It’s always fun to watch the terrain change as you go up on the lofty country roads. Last month I had another trip to my hometown in Shimla in this rainy season. The weather offered no clemency as it continued to shower for several days and made it nearly impossible for me to venture out in the wild mountains and popular destination nearby. So many less-taken roads to inconspicuously remote locations that are untouched even by Google maps. But for the people out there it’s, as they call it, “the season time”― the season of Apples. The most cherished and primary produce of the agrarian economy of the region.
Unlike the day, some nights offered great views of the night sky ― thousands of never-seen-before points of shimmering lights in the pristine-black fabric of space laid across the edges of the alpine horizon.
We braved the weather, crossed brooks and cascades at their full might, encountered a couple landslides, some rocks even fell on our bus. During the return journey in the wee hours of the morning, our bus was confronted by the sight of a mountain leopard. Sharing some of the pictures here.
A short video of the journey can be seen on my YouTube channel:
ShySnail 