Dream Trip 2009

Great Travel Moment

I had visited Himachal Pradesh in the Himalayas in India in June 2004. One day, I was awoken with the sound of drum beats early in the morning. On exiting my cozy wooden house, I caught a glimpse of a the townspeople celebrating a village festival. They stood for hours on end with the deity resting on their shoulders whilst the entire village payed their respects to God. I was simply amazed and almost entranced with the intensity of their devotion, the bright clothing and sheer buzz in the air.