Delhi > Guwahati > Shillong > Cherrapunji > Shillong > Sonapur > Guwahati > New Jalpaiguri > Kalimpong > Silliguri > New Jalpaiguri > Kolkata > Srirampore > Kolkata > Bangalore > Mysore > Madikeri > Mangalore > Udipi > Kumta > Gokarn > Kumta > Sagar > Arsikere > Shimoga > Tumkur > Bangalore > Bangarpeta National Park > Bangalore > Delhi :
22 places, 18 days, approx 5000 kilometers.
I study in a school in which we learn by doing things so my teacher told me to write a diary about my summer vacations so I wrote this travel log. Luckily this year in summer vacation, my father had lots of work in north east as well as in south west and south coast. At home, papa, mumma and us sat together and made 20 days summer vacation plan.
Me and my sister Abeni were very excited and in fact last few days and nights we used to dream of our journey. As the plan formalised, we were supposed to go to Guwahati, Shillong, Kalimpong, Sikkim, Kolkata, Bangalore, Coorg, Kumtha. That means we were off to a great experience of all kind of mode of transport, from flight, to train to taxis, and so on.
First from delhi we went to shillong there we saw shillong peak, the valleys and hills. We also went to cherapunji which is at the border of bangladesh so we saw bangladesh, we also saw water falls, clouds and forests. We went to Kalimpong; we saw many hand-made things and I liked staying at kalimpong. We went to kolkata but could not see much because we went for only 4 hours.
We went to Bangalore, there was nothing so special about bangalore except for the national park which was filled with tigers and lions. From Bangalore we went to madikeri where we stayed in a resort which was great. We went to a water fall and ate something like oranges which we ate like lemon. We went to Kumtha and on the way we saw konakan coasts, beach; we also passed Mangalore and Udupi to reach Kumtha.
At Kumtha we first saw mama’s ancestral house which my great-grand-father owned. We stayed at Pandurang hotel. We also saw the school in which my grandpa studied, which was established in 1907. We drove till Gokarn and stayed in a hotel called om beach resort. We went to the beach and had lots of fun! We stayed the night at om beach resort. Next day we set out for Bangalore in the morning and reached at night. On the way, we passed Sagar, Arsikere, Shimoga and Tumkur. We reached Bangalore and stayed there for 4-5 days and then came back to Delhi. The long adventurous journey that had started on June 4, finally ended in the heat of Delhi on June 21st.
Day 1 — Delhi to Guwahati
5/06/09
We took off from Delhi at four am and reached Guwahati at eight am and Syed uncle with a taxi was waiting for us so with him we went to Shillong and stayed at Oberoi uncle's house. We went to Hydri park there I played in the Jhula park there I got bored so we took some pictures of the lotus. We also saw some animals we saw three bears, one jackal, and several ducks and may more I had fun there. We took a taxi to the lake where we were boating. We also took some pictures of the lotus and it was fun boating. We did boating for thirty minutes. We went to police bazaar where I got bored mama bought Abeni a pair of bailey shoes and she was very happy but I got really bored. Then we went back home and Abeni was constantly showing me how good the bailey shoes were.
Day 2 — cherapunji, bangladesh & shillong peak
6/06/09
Today I went to cherapunji, on the way we saw the cloudy mountains. I also touched the clouds we don't feel anything. At cherapunji we went to see a water fall named nohkaljkai but because of the fog we could not so we played with two baby goats (lambs) it was real fun! We went to the cave it was fun but it was a bit tough but really an adventure. We went to see Bangladesh and we were very lucky to see it clearly. Bangladesh is usually very foggy and it is not possible to see it but we were very lucky. Meghalaya is full of mountains but as soon as Bangladesh starts its suddenly flat so the rain which happens at cherapunji goes down to Bangladesh and it becomes flooded so you can see nothing of Bangladesh but we were very lucky. We went to see water fall the seven sister falls a set of seven falls we also played at one fall with joy. We went to shillong peak there we had a good view of the whole shillong papa also clicked some photos and then we ate corn and pineapple at shillong peak itself. We went again to police bazaar where I again got bored except ten minutes when we bought my shoes.
Day 3 — Guwahati, Sonapur, Dispur...
7/06/09
On the seventh of June in the morning we woke up early and went to the taxi stand. There was a lot of bargain about the price and which car we are to use. We took a Tata sumo and went to a centre in sonapur district. The people there said there were more than twelve thousand people in one panchayat! After seeing the centre we went to a resort and ate lunch there. After eating lunch I and Abeni drove a four wheeler motor bike at the resort itself. We went to a hotel and settled down and saw a highlight of a match and went to sleep. When we woke up it was evening. When we woke up we saw a match for a while and then went to the main market of dispur and walked through the streets but I was very tired. We went to a restaurant but papa did not like it so we went without eating anything there we ate food in a hotel. When we ordered the food came after 50 minutes! While eating the food we made jokes that if we if we order something in this hotel at night we will get it in the morning. We went back to the hotel where we were staying and saw a match till one pm and then went to sleep.
