Wednesday, July 07, 2004

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| | Independence Day !

If there is ever any weekend that should be spent in DC, it is the july 4th weekend, simply cause it is the capital of the US and has one of the best display of fireworks. Even though i have been living in DC for 2 years, i havent had a chance to see the fireworks and the live band in the mall on july 4th.

One of the most anticipated trip this summer, me and 11 other friends went White Water Rafting and camping to West Virginia. Coincidently, I was doing the exact same thing last year on the same day in a different place with a different set of friends. The best part is, even tho both trips had the camping-rafting combo, both were so different in the kind of fun we had.

The highlight of the trip was the 7 odd hours spent in the New River. We were divided into groups of 8 on each raft, with a guide to do most of the navigation and talking. The rapids varied from Class 1 to Class 5, with stretches of still waters in between. There was jumping off 20 feet high rocks, falling in and out of the rafts, swimming in still waters, struggling to climb back on the raft, lottsa letching at desi kudiyaan (tho basu was busy with ryan - our guide:)), a formality lunch break in between, some posing for the video camera :)and LOADS OF FUN in those 7 hours. There were so many desis around us, that aisa laga we had come rafting in rishikesh with a few foreigners for company :)

We also learnt the 3 most common phrases a guide uses "Just around the bend", "It varies" and "Only 45 minutes" - any question that u might ask em can be answered in a subtle manner by one of the above phrases.

This was a classic outdoor trip - with lottsa daaru, camping, american football, bruises,sun tan, bonfires, lost cell phones, crapping in holes and rao's first speeding ticket here in the US.

listening to Main aisa kyon hoon - Lakshya.


JaI. | 4:24 PM