09 July
5:15am
I wake up and get out of the tent to see the beautiful scenes around. Around the corner i see ppl standing in line with a bottle of water in front of three make shift toilets. lol. I start laughing at them but suddenly i realise that i too have to join that line...
I join that line and soon i see some frustrated faces and some trying to laugh on whats going on.. The toilet was a wooden cubical with no roof , a door without a latch and an inclined make shift indian pot. If its raining u need to hold an umbrella in one hand and with the other hand u need to hold the rope to keep the door closed. Now don't ask how do u do the rest....lol Adding to all that misery if u are unlucky there's a very good chance of a leech hovering around the pot...
While trying to cope with all these hurdles we hear a whistle. Everyone is like Whats that? Suddenly one guy shouts its 5:45am.First whistle for fall in. Damn!!!!
The instructor shouts: Come on Guys!! get a move on. Else u won't be given breakfast. I want u all ready in 15mins...lol
6:15am: all 34 of us manage to fall in and the instructors start going bonkers about the punctuality and time management. All of us literally were acting deaf to all this..
After they were done with the history of TSAF and Mrs Bachendri Pal who's the director of this foundation we were taken for a 5km jog uphill.
The 5km jog was fine for me but some ppl were not feeling too good. While going up all the lightweights were cruising and while coming down all the heavyweights were literally running courtesy no engine braking.
8:30am: We reach back to the base camp and all are ready to hog the breakfast after good morning workout.
8:40am: Breakfast: One boiled egg, chapati,soya bean curry and tea. Fantastic is term i should say for serving such high quality nutritious food in those conditions..
Having breakfast:
Finishing the breakfast was too easy for us but no-one expected another challenge was coming up soon. We were told that each one of us have to wash the plate by going to the banks of the river...Haha So many amused faces i could see. Some had fun...Let the pics tell the story.
First leech attack. Oh boy!! It was just the beginning.
After breakfast we 34 of us were divided into 4 groups for the remaining part of the trip.
Next up for us was the BREAKING THE ICE game. Its basically a game to know your mates better by passing a small pillow by calling each others name..
11:30- We have another game to play and its called WALKING TOGETHER game..
Eight members of each team can only play this game. (Two teams had nine members)
All eight of them have to stand on two wooden planks placed parallely and reach point A to B. Whichever team does it the fastest will be the winner.
I think the pics would explain the game better.
My team came first thanks to great coordination and all lightweights.
After lunch we were comparatively free to do anything. So some plan for a group bath. lol. Bathing in such pure water was an amazing experience and feeling though...
After bathing it was time to explore the nature and also for some photography.
5:30pm - We hear a whistle and we are told to fill up the sintex water tanks located near the tents for kitchen and toilet purposes. Human chain was the best way to do it.
The evening was quite and we had an early dinner by 8pm and all went off to sleep by 9pm.
End of Day 2.
15kms trek and rock climbing coming up!!!