Hi, I'm Rahul.

Back in 2016, during my first year of college, I travelled to Rishikesh and Dehradun with my friends. This was the first time in my life I was travelling anywhere.

Between 2016 and 2018, I visited the mountains many times, but everything changed when I visited Manali for the first time in May 2018 with my best friend. It was just the two of us travelling together.

Manali during peak season felt chaotic — crowded streets, traffic jams, expensive stays, and packed cafés. Within two days, we were already exhausted, and honestly, I felt like I never wanted to come back to Manali again.

But on our last day, our bus back to Delhi was in the evening, so we had a few hours to spend. We asked some locals what we could do nearby, and one person suggested visiting Jogini Waterfall near Vashisht. We decided to walk there.

That walk changed something inside me.

For the first time in my life, I was trekking. The path passed through small local villages and then into a peaceful forest trail of around 2 km. For the first time during the entire trip, I genuinely felt happy and connected to the place.

When we finally reached Jogini Waterfall, the beauty of the place completely amazed me. There was also a short but steep climb closer to the waterfall, where we could reach near the point from where the water was flowing down. Even though it wasn’t a big trek, for someone trying this for the first time, it felt thrilling.

That day, I got hooked on mountains, trekking, forests, and offbeat places.

Since then, I’ve explored places like Kheerganga, Grahan Village, Triund, Laka Glacier, Lahesh Cave, Kareri Lake, and the Guna Devi Temple trek — and honestly, I feel like this journey is still just getting started.