Place: Shuru, Manali
Date: 3rd July, 2013
First of all, never wear a frock to plum picking. Secondly, I realized that I am more of a country girl than a city girl.
It was after food when I met bhaiya who asked me if I want to go for plum picking with the rest of the guys. To ensure that I agree to go, he told me that his wife, bhabhi, will also be going along. Then I went to wear my shoes and climbed up the hill, with Vikram leading the way.
The last time I went for hill climbing was most probably with Jerusha, when we went to Manali in 2011. I was huffing and puffing all the way. I was quite positive that we were lost and when I made this remark, one of the guys said "no, not yet".
Then after sometime, which seems like an hour to me, we finally reached our destination.
There were around 8-to 10 plum trees and went crazy after seeing them hehe
Yes, I was busy plucking as well as eating the juicy once. I ate as much as I could, for which I paid the price later, but totally worth it.
This is Vikram, the guide who got lost..lol
This is bhabhi...very nice and cheerful woman, who kept on laughing at me as I was busy eating and plucking them at the same time
The plums were very very juicy...gosh, makes my mouth water just thinking about it
The going back was not as tough as I imagined it to be as there was a very easy way..with proper road. Yes, I confirm that we were lost on our way to the plum trees...lol
The plums were distributed among the children of Dar-Ul_Fazal. When some of the children came to learn that I too went to pick the plums, they thanked me. It felt so good to see them enjoying the fruit so much.
I must mention that the farm where we went to pick plums belongs to the neighbor of Dar-Ul-Fazal Children's Home, who willingly let us take as much as we like, for the children. Thanks to the family.
Date: 3rd July, 2013
First of all, never wear a frock to plum picking. Secondly, I realized that I am more of a country girl than a city girl.
It was after food when I met bhaiya who asked me if I want to go for plum picking with the rest of the guys. To ensure that I agree to go, he told me that his wife, bhabhi, will also be going along. Then I went to wear my shoes and climbed up the hill, with Vikram leading the way.
The last time I went for hill climbing was most probably with Jerusha, when we went to Manali in 2011. I was huffing and puffing all the way. I was quite positive that we were lost and when I made this remark, one of the guys said "no, not yet".
Then after sometime, which seems like an hour to me, we finally reached our destination.
There were around 8-to 10 plum trees and went crazy after seeing them hehe
Yes, I was busy plucking as well as eating the juicy once. I ate as much as I could, for which I paid the price later, but totally worth it.
This is Vikram, the guide who got lost..lol
This is bhabhi...very nice and cheerful woman, who kept on laughing at me as I was busy eating and plucking them at the same time
The plums were very very juicy...gosh, makes my mouth water just thinking about it
Would you believe this when I say that I was able to collect this much from only one area?
The going back was not as tough as I imagined it to be as there was a very easy way..with proper road. Yes, I confirm that we were lost on our way to the plum trees...lol
The plums were distributed among the children of Dar-Ul_Fazal
I must mention that the farm where we went to pick plums belongs to the neighbor of Dar-Ul-Fazal Children's Home, who willingly let us take as much as we like, for the children. Thanks to the family.
