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The Angathesari Injection

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Injection Trek is a term my trek friends use to describe a trek which is physically and mentally demanding. These are one of those treks where you walk for 12 hours, ascend few thousand feet and descend equal height if not more. These treks when planned well and executed could be great fun. The problem with these treks is that they are constant race against time and sometimes you concentrate your attention so much on the destination that you tend to miss out on the smaller joys of trekking. I am not a big fan of such treks, for me trekking is not about the destination it’s the journey which makes it worthwhile. It’s an rare opportunity to venture into some of the most remote areas where there is no air pollution or the sound pollution, the only sound you will hear is of yourself and the birds chirping or the wild animals if you are lucky. These places demand a great respect and admiration something which you cannot give if you are on a tight time constraint. A trek needs to