Mussoorie Trip with School Friends (2018)

Wow !!! My first trip with my school friends was going to Mussoorie for 3 days. It was really a memorable trip. It all started in 2018 when I was in class 4 and I was 8 years old. It was autumn when ma’am announced ‘Kids, the school is planning a Mussoorie trip for you. If you are interested just bring a letter signed by your parents and 5500 rupees’. Everyone was extremely excited. Me and my friends gathered and started talking about it. Then after the discussion, 4 people were not interested and the rest were. After the school was over, I informed my parents. It seemed they did not like the idea of me going alone for 3 days. But the next day my friends brought the letter and the money but only me and my best friend Tanish did not bring the letter and the money. We both discussed about our parents not liking the idea of letting us go alone. And now, only 2 slots were left. I really wanted to go that’s why I convinced my parents and they agreed. The next morning they handed me the letter and the money and I went to my school happily. Tanish had also brought the letter and the money. Then we both found that only 1 slot was now available. Tanish ran to the teacher and gave her the letter and the money and now no slots were available. He informed me about that afterwards. But fortunately our teacher announced ‘Kids, there is another slot available as one child has withdrawn from the trip’. Hearing that I took the opportunity and spoke up ‘Ma’am, I am interested in going and I have the letter and the money with me too’. I handed them to my teacher and finally, I was also going to Mussoorie with all my friends !!! After 5 days we were going to Mussoorie. When my school was over I told my parents everything that happened. Then mom said you can start packing your bags after four days.

After four days

‘Saion get up, are you not exited??? You are going to Mussoorie with your school friends tomorrow and don’t you want to start packing your bags???’ mom shouted. I got up and said ‘Ok mom, let me first do my daily chores’. I got up and did my daily chores. Then I did some work and started packing my bags. It took a long time and finally the day was over and I went to bed.

The next day

I got up in a hurry. It was 7 and we had to reach the school by 8. Everyone was almost ready and my mother said ‘Oh Saion, you woke up by yourself, I was just coming to wake you up’. I said ‘Mom, why didn’t you wake me up earlier’. Then I quickly started to do my daily chores and my daily chores had completed by 7:30. Then I quickly got ready by 7:45. My school was just five minutes drive away that’s why I reached approximately 5 – 6 minutes before the bus was to leave. Then I quickly said goodbye to my parents and went into the bus. There I met all my friends and after a couple of minutes the bus started. I just waved to my mother and father and we went off. It was a three hour journey and we reached Mussoorie by 1. On the way we had burger and french fries in a restaurant. We stayed in our school guest house in Mussoorie. It was the first day and we first unpacked all our stuff and decided who will sleep where. After that one of our teacher asked 4 children to come with her to the market and bring vegetables etc. I and my friends stayed back in the guest house. We then went outside and played badminton. Then when our teachers came back from the market, we went inside for our dinner. After having dinner, all the boys went in the boys room and we played dark room. After that most of the boys slept but my group of friends was still awake so we all played some cards game and after that we also slept.

The second day in Mussoorie

The second day in Mussoorie was really fun. We first got up at 7. Then we did our daily chores and ate breakfast. After that we went for a ride in the cable car and after that we had lunch in a restaurant. Then we watched the movie ‘Avengers Infinity War’ and went back to our guest house. We reached there by 5. After that everybody had evening snacks and we played games. Then our teachers told us that boys and girls will do their respective performances and we had 2 hours to get ready for it. Then first the girls performed and after that the boys performed. Then we had dinner and we slept early that day.

The third day in Mussoorie

The last day in Mussoorie was really cool. We all got up at 7 and did our daily chores and ate our breakfast. After that we went to Mr. Ruskin Bond’s shop because as far we knew, Mr. Ruskin Bond was visiting his shop that day so we went there but someone told us that Mr. Ruskin Bond is coming there after three days because he had gone somewhere out. So to spend our time we went to a huge park. A few meters inside the park, there was an artist offering to make your sketch for 300 rupees. A child wanted a sketch so he paid 300 rupees and the artist made a beautiful sketch of him. As we went deeper into the park, we found we could do horse rides also (but we did not). Then we played hide and seek and some other games, after that it was lunch time so we had lunch in a restaurant and then went back to our guest house. We packed all our games and stuff because the next day we were going to go back home. I just kept my important stuff out like the dress that I was going to wear the next day and a blanket. Then we had our evening snacks. After that we went to a really famous market of Mussoorie. Everybody brought lots of stuff and I bought key rings for everyone in my family (including me). After that we went back to our guest house and had dinner. It was eleven and we had to get up by 6 in the morning that’s why we slept early that night too.

The last day

The last day we got up at 6, did our daily chores and had breakfast. Then immediately I stuffed my blanket in my bag and we all headed back home. In between we stopped for lunch and all. It was 5 and home was 2 hours away when suddenly the bus stopped. We all were quite worried. What if the bus could not be fixed and we don’t reach home. The teachers told all of us to play some game till the bus is ready. Around 7 the bus was fixed and we were so relieved. At 9 we reached home and from then on we were back to our normal routine.