A trip to Mcleodganj

Around 450 kms away from Delhi, takes about 12 13 hrs by bus... a trip one can take over the weekend... when one is wary of office.. tired of Delhi traffic and noise... it’s a welcome relief to go on to a quiet place and spend a few days there,...
Me and my friend, we went for a two day trip and came back with a bagful of memories, lockets, junk jewellery, clothes  yes all we did was shop there....
We reached the place at 6 in the evening, by the time we took time to find a hotel that was within our budget, eat and stuff.. it was 8 and we two girls, nicely dressed, all set to see the new town .. stepped out to find only darkness outside.. hey! It was nice and bright when we were looking for hotels just in an hour why has the whole town packed up! Well as it happens...the town shuts at 8, but the relief is that it opens early by 7 in morn.. so we two city bred people went to bed at 9 in the night (mind you on a trip!) just because we didn’t want to miss a thing the next day...
And boy was it fun..!! Dalai lama monastery, the small shops there, the people there, the weather.. all kind of settles inside you and you never feel like leaving the place.. you just want to spend all your life there like the natives staying there... open a small cafe, read a book, look at the mountains, enjoy a peaceful and lovable life...it was a fight for both me and my friend to come back to the daily grind of our routines in Delhi, the noise, the smoke, rush, etc... Even today whenever we sit together, we cannot push Mcleodganj out of minds... and may be souls...