Saturday morning we woke up with nothing to do sadly so we decided to do a 5 hour trek to a hot spring and a HUGE waterfall.
The hot spring was in the middle of a really cute town. The spring was inside of a temple. We walked into the "girl's spring" which was so hot I could hardly put my feet in it. But there were lots of women swimming naked in it... I have come to realize that Indian bodies handle extreme temperatures much better than ours.
It was a really intense climb to the waterfall. Killed my knees but it was worth it once we made it to the top. There were a lot of falling rocks so we went back a different way which was awesome because it was flat and a really nice walk.
With an exception to the terrifying bridges we had to cross..
When we got back we passed out and took naps. It always feels so great to trek all day and come back to sleep hard.
We woke up, had dinner, and headed out to Drifters for karaoke. It was SO much fun! I thought everyone was going to bail because they were tired and not feeling so great to their stomachs but they humored me and came out anyway. I'm so glad my love for singing has caught on to all of them so well.
We can't go anywhere without having an Aladdin sing along now. This I am going to miss so much!!
Mili and her boyfriend, Aniruddh, came too! We got Mili to do some singing as well :)
Sunday morning we woke up to breakfast and a snake charmer. I was the first girl to go and the guy placed a cobra on my head and a python around my neck. I wasn't that nervous surprisingly but I definitely was not about to kiss that thing. I got some great pictures of all the kids with the snakes. Everyone's reactions were hilarious
Afterward, Sunny took us to some temples in old Manali. That was interesting to see. All the statues and then we got little marks on our heads. Quite the experience but my knees hated it.
We got back to the hotel, changed and then went to dinner!! We went out to Bella Vista. Everyone came which was awesome and we grabbed Reena, Kirti, Rinya, and Dr. Parvesh. Lis's friends from her trip to India joined as well... Dr. Sanjay and his wife and son. They were really great. Kirti, Reena, Rinya, and I split 2 pizzas and we took a million pictures. It was a lot of fun. After that we walked around Old Manali. I called my dad for father's day. They were going to a movie. Wish I could have been there..
We all came back to the hotel and some went to sleep, some of us hung out in the boys room and listened to music and talked.
I MAY have convinced Reena and Kirti to do their doctorates at UMD... haha if they don't, guess I'll have to come back to India.
Which is fine by me.
The hot spring was in the middle of a really cute town. The spring was inside of a temple. We walked into the "girl's spring" which was so hot I could hardly put my feet in it. But there were lots of women swimming naked in it... I have come to realize that Indian bodies handle extreme temperatures much better than ours.
It was a really intense climb to the waterfall. Killed my knees but it was worth it once we made it to the top. There were a lot of falling rocks so we went back a different way which was awesome because it was flat and a really nice walk.
With an exception to the terrifying bridges we had to cross..
When we got back we passed out and took naps. It always feels so great to trek all day and come back to sleep hard.
We woke up, had dinner, and headed out to Drifters for karaoke. It was SO much fun! I thought everyone was going to bail because they were tired and not feeling so great to their stomachs but they humored me and came out anyway. I'm so glad my love for singing has caught on to all of them so well.
We can't go anywhere without having an Aladdin sing along now. This I am going to miss so much!!
Mili and her boyfriend, Aniruddh, came too! We got Mili to do some singing as well :)
Sunday morning we woke up to breakfast and a snake charmer. I was the first girl to go and the guy placed a cobra on my head and a python around my neck. I wasn't that nervous surprisingly but I definitely was not about to kiss that thing. I got some great pictures of all the kids with the snakes. Everyone's reactions were hilarious
Afterward, Sunny took us to some temples in old Manali. That was interesting to see. All the statues and then we got little marks on our heads. Quite the experience but my knees hated it.
We got back to the hotel, changed and then went to dinner!! We went out to Bella Vista. Everyone came which was awesome and we grabbed Reena, Kirti, Rinya, and Dr. Parvesh. Lis's friends from her trip to India joined as well... Dr. Sanjay and his wife and son. They were really great. Kirti, Reena, Rinya, and I split 2 pizzas and we took a million pictures. It was a lot of fun. After that we walked around Old Manali. I called my dad for father's day. They were going to a movie. Wish I could have been there..
We all came back to the hotel and some went to sleep, some of us hung out in the boys room and listened to music and talked.
I MAY have convinced Reena and Kirti to do their doctorates at UMD... haha if they don't, guess I'll have to come back to India.
Which is fine by me.
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