Quick gate away!!!

As I thought of a 2 day gateway from delhi, that too on a budget nothing better than Rishikesh strikes me.
Such an inpormpto and amazing trip it was.
This trip embarked my third solo trip. So, 2020 was the year with O trips and I was dying to travel.
So I took DDN festival special from old delhi at 10:30 om(It costed me approx 340 for sleeper) on a friday night and my morning started in a beautiful city "Haridwar"
From station I took a rikshaw to "Har ki pauri" And the breeze I felt was the only thing I needed. Ifelt alive again. I roamed around a little and then went for chai and bun muska because chai☕ important hai.
I sat there for a 1-2 hours and then started searcing for options to reach rishikesh.
There are various autos( shared and booked both) which goes till "Tapovan" In rishikesh.
As I was on a budget, I opted for shared auto.
I booked a camp in advance in rishikesh and it was located in Mohan chatti(Approx 20 km from Tapovan)
I reached tapovan in approx 25 minites and auto took 50rs for same. The office from which camp was booked was on a 5 min walking distance.
I hired a scooty from that place(500 for a day) and there is a petrol pump within 500 meter. I went there and then I went to ram jhula.
Then I started my journey on scooty. It indeed was an item in my list to ride scooty on hills so yes it ticked off.
There is a beautiful bridge on the way where I stopped for clicking some pictures(My selfie stick was a saviour😁🙈)
I reached there after almost an hour as I lost my way and went 5 kms ahead and there was no network in the area.
I was asked some locals for address and finally I was there.
As exhausted I was, I checked into my camp, freshen up and had my lunch for the day.
Now the time was approximately around 4 pm and I decided to take a nap
I woke up at around 5:30 and had my tea.
For the day I was at camp and because of long distance it was not a great idea to go anywhere.
I met a group of 8 people and a couple from delhi
They were amazing we had a little chit-chat and I was exploring the place.

At night we had bonfire and music followed by dinner

As I woke up early in the morning( I had to return scooty at a particular time and go rafting)
I took a bathe and then I had my delicious breakfast.
After that around 9:40am I left my camp and reached tapovan, returned scooty and went rafting

We were 6 people in the raft and my rafting was included in the camp package. Do carry and extra pair of clothing if you plan to go rafting.
It was my first rafting experience and it was oh so amazing. The guide we had added so much of fun and mine was a 16 km of rafting-different camps and companies offer different which varies on your requirement and price. The chilled water in the month of january bought so much energy.

Once I was done with rafting I was back at office where I my bag pack was waiting for me.
I knew there is neer waterfall nearby (7 kms approx)and I wanted to go for a small trek but no autos go there and laxman jhula was on the list as well.
I had my train from haridwar at night.
So I hired scooty and went for trek. I am so glad I went there, it is not a very difficult trek. The calmness of the place was above everything and I was there for 3 hours. Oh! Yes there will be a receipt for 30 rs which you have to get from counter once you enter waterfall.
And as I was returning the weather was bit cold as it was around 6 in the evening.
Then I headed to laxman jhula, had delicious noodles from a small vendor nearby.
Then I headed back to return scooty and took a auto till haridwar(these autos run till a particular time only, so if you are going by them plan accordingly)
My train was on time and I reached delhi monday morning!!!

No other place could have made me feel so content in such short span of time.

Attaching some pictures from my trip.