Darjeeling - Sikkim

Tripoto
11th Oct 2012

Hello Good People. Whosoever is reading it i am saying it to you, that thank you for coming up and reading this blog that i wrote.

So this is the first time i am travelling out station with my family, In other word leaving my own city and doing another state. My age was 12 when the first time i travel away from my own city. Leaving my own bed, balcony specially washroom. I mean i just love my washroom. That is one of that place which i love the most. I mean duhh, We all do. Right? {Comment down}.

Ok lets not leave the track and get back to it. So for the first time me going somewhere away. I was travelling all the way to Darjeeling from Muzaffarpur,Bihar. Our first stop was New Jalpaigudi St. After reaching there me and my family stayed on Railway St's Restroom as my father is in railway. So that helped us out alot.

The other day my uncle guided us how to take a car and come all the way to Darjeeling via car {SUMO}. So we looked for it, Me my mum, father and my younger brother following up a great bread omelet as our breakfast.We booked a car with 4 more people in it. 2 of them were Japanese. I was stunned because that was the first time i saw a foreigner in real time. It sounded so middle class ik. so yaaasssss, this was it so far. A personal suffering by far. Its been more than 24 hours i haven't have pooped. The only reason was my washroom. I MISSED MY WASHROOM HELL ALOT. I cannot poop in another washroom. Then the D-Day come. Pressure was at verge and i have to poop. I asked the driver directly. He was so kind he said yes Chotu we can. And there was my father gazing right into my eyes.I was Shit Scared that i Shit alot. I was light and feeling good. I got a normal FATHER SON TALK. Then we ate some maggie. Meanwhile one of the Japanese was taking picture in some different angle and i was not able to understand that why is he taking photos in such a way. I had a Digi Cam too. A Sony CyberShot. So i followed him and had a convo about it. Understood nothing but was able to impress my family. They were like wow, wooohoooo, yayayya. I am Proud of My Kid. Great English you have. I was like no . LOL. I AM DUMB. {DEEP DOWN..... MY HEART WENT WHOOOOPS}.

So far this was it. And it was Almost 7 we reach Darjeeling and somewhere there where my chachu waiting for us. He picked us up in an i10. And that drive from somewhere in Darjeeling to That Tea Valley Bungalow.

Photo of Darjeeling - Sikkim 1/1 by Snehil Srivastava
Darjeeling,Place where we were staying.

Our very first day in Darjeeling it was beautiful cold morning in a warm blanket and cozy room temperature. Coming out of it and going out. The view was amazing. Those tea garden, Amazing valley and fresh air. Dude having maggie with ginger was so yumm i cannot explain. So that was the second meal over there because at night after reaching we ate Chicken that chicken tasted different and yummm too. So later that day we visited some places over there. Like Batasia Loop, Main market and bought Jacket for our trip ahead because on that trip things will be freezing.

Batasia Loop

Photo of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Snehil Srivastava

Eating some local food there. Eventually there were pani puri waalas there who were speaking English. My dad was like come along I'll show u a magic. So we walk towards one Pani puri wala. And my dad talked to that Pani Puri wala in Bhojpuri and he replied in Bhojpuri. At first i thought he know him. Not only me, My mum and brother thought the same. Later after having pani puri and some random chat with him. We walked off. And we asked my father What was that? How do you know him n all. He was like almost every Vendor here is either from UP, Bihar or Jharkhand. So that ws something new I came across and realize it by myself as time passes and I get to travel,Later that evening we took a ride to a monastery on Steam Engine Train.

Steam Engine 

Photo of Darjeeling - Sikkim by Snehil Srivastava

After attending and roaming the monastery all of use were hungry like anything so we looked for a restaurant had our lunch and roam around more.

Monastery 

Photo of Darjeeling - Sikkim by Snehil Srivastava

In this picture, the kid is my younger brother where my father asked him for a mandatory activity. LOL. Later on as far as i remember we went to some indoor garden after that we have to go back to our place had dinner and slept because we have to go for sikkim.

Kanchenjunga 

Photo of Darjeeling - Sikkim by Snehil Srivastava

Kanchenjunga 

Photo of Darjeeling - Sikkim by Snehil Srivastava

Other morning was a blessing. I was in the washroom getting done with morning stuff, looking outside the window i just was something golden in the sky. For a while i stood and started figuring what is that beautiful i am looking at. I didnt give it any other thought, I ran out of the washroom. Ask my father to come along. And seeing that my father was, Wait is it for real? I asked him lets not waste anytime and go somewhere, so that we can capture this event. We took a walk towards the hill on which we were staying and after sometime there was this point from where i was able to click these picture. Dude this was the first time i clicked something like this. The first time i saw such beauty. First time i saw something which can be bigger than my life. The greatest of the great The Himalayan Range. And this beautiful mountain is The Kanchenjunga. She is just amazing and one of the most motivating thing in my life. When i was a kid, Terms like The Himalaya, The Everest, Mountain and   snow they all have captured my imagination and dreams ever since i have heard of them. Thinking about Mt. Everest, gives me goosebumps even now. 

Will continue in the coming blogs about rest of the story. STAY SAFE