Adventure Trek in Gurgaon

This unforgettable trek stretches over 7-8 Kms, it has a perfect mix of bumpy rides, small & big water bodies and greenery with a thrilling curiosity of what lies ahead. During busy times, one can easily spot people of all age groups enjoying the exhilarating trip along with you. At some places you tend to hold your breath and take a minute to think in amazement before deciding which way to take or just take the path chosen by your fellow trekker. Some trekkers are regular at these spots and know precisely which track is safe and would inch you towards the destination avoiding all the slippery swaths. Then there are others who create a lot of unpleasant noise in an attempt to rush past the fellow trekkers. The heavy rains add to the fun, it makes the earth beneath soft and muddy, it fills the water bodies hiding their depth, it soaks you and adds to the enjoyment of light wind. You find hard to find your balance on the slippery and uneven surface, you find rushing trekkers splashing water and mud on you. The splosh leaves patches of mud on your trekking shoes and suits. You reach the destination exhausted, tired but with a sense of great achievement but aghast with the fact that you have take this trek again in the evening, next morning and days to follow while you are in Gurgaon.

Oh I forgot to mention that it takes any where between 30mins to 2.5 hours on your two wheeler, depending on your luck. You can enjoy this trek anywhere in Gurgaon, just try and avoid the NH8 if you are an avid trekker. I will try posting some of the pics of the breathtaking trek in coming days... keep watching and all the best...!

Concrete Jungle - Gurgaon

Recently I came to Gurgaon and joined a new organization after 6 long years of association with my first company in Pune. As everyone would do, I too made general inquiries about the place. Most of my friends warned me of some problems, to mention a few like infrastructure, public transport system etc. I thought things are hyped up specially knowing the fact that most of the corporates have their head offices located in Gurgaon. Ignoring these minor problems I went ahead and took a decision to relocate to Gurgaon.

Gurgaon is home to many Corporate Biggies and has been rightly proclaimed as land of opportunities and I fully agree without an iota of doubt. But with every growth phase you have associated problems and the problems here are too many. To name a few,

• Public Transport - Despite being connected with Metro, Gurgaon just doesn't have the public transport backbone, which helps in many other ways.
  
• Infrastructure - Barring highways the interior roads are in really very very bad shape and when I say Concrete Jungle, besides lack of greenry, I mean ,
  

  Concrete - Buildings & Highways
  Jungle - Interior Roads, specially the Old Gurgaon
  

• Dust & Pollution - These are actually the by-products of above two problems, poor public transport system, forces people to take up their own vehicles and bad roads adds to dust. People like me who commute on two wheelers are exposed to huge amount of dust every day.
  
• High Cost of living - Again an outcome of the first two problems, people have to shell out extra money to stay close to offices to avoid commutation problems or to avail cab services to avoid them.
  

I am sure the authorities are aware of these problems and the huge amount of taxes/tolls in Gurgaon will be used in the future appropriately to address these problems.