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A Thrilling Trek to Bhavanigadh Fort with Wild Voyages and my Podar School friends

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On Sunday, 21 July 2024, I embarked on an exhilarating one-day trek to Bhavanigadh Fort with my friends from Podar International School, Jahangirabad Branch, Surat, and the incredible team of # WildVoyages . Mine and Manvik’s journey from home began at 4:15 a.m. and reached the pick-up point near Surat Railway Station. The excitement was palpable as we met up with our friends Naksh, Dhanush, Hiten, and Ansh. Wild Voyages had thoughtfully arranged a Tavera for our comfortable journey and our adventure began from 5 a.m. and stopped for brief time to pickup Kinjal mam and other trekkers from Chikhli. The drive was truly scenic, with the monsoon rains painting the landscape in vibrant shades of green. A brief pit stop for breakfast fueled us for the trek ahead and our lunch was also packed from there. Before noon, we reached the base camp. Chirag sir, our guide, conducted orientation and provided essential instructions, especially for first-time trekkers Manvik, Dhanush, and Hiten. Chirag ...

Trekking to Shidaka with Wild Voyages

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  13th August'23, I along with my Podar International school friends Ansh and Naksh went on an adventurous trek to Shidaka mountain range with kid's batch. This trek was planned to create awareness among school students and younger generations to pursue trekking, be self-reliant, be confident, shed fear of height and embrace & appreciate natural beauty and environment surrounding us. I am thankful to team #WildVoyages that selected me and Ansh and also allowed our friend Naksh to join as this kid’s batch comprised of school kids from Navsari. We three were the only kids from our school - Podar International Jahangirabad branch and from Surat as well. The night before journey on Saturday 12th August'23 Ansh stayed at night at my house. We were so excited that instead of sleeping we kept on talking. Then my mom told you both better have some rest else after trekking you are going to be extremely tired and reminded us that on Monday, we have our EVS cyclic test at school w...