After leaving Saatal we were headed to Shivpuri - this is the main hotel and beach camp the sister company MHE own and operate their rafting operations from. This was where I was most excited to see as I think we are going to be based there for most of our internship. We arrived here late but the drive along the mountain road where we caught glimpses of the river, the mountain peaks and the stars was completely magical.
After a lovely meal and being introduced to the many staff for the first time we were shown to our rooms and were able to enjoy a beer or two which lightened our spirits. This night was the first night I encountered the lizard - which to be honest after the beer scared the shit out of me! So I went knocking next door - Dhruv was dead to the world! Move along to Ben's room - he was awake. After laughing at me and chasing it out for me he went back to bed! I really apprieciated it though.
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| It's Kinda Cute Really |
So I thought all was going to be safe an then - man - next to the door was probably the biggest, blackest, eight legged spider I have EVER seen in my life. So without waking up Ben again I didn't know what to do so I threw something across the room at it and it ran out under the door. I was proud of myself. So eventually I finally managed to get to sleep.
In the daylight it was still magical although that was just the view of the mountains. We weren't staying long and after packing a rucksac each, Ben, Suri, Ammu, Pavane, Dhruv and myself were packed into the car again and off we were again on another six hour journey.
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| View From the Rooftop |
This time we were headed from Shivpuri to Himachel Pradesh to a place called Dharamsala.
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