Storizen Magazin July 2018 issue Storizen Magazine July 2018 Issue | Page 39

STORIZEN TRAVEL
Our very cautious mind had just one apprehension if we should trust
this driver, and his driving skills, to wade us through the terrain for the
next one week.
humbling,
experience with
travel is that you
share stories with
people you most
definitely will never
meet again. These
conversations that
break geographical
boundaries and go
past social strata
are neither
patronizing nor
judgmental.
The driver – Jayanta
and an Innova
waited for us at
Bagdogra airport, as
a result of three
girls meticulously
planning the week-
long holiday.
JULY 2018
Our very cautious
mind had just one
apprehension if we
should trust this
driver and his
driving skills to
wade us through the
terrain for the next
one week. Five
hours and a little bit
of local sightseeing
later, we arrived in
Kalimpong, elated to
have reached our
first destination. It
probably is the
mountain air that
helps clear the mind
and not second
guess a stranger’s
niceness but all our
earlier qualms were
put to rest. Jayanta,
a driver by
profession,
trained snake
catcher as a passion
and a Buddhist at
heart, regaled us
city girls with his
stories of witnessing
the shooting of a
BBC documentary
on tuskers and
another
documentary on the
Ganges.
Each family member
at the Homestay,
Daragaon Retreat,
in Darap Village did
their part in making
us feel at home.
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