Romancing the Gumbarr

We spent the last two days doing a recce (for the Team building programs that we conduct) of an enchanting property called Camp Roxx. Check out: www.camproxx.com. The property is set deep in the Pine forests of Dhadoo jungle near Nahan in Himachal Pradesh. A 7 hour drive from Delhi, it is quite appropriately located for conducting Team offsites.

Glad we checked it out – and we are quite sure we will be returning to this place quite often. The natural beauty of the place along with its salubrious climate and extremely helpful & polite hill people, make it a place that most people would cherish. The Gumbarr that flows hugging the property, make it just the place one would want to spend a starlit night chatting with friends and colleagues.

Here is a poem inspired by Camp Roxx……..

Have you ever sat, besides a gurgling stream?
And felt its spray upon your cheeks?
Or laughed as it ran along, playfully tickling your toes?

Have you taken a deep breath, and ever smelt a forest?
Lay down there, and counted the stars above?
Or heard its trees, as they swayed and whispered at night?

Have you ever walked along, the meandering paths of a mountain stream?
Watched it thoughtfully trickle at times – and at times rush in abandon?
Or collected the pebbles along its way, and set them free again?

Have you ever talked to the local folk, at deep jungle places?
Heard their stories, their myths, beliefs and wisdom?
And so been touched, in ways that change you forever?

Slow down, Slow down…. Don’t run so fast!
Don’t so worry and hurry – that the scenery whizzes past.
Life is not a race, Take it slower,
Hear the music, before the song is over.