Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Darjeeling day 2

We started for Tiger hill At 3 .45 AM. It was extremely chilling. With sweater, blazer and cap on,  there was no escape from the ice cold temperature. It was hitting in every possible way. There were lot of people. A cup of hot coffee (@rs 25/cup!) was refreshing. I bought two caps which were immediately used by Rik and Rinku. Last time I saw Sunrise here about about 20 yrs ago. I didn't enjoy it much. Any Finally she rose above the horizon at 5.10 am. It was cherry red in colour, looked like a plate . Everybody cheered. It was an awesome sight. But it hurriedly rose above the horizon.  So all the joy came to an end. We could see kanchan jangha with all it's glory. But it was cloud covered so not that clear 
We came back to hotel  
 At 9 30 we went to Ghoom monestry and batasia loop. After that we headed for rock garden and Ganga maiya. The roads were steep and frightening. AHELI and Rik enjoyed it to their heart's content. Rik developed uncanny passion for taking his own photo everywhere, we also did a boating there in Ganga maiya. We wanted to see the zoo but we were out of time.We retired to hotel. Everybody was damn tired refused to go the mall even though I insisted. So we finished the day with heavy dinner.

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