Dear Mountain Gods,
You know how I worship your domain. Every little holiday I can scrape through, I try to run to your highest adobe, the Himalayas. Do you remember the days when I used to be your favorite child, when you would let me see so much beauty on my various treks and trips?
I would particularly like to draw your attention to the Everest Base Camp Trek in Nepal in 2012. How kind you were to me. Due to my work commitments I could only take the pilgrimage in May, not the ideal month for walking in that sacred region! And yet you showered me with abundant blessings. On all those 11 days of walking you did not let a single drop of rain fall on my head. Agreed there was a bit of snow but then, it came at night, made everything look even more pretty at Dignboche and it caused no trouble while walking.
There were treks when I walked in hail for about two hours but then you produced a magnificent rainbow the next day!
Now I am sure I have done something to irk you, but for the life of me I cannot figure out what. When I went to trek through the Annapurna Circuit in 2013 you made it rain for four days, out of which two days started in a raincoat and ended in a raincoat as well! Now you also know what misery it is to trek so. Then at Letdar you made it snow, not the beautiful half inch but the kind that makes you give up the trek and walk back. I would not have been desolate but for the dense cloud cover which hid all the peaks on all the days I was there. I barely got a glance, a poor one at that, of the magnificence that surrounds the region. That was in 2013.
It is now 2015 Gods and I still get the same treatment. Last year even at Charndratal, Spiti I got rains! When I went to Kareri recently I got one absolutely sunny day out of the six that I was there, it was the day when I was leaving for home. It has been the same story with some minor changes on all my trips to the mountains from 2013 to 2015.
Now Gods I am not complaining, because I am sure have done something wrong to invoke your ire. But whatever I did, don’t you think it is enough? Can you please take me back in your favor? I know you are only miffed because you have always let me come back one more time, but please can we go back to the Everest Base Camp days once again?
Your’s Truly
Mridula Dwivedi
PS. Since you were so reluctant, I just have these two watery sunsets to show for my six days of stay at Kareri Village.
Really Beautiful village and sunset. Could not vote your post due to excess limit
Yogi 😀 Thank you for stopping by.
So nicely expressed…. God Bless!
Thank you so much Sreedhar ji.
Beautiful: both words as well as pics! 🙂
Thank you so much Ravish.
You are my inspiration from now on. I am getting started with trekking this year. What an absolute mesmerizing count of your adventures.
Saru I will eagerly wait for your account. Where to?
I’ll say you have been able to capture something that is beyond words .
Thank you so much Preeti.
You got rain so you could take these two beautiful shots!
Lady Fi thank you for the perspective but I could really do with some views!
so has he listened to you.. 🙂 if yes then can i add a few more requests to add on to yours he he he he
beautiful pics 🙂
Hey these are rain filled watery ones. I hardly got to see the real scene 🙁
Aww! Such a sweet letter. I am sure after reading this letter the God will have something amazing for you. 🙂
Thank you Nisha 😀 I too hope so.
Mridula: Nice prayer to God, There are so many beauty’s in the world. God show’s them in 4 different seasons in most parts of the world, and 4 different days. Sunny,rainy,snowy, cloudy and clear starry nights. There is Gods work in all of them, no matter where you are, You need to see threw the storms the beauty of Gods work is there.
“Just My thought”
I agree Barry, that is another way to look at the issue!
Both are beautiful photos. And I am sure with such a letter you must be back in Gods good graces!
I hope so Peter, I may head that way soon!
still they are lovely images. Hope you have better luck soon.
Thank you so much Felicia.
We do feel harassed at times, but looking back I really enjoyed the snowy weather the snow God gave us in Greece. Kind of missing it now.
A sweet read. 🙂
Indrani it has been two years now, hence this appeal!
Am sure you would head into the mountains soon. 🙂 Lovely captures!
Hence this appeal Niranjan 😀
Mridula, a heart melting blog indeed! But your photos make the saying come true that every black cloud has a silver lining. Keep up the good work 🙂
Nidhi, thank you so much for such a lovely comment!
Beautiful shots. I hope weather on your waling treks improves soon for you. xx
Thank you Joyful.
You definitely got what you ask for.
Thank you Thomas.
Beautiful pictures! after travelling so much in the hills you must be knowing the saying” Pahadon ki baarish ka koi bharosa nahi hota” . During my 12 years stay in Shimla, I developed a habit of carrying an umbrella with me all the time. But although we may complain to God of mountains, we have to agree that colour of mountains are equally mesmerizing during rain, as depicted from your awesome pictues!
Ratna 😀 you lived in the hills! How I envy you.
We cancelled our road trip to Himachal after Punjab as it was raining in most of Himachal.. I guess we could all do with some sunshine… every once in a while…. 🙂
It was better at Fagu Prasad, looks like my prayers have been answered, at least partially.
Beautiful photos. God is irked that we keep destroying her creations…
I agree Param but why single me out? 😀
How beautiful the pictures are!
Many more links here! I think, from here I have to start reading them all…. Hope I read them sooner!
The shots are gorgeous! Perhaps the gods were also responsible for that? 😉