Trip to Shimla, a beautiful place in India

Shimla, the place where I always dreamed to visit in my life after watching of Hindi movie “Three Idiot” is finally successful with the support of my friends from YARROWS, in Shimla. The place not only reminds me of our native land, but it gives the essence of natural beauty that we normally found in Bhutan. The beautiful sunrise and sunset with charming rays formulates our mind with peace and full of satisfaction for the day and hopes for next day to come. The variety of ever green trees and different kinds of flowers that dwell in for animals like monkeys, pandas and deer are found very close to human habitants and other species like birds and insects are found very familiar. We enjoyed the fresh air and breathe taking scenic beauties around the hill-side while we walked around the town and YARROWS Campus.

It is interesting to note some memories on our trip to Shimla as it reminds me all the time and it happens to our group most of the time while we travel around whether it is for the good cause or whatever. I would like to begin with our journey from New Delhi, as planned we went to the Inter State Bus Terminal, ISBT, in Delhi to book our ticket but somehow, we were dragged by few people from the gate to book from their counter. At first instance, we didn’t trust those people, and we left the other ways, again some other people took us to the same counter which we drew the conclusion that it must be only counter for the journey to Shimla which was obviously not.

Actually, it was the luxurious bus as we paid handsome amount in trust and faith. We traveled with the hopes and aspirations that they will reach us to our destination with safe and sound but that was only the hope and their promises. The bus was actually going to some other destination, and it was in the middle of the way, the conductor suddenly asked us to de-board from the bus when we reached the place called Ambala. Though we felt ourselves cheated by those people but we kept our hopes high and booked for another bus which was going to Shimla by Chandigarh.

It was long journey and we had a tough time travelling with local people were packed in the bus with hot and humid summer weather. However, we reached in Shimla by 11:30PM, Indian standard time, where our friends took us to their luxurious guest house in the Campus of YARROWS. Though we were tired, we felt homely in the foreign architectural house for the home of Audit Officers being rendered for learning Lawyers like us. The surroundings are filled with diversely growing flowers in the beautiful dimly lights and pin drop silence around the Campus made our mind refreshed and peace. 

Next day, our friends took us for sight scenes around, and first and foremost, they took us to the Monastery of Nyenmapa founded by H.H. Talung Tsetrul Rimpoche where we were coincided with 10^th day of 8^th month in our Bhutanese calendar which we considered to be the auspicious day. We made offerings to each and every Lhakhangs and prayed for every sentient being to be free from all kinds of sufferings in this Samsara and accumulate virtue like those of enlightened beings. 

After that our friends took us through the lift over the rock that connects us to the open space shopping malls where we have to walk all the way around. We had delicious lunch in Chinese restaurant. We snapped photos with background of old British style houses, Church, Monastery and natural beauty for our long remembering purposes.     

Though it was short trip, we had a fun and our mind got fully refreshed because in Delhi, we are tired of all those metropolitan culture with sound pollutions, air pollutions, water pollutions and etc. Our trip was successful because of your full support and warmth hospitality, your kindness and great help will always remain in our heart forever, thanking you so much, our dearest friend, Dorji Wangdi and Kinzang Wangchuk from Royal Audit Authority of Bhutan.