OK so it was Sunday morning nearly 4am( although it was dark) n i was getting ready...yap u heard it right getting ready..for my longest road trip...to mathura...(actually vrindavan)..... well as it was expected... we missed our deadline....anyhow we(me n my family) managed to get in car around 6 am...n here u go the journey begins... although getting up this early is not my cup of tea...bt i must confess..that the smooth drive... deserted quite roads...were worth it..... we were all bit lazy bt still very excited...n kept looking at watch as we were running late..and temple is expected to open around 8.30 am..... den came badarpur...ya u might be thnkng dat we might have been struck there badly in chaos n jam,,,, bt to our surprise wat i see is an eye catching amazing flyover(man nw i realise hw long it has been since i last visited my cousins in faridabad).. whoa!! the flyover was quite a surprise..... i mean can u believe dat within 5min we were through badarpur????? well now u shud start believing that.... now it was almost 6.30 n we crossed faridabad...n entered kosi.... wow!!n den wat i saw was spectacular view... farms with sunrise...mild cold air...... smooth open national highway......bright yellow sunflowers and fog playng constantly.. yes it almost reminds me of my school days poems on villages...bt seriously all that was just picture perfect..... see the picture...if u dnt believe me....nd i was so carried away by scenery...dat i started making plans about living in village...and own a farm....(although later on way back things were little different)....
now since we started so early we dint had anything in breakfast..n we all were starving like hell...n den comes our saviour... THE SAGAR RATNA... yes it was like oasis in dessert.... n we stopped dere ( anyway we were late so y nt fill our belly )... although i don't expect much from highway restaurants,,,bt this one was quite an elite restaurant,,,, n up to the reputation of its brand... hmm so i ordered steamy hot upma...n i must say it was the best breakfast...nt only becoz of taste..bt becoz of ambiance.....
nw dat we were satisfyingly full...we started our journey....i must say wen road wasn't coming to an end we almost thought we r off track..bt thanks to friendly ppl that we managed to reach vrindavan...
after chaotic "gallis" we parked our car.... n went over to temple..... well the place took us way back... into ancient times..narrow roads...small old houses....n den the Divine temple...... the sight of Deity was mesmerizing...... so after darshan we went to gokul... the "janam bhumi" of lord krishna..... we saw the actual place where lord krishna stayed in his childhood.... i m nt being religious...but that experience was really gud..n if nt anything, at least the place takes u down the time lane...back into ancient India.... den we returned n on our way and we saw river yamuna n our super excited driver...made us say "jaikara" when we returned from temple...n also advised us to drop coins in river yamuna... as it fulfills wishes...although i am skeptical abt al this...bt hey no harm in trying out... so we did throw up coins n made few wishes...... n clicked photos...n den again our super excited driver starts with his story like "yamuna kali kyun hai " and all stories of "laddo gopal" .....
just wen we were back on way to home..my sis popped up wid idea of gng to govardhan...... well since we hardly get time to hav such family outing...so we said y nt visit dat..... bt man dat was real tiring journey ...almost 60 km... it really exhausted us...... anyhow we were coming back bt nw thngs were different...
just wen we were back on way to home..my sis popped up wid idea of gng to govardhan...... well since we hardly get time to hav such family outing...so we said y nt visit dat..... bt man dat was real tiring journey ...almost 60 km... it really exhausted us...... anyhow we were coming back bt nw thngs were different...
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