So this year I got my passport and I packed my bag to visit Darjeeling. In fact journey from Shiliguri to Darjeeling was so peaceful for my eyes. We were going up and up for two long hours! It was almost 7000 feet above from sea level. Now it's summer here in Dhaka but in Darjeeling we were freezing. Temperature was around 5/6 degree. This time I have visited with my four cousins. All of them were younger than me but I followed them all the way as I am not brave enough to lead and my middle name is lazy. I was there for four days and three nights but it felt like a wink!
Beautiful Street of Darjeeling.
Next morning we wake up at 3 am to visit Tigerhill. Watching sunrise from Tigerhill is like a ritual here. I thought who would go there in that cold early morning? But I was stunned to see crowd! From here one can enjoy kangchenjunga summit only if he/she is lucky! And we were not lucky enough to see that. :( But overall it was beautiful experience.
Darjeeling is so colorful! People here wear colorful dresses, colorful flowers bloom everywhere.People here love nature so much that infront of every house I have seen small floral garden.
We have visited rock garden. Anyone can spend whole day here. It's a huge place where you can enjoy natural waterfall.We hired a jeep for one day and we met Sudip who was driver and local guide. He was so friendly like other people! He told us about his love life and family. He made our trip more enjoyable!
Our Hotel was beside this famous clock tower. My cousin wanted to stay in a hotel room from where she can enjoy natural view. But we ended up in such a room where window view was wall of another building. But we didn't give up. We spent most of the time outside hotel. We loved walking in the mall, new market area. They are always crowded like carnival. We have tried many street foods there too. They are cheap but delicious. Well, I don't want to talk about hygienic issue. I liked momos, chili fries and sweet corn fry. But I am quite disappointed with tea. From tea garden we bought few packs of tea as they are really famous. We also tasted them from garden shop and it was so good! But when I came back home.. I found they are not that good. In Darjeeling weather is so unpredictable. One day I went for a walk on Mall area. I didn't brought any warm cloths as it was a sunny day. Then suddenly temperature fell down and I was freezing. Luckily you can get cheap winter wear from almost anywhere. Next day we faced heavy rainfall too! Without any hits rainfall started and we had to come back hotel.
Japanese temple
We enjoyed rope-way a lot. I have ridden cable car before but this one is different. It was more thrilling and exciting. riding a cable car over tea gardens in fog was like going to unknown place which can exist only in dream.
Behind Mall, we found Mahakaal temple where there is both God Shiva and Lord Buddha. I didn't know people from religion pray in same temple. I liked the way they decorate religious places with colorful flags. I have spun prayer wheels too!
Dear Darjeeling, definitely I will come back to you again someday.
