Rishikesh

In my last semester of college, I went on a trip to Rishikesh with my friends . Since it was a girls' trip, our parents were concerned about our safety and this concern spurred us to become meticulous planners, carefully organizing every aspect of our journey, from where we would stay to the scooty we would rent. However, despite our detailed planning, our adventure took an unexpected turn after our exhilarating first day of river rafting. The thrill of dunking and floating in the freezing Ganga filled us with such adrenaline that our meticulously crafted two-day itinerary was abandoned in favour of three days spent on the river. Returning from our 25km rafting each day, we would collapse into a coma-like sleep, only to awaken and repeat the thrilling experience . Given that we were the COVID batch, having missed out on most of our college experience, this spontaneous and unforgettable adventure in Rishikesh was and always will be surreal .