And hence we started.... up up and walking the infinite path to mata Vaishno Devi. We didn't know when this would be ending cause this was the first time I was conscious and could remember the journey. My enthusiasm convinced me to walk bare foot and thats what made my journey a little tough. Walking by the milestones, counting every step We made, The Information Management Group went on with a full planned trip to Jammu. There were water bottles, first-aid, digicams, lathis(for the experienced), laddoos(:P) and an awesome view all around us.
The serious trouble were NC's ( the nuisance creators, as I call the ponywalas) and the langoors those brats took my prasad :(. and these things have to be separated from the main route. I am not talking of the monkeys but the ponywalas should not be interrupting the journey.
Finally we arrived the temple, so it had to be like bathing in ice-cold water and then running to the gufa where we were not allowed to even stand for a sec for the darshan.
Its like you travel 14 km only for a glance of Vaishno Devi and you don't even get your own coconut in return. Next destination was the Bhairavnath Mandir, and the place where langoors and monkeys live together, nice place I must tell you cause the next aim is to jump off the Trikuta Parvat into the Yatri Niwas.
We rushed back from the most excited state to the path from the Sanjhi Chhat, where there was this beautiful view of the helipad to the ground state ultimately to our beds and for me that too was a barefoot walk.
The things I learned during the trip include always go to Vaishno Devi barefoot, cause thats the best you will definitely remember it for the next one week, do never carry the lathi with you, (sachi mein it will have no effect, aur ye main sachi bol raha hoon):P , always hide your eatables in your bag cause the most greedy of the prasad are the monkeys(they always want a life better than yours), and most importantly never dump garbage anywhere except your own bag...
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