I thought it would be fun; but I had to call my best skills into play!

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Hello myLotters. Has such a thing happened to you as well? You plan a leisure travel or something with great excitement thinking it would be fun and then when you set out, you encounter something that you never anticipated nor were prepared for? We planned a short weekend travel [just the previous one] to a very famous hill resort and I decided to drive myself. I had a fair amount of guess that the car had to be driven up hill and may be even quite steep too. But until I began the drive uphill, I had not known that I had to negotiate thirty six [I said 36] hairpin bends, each one on a steep gradient! I have traveled to hill stations in coaches but never imagined how skilled the driver had to be. It is a 7000 ft [above mean sea level]hill with vehicles coming onto you downhill all the time. The car had to be perfect, the anticipation had to be perfect and the maneuvering had to be precise. And the intermittent rain had the roads wet as well. I had to call my best driving skills and have the sharpest instincts in place. I did acquit myself well though I felt I should have been better prepared [mentally].lol All for the sake of a wonderful treat in a heritage town with wildflowers and waterfalls. Had a similar or identical experience? Good to hear from as many people.