Good Company in a Journey Makes the Way Seem Shorter by Izaak Walton
KURSEONG AND DARJEELING DIARIES!!!!
Hello everyone!! I am here to share my story of travelling 1269km altogether with my mommy and daddy. Since daddy never take any chance with me so when he was pretty sure that our 1st Ac Coach booked will not be confirmed which was in waiting list even two days before our planned trip, he decided to travel with me and mamma by road in car. So now I am coming up with my journey which I was also unaware of. I have already travelled with my parents to Purulia, Bishnupur, Amadpur Rajbari and many other places so far but it was all short 1–2-day trip. I have really enjoyed all the places with mommy and daddy and so they decided to travel with me again!!
We have started from Kolkata on 28th January 2023 around 6:30am. I was so sleepy with cozy blanket, but mamma told me to wake up and I got ready with my dress but was still unaware where they are taking me so early in the morning. Daddy was driving so good that I was quite comfortable inside sitting with mamma and enjoying the foggy weather all around. We arrived at Malda in a beautiful Homestay named “Atmaja-The Cottage Garden Homestay”. I enjoyed a lot there and they have a huge garden where I was playing all around and hiding around the bushes when daddy was calling my name, it was so fun playing hide and seek with daddy and Mumma was calling me to give yummy food which was made for me in Homestay. We stayed there for a day and then again started for Siliguri on 29th January 2023. I was feeling so cold but yes, my parents know how to protect me, daddy has switched on the heater mode for me in car so that I can comfortably enjoy the scenic beauty all around and sleep too in between. Finally, we have arrived in Siliguri around 2pm and parked our car in one Uncle’s house.
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Then one Tourist car came to pick us from location and we started heading towards Kuresong. I was super excited since I didn’t know where we were going. I asked mamma she said the place (Kurseong) but I have never heard that place’s name. We arrived at Kurseong, I was happy to see our Cottage named “Tudor Farmstay Cottage”. It was so lovely and there were so many birds all around and I started chasing them. I have never seen so many types of birds. It was a lovely stay there and I was so tired that daddy had wrapped me inside blanket and let me sleep and they went for local sight scene. They came back and saw me staring from window. Daddy told me to take rest and get ready for the next day since it will be a memorable trip for me.
Next day mamma told me to get back and get ready for our trip to Darjeeling. I wore my favorite gifted sweater given by daddy and then we started for the trip early around 8am. Mumma always takes me empty stomach to any trip since I vomit due to bowel movement in car. I saw Toy train, Ghum station which is the highest railway station in India. It is situated at an altitude of 2,258 metres. Then finally they went with me in Cable car in Darjeeling. I was fearing a lot even though daddy told me that it will be fun. They took me inside the ropeway and seriously it was splendid trip for me. There were so many unknown faces who were asking my name from mamma and loving me when I was sitting in mamma’s lap. And then after such a thrilling experience , I saw a big monastery from my car and then we went back to our hotel in Kurseong. Oh!! It was a memorable trip for me in Darjeeling.
Then I saw mamma packing our bags, I asked daddy where are we going tomorrow? He told me we will go to Murshidabad, and meet your two favorite person who are waiting for you to see and welcome you in their home. I got some hint!! We started our Journey from Kurseong around 7am and reached Siliguri by 8:05am. I was shifted to daddy’s car and then finally we started for our long journey. Thanks to my parents who understands when to take me out after every 2-3hours. I used to roam in tea gardens and got so fresh air and daddy took my pictures. We reached to Debagram,Nadia around 4pm. I was welcomed with lots of love from Mousumi Granny and Arindam Uncle. I saw few unknown faces there who were also loving me. The house was so big, and it is named as “MA Bhawan”. I had yummy food and then again went to sleep. The next day, daddy and mamma took me to visit Plassey War Memorial and there I chased two doggos and their babies too. I was feeling powerful that time and enjoying them running away listening to my barks. After that I was taken to someone’s house where they welcomed me so well and then I rested there and had tasty food prepared by Mousumi Granny’s sister. Then we went back to MA Bhawan enjoying the cool breeze all around.
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The next day I was little bit sad since we had to go back to Kolkata. It was a lovely experience for me since being a rescued baby and staying with mamma and daddy for only 2years now, they have never kept me in kennel and went for their trip. They took me with them in all trips and of course I proved to be a good boy in every trip. So, we started at 12:30pm and reached my home at 4:15pm.
The overall distance I covered is 1269km by car from Kolkata and back to Kolkata again. I had an awesome trip with mamma and daddy and thanks to them to take me with them all time.
My parents told me once “In life we will travel to all the places with you since it matters for us with whom we travel that is you (MOTI).”
