The unplanned plan to the rann of Kutchh

It starts when we meet and over a glass of thick cold coffee we decide that now we will be heading to a new destination

At 2 am we starting our journey on the nearly empty route with magnificently shining moon showing us our way. Millions of stars twinkling and with the loud music filling the silence we glided. We drive passed the fields and the barren lands, passing the windmills and few water bodies, the road seemed endless. Four friends talking, singing and watching the night pass.

Early morning watching the sunrise we reached our destination, the land was barren, it was still the breaking dawn, and we could hear the birds hum here and there. We took a break and took some photos, ohh! but they were not just photos but we were making memories. We continued our journey to the destination, but it actually didn’t matter what the destination was journey itself was so beautiful. We were discovering and exploring.

So finally we thought of ending our journey and we ended up going all the way to the WHITE RANN OF KUTCH. Yes the beautiful WHITE DESERT it was. It was almost noon by the time we reached so instead of exploring the RANN we decided to stop and hunt a place to relax and eat, we had our time munching and crunching on the snacks and found a place to stay.

In the evening we were more than excited and curious to see the Rann but unfortunately it was evening and sun was already gone for the day. But but but that was not it, we didn’t know we just bid bye to the sun. Taking a camel ride towards the end of the way to reach the Rann we started. On our way I thought I was seeing nice calm serene sun setting but to my surprise it was the beautiful moon rising. Trust anyone could have mistaken it for sun, huge round ball glowing away to glory. By that time we had reached the end of the road where the Rann had started, under the well moonlit sky we could see the proper white Rann. There was water all around allowing moon to leave it shadow and making the evening more beautiful. Thanks to minimum lights out there and we could witness the beautiful twinkling net across the sky, yes the stars. And every now and then I could spot a shooting star, I was ready to see this and experience this whole night. But then we had to leave, promising myself to come back tomorrow morning we left.

We were still at the tent city of Rann, there was this adventure corner and we were all excited again, after all this was all we were waiting for. Starting with the Bungee ejecting, Archery, Gun shooting and what not, we tried everything available in there. The child in us was back, we laughed till our stomach ached, yet we were still laughing, adding to the memories.

Returning back to the place where we were staying waited a nice, simple yet tasty Dinner. After an awesome day and an amazing time at the adventure centre we were ready for that tasty dinner. All the 4 of us talked over a place of KHICHDI. By the time we were done with the dinner, a nice cultural show had started for our entertainment, Gujarati classical songs were played and we were ready to grove on them. To accompany it there was camp fire cracking in the middle of this settlement and in the cold night we enjoyed the warmth along with the music.

Exhausted yet excited we retired to sleep.

As promised to myself we woke and saw the birds here and there and left for the Rann, I was literally was awed watching the white layer on the earth till my eyes could reach. It was all white as if it was a scene with a clean blue sky and the white earth only 2 colours could be seen and that was it. The journey was meant for this beauty. We sat there admiring the White Rann for at least an hour and left to come back.

This was the journey to the WHITE RANN OF KUTCH.