Accidental Road Trip to Hatu Peak (and 80 Rotis Later)

Hello Hivers!

Hope all of you are doing great!

I had promised I would show up here more regularly, and for once, I am keeping that promise.

This post is about a trip that was never supposed to happen , but somehow, it did. And it turned out to be one of the best days I have had with my new MBA friends.

The trip was more spontaneous than a 2 a.m. Maggi craving , totally unplanned, random and hilarious.

To be honest, I don’t have many pictures to show off. Most of what we captured were videos because it didn’t even occur to me at the time that I would be writing about it.

Now, this trip was special, not just because it was our first one together as MBA buddies, but also because Hatu Peak was on my bucket list for quite some time. You know how you keep thinking, One day I’ll go there and then forget? This time, I actually did it.

There were six of us, stuffed into a friend’s car like luggage before a train journey. We had no plan, no destination , just a strong urge to escape assignments and deadlines. Someone randomly said, Let’s go to Hatu Peak and the rest of us said, Done. That was the level of planning involved.

My roommate is from Uttar Pradesh, he’s grown up in the plains. So when he saw the mountains and pine forests, he was genuinely overwhelmed.

At every turn, he was like, “Bro, look at this view!” and we had to stop the car almost every 10 minutes for a quick picture (which was never quick).

When we finally reached the top, we visited Hatu Temple , a beautiful wooden structure located right at the summit. But before I get to that, let me tell you a bit about Hatu Peak itself.

It’s the highest point in the Shimla district, sitting at around 3,400 metres above sea level. Surrounded by dense pine and deodar forests, the place offers stunning panoramic views of the Himalayas.

Coming back to our story, The view was absolutely worth the drive. But the cold? That hit us harder than expected. We had walked in thinking we would do a full photoshoot, but within five minutes, we were all freezing and saying things like, “Let’s just take one group photo, one solo each and leave

Also, none of us had eaten a single thing all day. Not even a biscuit. So once we got back in the car, the hunger hit us hard. The moment we spotted a dhaba on our way down, we jumped out like we hadn’t seen food in a week. What happened next? Let’s just say it was a full-on food rampage.

Between the six of us, we ended up eating around 80 to 90 rotis. No exaggeration. And what made it funnier was the fact that most of us are lean

Even the dhaba uncle looked at us like he had just witnessed something historical.

Once we were full , reality hit we had to be back at the hostel by 9 PM. We told our friend who was driving to take it easy but also maybe go a little faster than usual.

We did reach late, but we had already called the warden to give him a heads-up. He was kind enough to let us in with just a Don’t make this a habit kind of warning.

And that was it. Our first trip together. Unplanned, chaotic, freezing and full of food

There are more stories on the way, more mountains to climb and more rotis to eat. Until then, thank you for reading.

See you soon.