Well the best holiday i have had in a long time was our most memorable trip that we had last weekend in Ramgarh Bunglows. Ramgarh Bunglows by Neemrana are definitely one of the finest hotels i have ever seen and its only because of the service levels that they expose you to.
We decided to go on a road trip as in the hills there is nothing quite like driving down on my Innova carrying loads of stuff. Especially in monsoons where everything is so beautiful and picturesque. We started our awesome journey very early on a friday morning and reached the place by the afternoon via Nainital. Ramgarh was better than expected and we lazed around totally and took a lot of pictures were spell bound.
The best thing about the place was the silence which was around, this silence was so pure that you could sometimes hear even river flowing at a distance and our private terrace gave us some great views to the hills. I also made up my mind to buy a place there and make my own small weekend cottage and it shall happen soon.
The second day we went to Mukhteshwar for some great views and our Lunch and while we were reversing our car to go back we realized that my new tyre had burst coz of a huge metal structure coming out of the ground, it burst immediately and with the help of a few drivers around i changed my tyre and put on the spare tyre in the car which seemed to have less air as well. The other boys were convinced that even with less air we would be able to drive upto the nearest car repair shop which was 8 km away, as luck would have it this tyre was punctured as well and i was scared as hell as to what i could do.
This is when i realized how nice the people around were, every single person around was ready for help and was ready to give me a lift with my tyre until the tyre repair shop. My bigger worry was the three women I had to take care of but they were all as chilled out as usual. I came back fit and fine with the tyre and the car was up and running, the main tyre of the car was now gone and i had no spare tyre but it seemed enough to take us back to Delhi easily. We had a great lunch in a pahari dhaba and bought some awesome chocolates. The evening was great as the staff there served us some nice tea and pakoras to rejuvenate us from all the stress of the day. The last day of the week we ventured down to the famous river with another staff member taking us down to the river and we had a nice sumptous breakfast before deciding to take a quick drive through Bhimtal enroute to Delhi. Bhimtal was beautiful as expected and we did some nice boating in the sun and started back to Delhi and then what happened with us was unprecedented.
After Rampur NH-24 was blocked by these stupid Kanwarias who have become more than just a menace and we were diverted via villages back to the highway, the route that was meant to take 8 hours took 13. Travelling through these small lanes i was scared and i hoped that my car does not break down for some reason and also remembered the fact that i was one tyre short. I kept praying that nothing more goes wrong and it did'nt.
Some times when things are going wrong its easy to blame everything on luck and that one has had a really really bad day but then we just gotta feel that it could have been worse. When I came back home on Sunday night all I remembered is the grief of the trip but thinking through the sunday night i felt that i had already forgotten about both these incidents and all I remembered was the awesome awesome trip that we have had.
Three things that i shall always remember about this trip are
- People in smaller places are really nice and helpful something that we city dwellers are not used to. They would go out of the way to help you with whatever they can and they do it all with a smile.
- You gotta believe in god no matter what.
I had the time of my life and now after 3 days of coming back I dont even remember the faux pas that happened more than once. Strongly recommend Ramgarh to anyone who is keen on visiting.
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