go by your own vehicle. Personally feel that a by walking you get to know the place better, you explore new things you get to see the best possible view ever from every direction you want. The roads in Himachal Pradesh generally at the top of Hill is always covered with the wild flora of the area and you get to small the wild flowers, which itself is a blessing.
Walking heels you, whenever you walk, your body and your mind alliance with each other and if you are spiritual your soul alliance too. According to me it's the best and the simplest form of meditation you can do. It's the main reason behind my love for the walk.
There was a time when I was so busy working on a corporate job that I didn't took care of my health and body. I used to feel exhausted and cause of that I didn't think that walking and doing exercise is a good idea as I used to think that it will make me more tired. But as you know everything starts with a single step so after being exhausted to a certain level I decided to do something about it. I started to work and I decided to cover at least 3 km a day. Within one week I started to see some changes in me my mind was more clear, I used to feel more than the chatting and also my skin started to you. Well I just exposed a biggest secret of glowing skin.
Coming back to our track, after walking up hill for almost an hour we decided to to rest between the forest. Yes we were afraid of insects and whild animals but more excited to sleep peacefully in between the Jungle under the blue sky.
Meadows Around
We also had some fruits after gaining a strength back we decided to took a shortcut towards in the forest. Well the idea was great but when we executed it we definitely face some difficulty. It was not at all easy to walk through a path which nobody has choose an earlier. It was all covered with bushes thorns and it was among huge trees in the forest. It's like we are playing a game of finding our path towards our destination. Somehow it brings joy and excitement in both of us and we did lovingly.
Sonar we both discover a path and decided to work on it for another are until we reach at a certain altitude from where the whole area can be seen easily.
It was a beautiful work between the nature full of excitement, joy and you experiences. I miss doing all these as soon as I go to the city. So I wanted to capture all this beautiful moments in my memories for forever. Also I tried to capture these beautiful pictures for you so that you get inside about the place and I have used my phone's camera to click the shots.
As it winter here in the Himachal some of the area is still covered with snow and the other area which is Sunny is all clear. Walking in snow exploring new paths is difficult and you need someone with yourself who is experienced. That's why we decided to walk on the area where there is no snow at all. Temperature here is low nearly 10 to 15 during the afternoon and it drops bag to four or five in the noon and negative at midnight.
The Spot
Saying out at night and stargazing was another idea that we both came up with but the cold here is really harsh.You can even get I'll and froze to death. Also it's not a good idea to stay in forest at midnight during winters cause the wild animals come to lower altitude so that they also can stay alive in the bitter cold.
Finally after an another hour, we reached a spot between the forest with seems like and open ground in the lap of Himalayas. The view from here was enchanting and majestic. And now it was around one in the noon, the sun was shining over our head and on a cold winter day it's a blessing. We enjoyed the fullest and loved the track.
Thank you for passing by
Have a wonderful day
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Very amazing nature, I really enjoyed it ❤️
Thank you @suarlex
With my friends ❤️
Your post ported me directly to the hill of Kotkhai. Thanks for sharing such a great post.
Thank you so much @parvkhuller
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You are leaving in a beautiful place. Such nice views and amazing weather