This Sunday, we went to Sunset Point. I was expecting a good walk, a beautiful sunset set and with it some tea or coffee. But every step into the wild increased excitement, adventure and a little bit goose bomb.
Sunset Point is 6 kilometers from our home, and we can walk or go by vehicle. We decided to go by scooter. The setting sun looks very mesmerizing from here, and the 10 minutes of golden hours are very soothing. Since we reached early and we decided to go further in further up the mountain, where we had gone 2 years before, and the view of sunset from there is something even more amazing.
Last time we started our trek to this mountain from a different point. Suddenly, we came across a point where Tibetans had put up their flags, and it was a very beautiful place. We parked our scooter at the sunset point and walked into the mountain. About one kilometer uphill, there is a temple of the Goddess which belongs to the nearby village. We come here many times, but we have never explored the upper sunset point from this route. Our city, Dehradun, looks very beautiful from this point, especially when the sun is down with the city lights.
The real walk started when there was a bush where we had to be careful so that we stayed on the right path. Moving a little further, we found Karonda fruit (Carandas plum) and Ber fruit (Indian plum) and a local fruit which is called Myolu in Pahadi language. I don't know what it is called in English, but it tastes quite good when ripe.
Reaching about 3 km, we saw that due to the heavy rains of the last three months, the trail had broken. We changed our route a little, and in between, we found bear paw marks. Then, as we moved a little further, we found bear poop in a very place which was quite fresh. We heard the sound of some animal walking at a distance of about 200 meters from us, which could be a bear or a reindeer or a deer, because during the last trek we had seen a very beautiful reindeer. It was not visible due to the bushes.
Then we found another tree called Khadik in the hilly language, its seeds were quite ripe, the bear climbed the tree, and many branches were broken, and we found the bear's poops in the tree as well. So, we understood that now, instead of taking the upper sunset route, it would be better to go down. We did not want to go back the same way, as it would have wasted a lot of our time. We thought of a way down, and because a little further down we saw Tibetan flags on another slope, we took the path till there. After reaching there, the road to the village suddenly became clear, and we moved towards the village.
While coming down from the mountain, we found the hilly local fruit which grows on the Malu creeper, it is called Tanti in the Pahadi language and found an Amla (Indian gooseberry) tree which had a lot of Amla on it, we took both and reached the village. We did a 6-kilometre trek in the mountains. From there, we reached the main sunset point and sat there for a while and enjoying the sunset.
Finally, we got on our scooter and headed home. In all this, I forgot to mention that we also took our cat named Lemon with us. Because of the broken road and the feeling of being lost, we couldn't get her out of the bag. But I hope she enjoyed the sights, because she can see everything from his bag. Reaching the main Sunset point, we took her out, and about ten minutes later, two dogs came there, and we had to send her back into the bag. It was a very fun trip, we ate a lot of wild fruits, did trekking and then came back home.
It was a fun, refreshing, and slightly wild Sunday, just the kind of day I love.
