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It all started at 12 midnight with bottles of Kingfisher Strong being opened by special bottle openers consisting of 32 pieces of calcium strongly attached to the gum. We couldn’t sleep all night and by the time we reached Haridwar at 445 a.m., it was not possible to keep our eyes open. We didn’t sleep and went for the Holy Dip at Har ki Pauri. We got all out energy back after sitting in the spine chilling cold water for 20 minutes.

800 : left for Rishikesh

900 : halt at Ram Jhula for breakfast at the famous Choti wale Pandit ka Dhaba, took a nap on the river beach.

1230 : reached the Garhwal Himalayas office where we had to report. We had booked the Camping and rafting there.

1400 : Reached Shivpuri for just having fun in the river. It was basically decided on runtime since we had time to kill before we could enter our camp at 330 p.m. which was 30 minutes from this place. Felt like Jacuzzi… :D

1600 : Entered Camp, welcome drink served, checked in our tents, played beach volleyball, drooled at a firang babe whose guy was doing yoga on a cliff. A saffron clad babaji was making joints for them and another local friend of theirs was doing something to her which was a little difficult to find out even using our camera zoooms !!

1900 : Campfire, BBQ and drinks on the beach. We had 5 Beer bottles remaining with us adding to the Bacardi White Rum khamba and the Antiquity addha.

20XC%: sdjkhzzzzz..hic....hic...... :D

Next Day

0800 : Breakfast followed by a drive to Marine drive from where our rafting experience was to commence. The raft was meant for 10 people excluding the main guide but we had only the six of us on it.

Till 1'clock we experienced some amazing rapids in our 22 Km enroute to rishikesh. It would take pages if I start elaborating these 4-5 hours. Point to be noted is that no one fell outside the raft unwillingly.. lol ... yes we did some body surfing... but that was fun.. Lying with your back on the water with waves carrying us along.

Rapids have been given interesting names like Golf Course, Three Blind Mice, Daniel's Dip, Sweet Sixteen, Marine Drive, Cross Fire and Roller Coaster

Cliff diving was another breathtaking experience

... 2-3 seconds in thin air... but only two of us including me ;) had enough guts to plunge into the river from that height.

1430 : Lunch at camp. The firang was again there … :D .. 30 minutes lost again…

1530 : Leave for a temple(I forgot the name) about 20 kms from there.

1730 : On the way back, park our Qualis in the middle of the empty road and enjoy the White Rum with an amazing mountain view in front of us.

2000 : Leave for Delhi….