Tuesday afternoons...sigh! Its been quite some days since I last wrote, and there has indeed been a fair bit of reflection and introspection, took a few photographs of course! Cath's friend had come over for a couple of days, so we decided on a little going away shindig, which started at 3 in the morning! A quick jaunt to Tiger Hill was filled with nothing but disappointment, but positivity has a way of rubbing off on everyone close by! Spent most of the time huddled in the car, while the rest of the cars started rushing in only after us, almost like they were waiting for the first bunch of fools to get there so they could justify the obvious daylight robbery they happily indulged in with great gusto.
That's about as much as we got done! It was only on our way back that things started to look up, the mountains cleared up, we stopped by the road, thoroughly thrilled at the thought that the rest of the tourists were covered in a thick cloud and had no idea what was going on down here!
After a little more of dilly dallying, decided to head back to catch some much needed sleep, which of course I couldn't get much of anyway! Later during the day we decided to grab some bikes and head off to Kalimpong! Well it was Loleygaon, but then again, the morning's optimism was still doing us good! And what a ride it was! I had a flat on the bridge across Teesta, I stopped in losing all hope, I look under the bridge and lo and behold! A garage directly under where I stood! One grease monkey fixed my tyre, and were off again. We reached our friend's resort after 6 hours of riding through rough terrain, random potholes, unfamiliar roads, wet weather and an utter lack of direction! And what a welcome it was at the resort! 4 leeches on each of our legs, mind bogglingly good food, copious amounts of alcohol and the weed, and then I eventually got stuck in a toilet where I had no idea how how I got in! Some fool turned the lights off and I had one of strangest experiences of my life!! After a lot of feeling around like a blind fuck, I eventually got out! After some more debauchery, and more sinful food, we finally managed to get some much needed sleep!
And what a sight I dragged myself out of bed for!
We finally managed to get out of the place after waiting for the rain to subside, and had another long ass ride through a warm clear moonlit night. I forgot all about my fatigue, and soaked in the wonderful night. and the photo to sum up the weekend my friends:
What is this sudden fascination I've developed over the past few days, its been driving the ones close to me nuts! Is it my last ditch effort to catch up to the years I lost holed up in the tea gardens? I really wouldn't know for sure, requires a little more introspection now!
After a little more of dilly dallying, decided to head back to catch some much needed sleep, which of course I couldn't get much of anyway! Later during the day we decided to grab some bikes and head off to Kalimpong! Well it was Loleygaon, but then again, the morning's optimism was still doing us good! And what a ride it was! I had a flat on the bridge across Teesta, I stopped in losing all hope, I look under the bridge and lo and behold! A garage directly under where I stood! One grease monkey fixed my tyre, and were off again. We reached our friend's resort after 6 hours of riding through rough terrain, random potholes, unfamiliar roads, wet weather and an utter lack of direction! And what a welcome it was at the resort! 4 leeches on each of our legs, mind bogglingly good food, copious amounts of alcohol and the weed, and then I eventually got stuck in a toilet where I had no idea how how I got in! Some fool turned the lights off and I had one of strangest experiences of my life!! After a lot of feeling around like a blind fuck, I eventually got out! After some more debauchery, and more sinful food, we finally managed to get some much needed sleep!
And what a sight I dragged myself out of bed for!
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