Namaste š
Hope youāre doing great!!!
Merry Christmas from Gurugram, India. I would like to wish everyone happy holidays and a very good morning. I work like to thank the whole team of #worldmappin for the work they are putting in even in holidays, and I would like to congratulate everyone who are consistently writing and getting featured on the daily #traveldigest for the #winterchallenge that going on nowadays.
During this time of the year, I am usually home in the Himalayas witnessing the white Christmas, but this year due to some work, I had to stay in Gurugram until this weekend, so Iāll be celebrating my Christmas here. It rained last night here and it snowed heavily in the upper regions of Himalayas. I wish I was home to witness the first snowfall of the season.
Walking from Anamika Enclave to the DLF park in Sector 14 Gurugramā
Even when I was in Gurgaon, I had that excitement in me to wake up early to see the view of outside on the Christmas Day, so I woke up early this morning. I saw that there is fog all around, and the atmosphere was looking really tranquil. Upon seeing that I decided to go for an early morning walk.
I was staying at my friends place in Gurugram for for a couple of days and he lived in Anamika enclave in Sector 14 of Gurugram. Another thing that I would like to mention is that Gurgaon and Gurugram is same. Gurugram is the latest name that was modified recently so whenever I say Gurgaon Gurugram, they mean the same thing. This Anamika enclave, itās in a very good area. Thatās considered a posh area actually in Gurugram. So, when I went for a walk, all I saw big houses and luxury cars.
In the above photograph, you can see a person cleaning up a car in such a cold weather. I was really stunned to see that he must have been a butler for someone living in that house. I wondered how good the park would be if this colony is so good.
Upon checking the map, I realised that the park was not really far away. It was just a five minutes walk to the park from the place. I was standing the streets of this colony were quite wide and clean, so I walked towards the park and saw some really good houses and luxury cars around me. I also met a straight dog who was standing alone in the middle of the street. It was really looking really nice while sending the middle of this foggy street.
Entering the parkā
So when I entered this park, I was amazed to see how good it was. They were houses all around it and it was a huge green area in the middle of those houses. It was made in such a way that people could walk on the border line pavement of the park and in the middle there was this huge green grassy area with some fun activities for kids.
I was there around 7:30 AM in the morning and they were not that many people there at that time. I guess there were only five or six people who were walking around and doing some exercise in the park at that time.
They were many benches and many places to sit in the park, and the environment was really tranquil at that time, all the air pollution had cleaned up from the rainfall that occurred last night, and I was able to breathe clean air. I started walking in the payment that was made in the border line of the park, it covered the park from all the sides so that people can walk in circles around this park.
The walking path was really good with little trees and bushes in the sides. I was having a great fun while I was walking on that pavement. The fog was slowly clearing up as the sun began to rise, and more people were coming in the park as the sunrise occurred.
As today is Christmas holiday, so I was expecting a lot of people coming in the park for morning walk. To my surprise, they were not many people. I expected a lot of kids also, but there was none. The rainfall occurred last night could also be the reason as the central part of the park, where the kids area is built covered with water.
While I was roaming around and I reached near the kids play area, I saw all those swings and slides and thoughts that if I could play there, inside of me, wanted to play their so badly that I took a couple of steps in that direction. But later I realise that there were many people who were working all around and they would laugh at me while, I was doing that.
As you can see in these photographs, how inviting these rides were looking, they were a little bit from the rain that happened last night, but I would ignore that if that thought didnāt provoked me at that time of people watching me. That Christmas vibe was still inside of me.
There were many gazebo built there people can sit and have a talk in that gazebo, I saw something really special. it was so special that it made my day. It was the best thing that happened to me today. It was my Christmas present.
In that gazebo, I saw four little puppies with their mom. They were so cute and admirable that I forgot about anything else. When I looked at them. I was a bit worried when I first saw them as their mother was being protective. But later when I stayed there for a while, and they came near me, then their mother got used to me, and she let me go near to her puppies.
My Christmas Presentā
As it was very cold last night, they were all bundled up and they were being a single unit to keep themselves warm. Some of them were sleeping at first, but when I got near them, I couldnāt resist calling them by cute names. They all looked at me at once, and I capture this beautiful photographs for you.
Just see how admirable they looked. I couldnāt receive myself, but to play with them. After capturing these two photographs, I kept my mobile phone in my pocket and started playing with them. It was the best thing that happened to me in a long time. I played for a really long time with them and they really loved me.
The Sunriseā
After being there for about half an hour, and playing with those cute puppies, the sun was slowly rising up the fog that was scattered all around, slowly started to scatter.
I could see the sun rising from the horizon through a tree that was growing in the park. The photos that I captured were really coming out to be good. Being lived in Himalayas for all my life, I realised that itās not just mountains that make a place beautiful. Itās a combination of a lot of things. I realised that the beautiful people and beautiful things make a place beautiful not just the natural views. In short, itās all about the vibe.
The reflection of the sunrise could also be seen in the water that was collected from the rainfall that occurred last night in the ground, and it looked mesmerising. For a while I meditated. Felt really peaceful. I felt like the peace of the universe was flowing through me. When I opened my eyes, I saw that a lot of people had already joined me and were doing exercises in the park.
It was already 9 AM and couple of hours had already passed since I came here earlier this morning. This was a perfect start for Christmas day. I couldnāt have asked for more. And while I was going back to my friends place, I saw many beautiful things all around me. The fog was slowly starting to disappear and the sunshine was giving a new life to everything. Just look at this photograph below to get an idea of what I mean to say.
As today is Christmas, I decided to do something special with the thumbnail of this post, so I did something in the Canva app. Hope you guys like that too.
I was really happy with my Christmas morning, so I decided to write this post and share my happiness with you guys. May your Christmas be as happy as mine.
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