Weekend Hangover!

This weekend was one of the most amazing ones that i ever had. :) It was a trip to a place called Garudmachi (somewhere near Pune) which was organised by my office. The journey started on Saturday morning (6.00 a.m. to be precise) and ended on Sunday evening at 7 p.m. But these two days were so awesome and so full of activities that i didn't even realise how the weekend just flew past me. Lemme start with what did we do day-wise. Here goes:

Day 1

We reached the place at 11 a.m where we were welcomed with lemon juice and breakfast. We were asked to eat light coz we had a long day ahead. Since we were a group of 100 ppl, we were further divided into 4 groups so that all of us could participate in the activities that were lined up for us in a more organized manner. The first activity that my group went for was "Obstacle Clearing", it was an army training sorta activity which was a bit tough but we had loads of fun doing it. Sorry to say that i don't have pics of the same else i would have put it up here.

Anyways, next we had another set of three games which tested our mettle as a team. We finished most of the activities by 2 p.m and then we were asked to finish our lunch. This time too we were asked to eat light. :) Post lunch we got half an hour of resting time. Now comes the exciting part, the post lunch session consisted of two activities viz. Rock-climbing and Rappelling. Frankly speaking i had my own fears about doing these activities coz i am not that much of an adventure junkie and besides i had never done anything of this sorts before. But something inside me said that i shouldn't give up without a try. So i went ahead with both, here are the pics for testimony.






On finishing both the activities i felt really good about myself and it also gave me the confidence of trying others adventure sports in future. These two activities got done by 5 p.m,then we had a tea break and we were asked to take rest till 7 p.m. Come 7 p.m and we were all set for a "Treasure Hunt" that been organized for us. We were sent in teams with a compass and a torch to look for clues in a jungle which was 500 metres away from the camp site. Thank god we were in teams coz it was really scary to be stuck in the middle of no where with just a torch and a compass. We were given 2 hrs to look for the 5 clues which would finally lead us to a Treasure Chest. Searching for the clues was really interesting, and walking below a starlit sky was truly awesome.

The day came to an end with our team winning the treasure hunt. :) And then it was time to party, the drinks started flowing in and there were starters as well. Well, men were hardly interested in the starters, all that mattered to them was the drinks. ;) I chose not to have any hard drinks, i sat and chatted with my friends. Actually i was waiting for the dinner to be served coz i couldn't wait to crash on my bed! Oh yeah btw were put up in huge tents which had like eight single beds and two attached bathrooms. Yep i stayed in a tent for the first time and it was pretty cool! I had my dinner by 11.30 p.m and crashed by 12 midnight coz we had to be up by 6.30 in the morning.

Day 2

Well day 2 consisted of trekking, which i absolutely love. Besides, this was the only activity which i had done before. The trek started at by 7 a.m, we were briefed by the facilitators who were to accompany us throughout the trek. Here are a few pics which were taken during the trek.












After the trek we got back to the Camp Site and freshened up. It was already 12 noon by then, we had an early lunch after which it was time for a group photo. And then it was time to bid farewell to the place where we had so much of fun! I reached home by 7.30 p.m and it was time to get back to the usual boring routine stuff. :(