Happy New Year

      It has been two years when we unknowingly started the journey to venture into India's unknown treasures of natural beauty,serenity and heritage(especially North India). This year ,our odyssey consisted of being close to the Great Thar desert in Jaisalmer, beholding a tiger (from about 8ft far) in Sariska and exposing the myth of ghostly existence in Bhangarh (except for "yaha hasna mana hai" :P) ,the serene location of Lansdowne, water rafting,riverside camping in Rishikesh,the exhausting but untouched,beautiful Chopta and finally ziplining at Neemrana .Sorry for me being lazy not to report most of this except for Sariska and Neemrana. :(
       Nevertheless, this year too we hope to continue to explore the mesmerising hidden scenic destinations in India. So cheers to the thought. To all my fellow wanderers...

 subh nav varsh

naya saal mubarak

nuthana samvathsara subhakankshalu 

subho nabo barso

nava varsha ashamshagal

navin varshaachya hardik shubbheccha 

rest settle for Happy New Year  ;)

:-)

Neemrana

WHY? ZIP-LINING
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip-line
WHERE? Neemrana Fort ,Neemrana, Alwar district 
http://fort-palace.neemranahotels.com/activities
HOW? Bikes
FROM? Ghaziabad
TIME? 4 Hours
TICKETS?http://flyingfox.asia/bookfox.aspx?pgid=33


    I guess the basic details are covered. Zip Lining is an adventure sport which entails moving from one end of a cable to other using a zip line. We started from Ghaziabad at 12PM and had made the bookings fro 3:45PM. Online booking costs you less than on-the-spot booking. Bike rides do take a toll on you( especially to ones on the pillions ;)) but compared to our many tours this was comfortable not only because the distance was hardly 150KM but also because of the road. All thanks to NH8 that made it possible for us to reach the venue just on time ,i.e 3:45 PM IST(Indian Stretchable Time)-> 4:00PM (and I know this is the minimum we could stretch).
    The venue seemed more like a hidden treasure ,directions to which were either not present and if it were, we could hardly guess where it pointed to. As you might have guessed, I did lose track and went 12KM ahead of the destination. But we did resort to local help and managed to sight the concealed location. We hurried towards the fort, got into the strap pants :P, and trekked a few metres to our first zip-line. We were briefed about it, given a demo and were asked to do likewise as a trial. All instruction go in vain as did this and I can assure you ,you do and you learn. Mistakes are the best teacher.

                        
   Finally it was showtime and a secret tip, don't take your own camera, because you will be the first to godownt he zip line so that you can shoot others :P. Though we were generous enough to relieve the owner of its duty after the first one. A very safe (acrophobic people can give it a try) adventure sport.  There is nothing to fear for all is safe especially with the experienced and lively Flying Fox staffs.All was fun with our usual state-of-the-art PJs (strictly proscribed),photography ,the freely hanging feeling and the experience.

(From Left: Sayan,Suresh,me,Nakul,Bala,Asad,Vikash,Mohit and Rampa(behind the camera :P))

   Sadly all the zips were traversed and we returned back to our bikes after handing the "strap-pants" .We did take some pit stops because I cannot go without food ;).
wait,wait... picture abhi baaki hai.. We took a pit stop at  the "munnabhai hotel" where you get everything."You order ,we cook" as the waiter proclaimed where we settled for a chicken fry instead of the much awaited fish fry :P
     Nevertheless , the adventurous part was the return journey between large trucks,trailers. The bikes +us sitting were smaller than their tyres. Zig zag movement, inching ahead between the huge vehicles, we reached Delhi where (as usual) I got lost. But in the end, we all reached home SAFELY, happy with the odyssey and the experience. Enough said, the taste of the pudding is in eating.zip zap zoom;)

  (Neemrana Fort)