On way back from Darjeeling, we wanted to visit zoo, but the traffic police didn't allow us the normal route because we had luggage in the car. I couldn't explain it. Anyway we headed towards silguri. Since we have lot of time left before train arrival, we went for Bengal Safari in Siliguri. It costed Rs 400 each. They took us by a bus through the forest. Paucity of animals was noticable. Initially there were lot of deers. Then we entered carnivores zone where we found two Bears. They seemed to be very friendly. Then two small tigers crossed our road. They didn't bother about us and were just roaming around. Finally two large Royal Bengal Tigers were seen. They were roaming around. One tiger also chased our bus. I donot think it was trying to give us a farewell hug. There were a few more at distance. It was a new experience since we saw tigers only in zoo from a distance. But this was really close. I forgot to mention about few peacocks here and there. That ended our Safari. We took lunch in nearby canteen. Fodd quality was horrible. Finlly we went to Hong Kong market . I came here some 21 years ago. Foreign goods, camera, electronic goods were chief attraction then. But It was entirely different at present. It was full with shops having shoes, cosmetics, clothes. It was just an ordinary market. Totally disappointed! Anyway we came back to NJP station. Padatik Express was scheduled to come at 8.40 PM on platform 3. Rik and Aheli always claim that they donot bother slleping at night. So I entrusted them to remain awake till 3 AM when our station would arrive. At 1 AM I woke up and found both were sleeping. Any way we got down at Rampurhat station. Our driver chhotu was waiting.
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