Day 4 — New Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong
8/06/09
Next morning we went to the station and took a train to new jalpaiguri. On the way I slept so that's why I got some sleep after waking up at six am. When we reached jalpaiguri it was too tough to carry so many luggages. We took a kuli till the taxi stand which was at the station only. We bargained so much that the indica driver was saying fourteen hundred but we went for one thousand rupees! We were going with Tista River which started at Tibet and has some other name and when it comes to Sikkim and Kalimpong side it changes to tista and someone was saying it changes to some other name when it goes towards Calcutta. On the way our tire got punctured so it took five minutes for us to change the tires. On a steep way trucks were coming when we needed to go right up and so after sometime the engine got so hot that we needed to stop for some time. When we reached Kalimpong we lived in a hotel and papa mama needed to go for a meeting at the hotel itself so I and Abeni watched a cricket match. When papa and mama were back we went to the market and walked through the streets. We came back and ate dinner and went to sleep.
Day 5 — Bunnys Bakery & a visit to a Monastery
9/06/09
Today morning we drank tea and went for a walk with rohit bhaiya, Abeni was very tired. We reached rohit bhaiyas friends house there we drank tea and papa talked some things with him. While going back we went to rohit bhaiyas brothers house there we ate breakfast and then someone came and mama papa had a meeting with him after the meeting we saw rohit bhaiyas brothers bakery. We went to rohit bhaiyas sister's house there we drank orange juice and then walked back to the hotel. We stayed in the room for some time and then we went by car to rohit bhaiyas brother's pastry corner and then ate momo at a dhaba. We went to bunny bhaiyas (rohit bhaiyas brother) restaurant and ate great food. We took a cab to a monastery where I played cricket and the rest of them went inside the monastery when they came out we went to together to the main market where I got bored but we all bought something, mama bought a sandal, me, Abeni and papa bought shoes.
Day 6 — New Jalpaiguri to Kolkata
10/06/09
In the morning papa and rohit bhaiya went for a walk when they came back I went with them to the old market. We saw handmade butter it was white and yellow. We also ate something of dal. On the way back we took a newspaper and I kept reading the newspaper while walking so I was not tired. When we reached the hotel mama, papa and rohit bhaiya went shopping while I and Abeni watched cricket. When they came back we all together set out for new jalpaiguri to catch a train, on the way I felt very dizzy but when we reached very happy and sad because I was not feeling dizzy and we had to wait for one hour at the station in that time I ate cucumber and drank flavored milk. When we went to the platform we had to wait for the train to come for two hours! When the train came we all sat and two seats which were waiting lists were confirmed so we exchanged seats so that we all can sleep together. The surprising thing was that where there are two berths there were three berths so I slept in the middle.
Day 7 — Kolkata to Bangalore
11/06/09
In the morning I woke up early and waited for many hours in the train and then at last we reached Calcutta but papa had decided to take another train till a station near ashish uncle's house. I read the newspaper in the train so that I don't get bored so when we reached the station ashish uncle was there to welcome us. We took a rickshaw to uncle's house there we all bathed and ate breakfast then we all went to sleep. When we woke up uncle offered us sprite and told story of the first printed in India was in Kolkata (a) srirampur (b) former Danish company. First printing press in India, first weekly newspaper and printed book in India first college teaching theosophy established in eighteen hundred and eighteen first girls school established by Mrs. Hanna marshman, wife of missionary father marshman Mr. panchanan karmatar has sent to Portugal capital lisban to learn how to make metal type foundery. After he told me that we ate lunch and then set out for the Airport, on the way we touched the water of Ganga and then went straight to the Airport. We waited after taking our boarding pass and then after security check we boarded. After taking off the Air hostess gave me and Abeni a pencil and an activity book and so the time passed by and after landing Amir uncles driver was waiting for us and then we went for a long and tiring drive in which we were caught in the traffic four or five times. After reaching Amir Uncles house we settled down. Everybody ate food and then me Rashad and Abeni shared some jokes after that Rashad went to sleep because ext morning it was his school and me and Abeni saw television while lying down so that we go to sleep and we did go to sleep.
Day 8 — Bangalore to Madikeri
12/06/09
In the morning Rashad, rehab and Azma went to school and me and Abeni saw television for some time and then and then I read famous five and then Azma came and then rehab came soon after that. Rashad came soon and then all of us went together in a uncomfortable journey till Rajan uncle brought his alto and then we went in a comfortable journey a restaurant we ate food at kamat restaurant and I saw a old radio and we ate in a leaf plate and I ate an uthapa for the first time. We continued our journey. Once Rajan uncle did not see the speed breaker and so we were in the air for two seconds! I and Rashad slept after one hour and when we woke up we were very sleepy. So we did not see anything and went to a resort named Heritage we went to sleep there.
Day 9 — Madikeri a jungle trek 13/06/09
In the morning we woke up early and looked out around the resort, the swimming pool, the rooms and the restaurant. We waited in the restaurant for the mama, papas and the aunty uncles and ordered dosas. The dosas were delicious. I wanted to swim but we had to go to Rajan uncle's farm. At the farm we went to their land in the hill part. It was a tough and adventuress trek and two leech's bit mama and Rajan uncle put fire on them when they were stuck to mama. After the adventuress trek we went and sat in the hall and mama gave me a lemon from which I played catch and catch. We ate food at a hotel and it was really delicious food. Abeni wanted to go in the toy train but it was being repaired. We went to a museum but it was closed so we saw the fort. We went to see the Abby falls. I ate oranges there some interesting oranges which were like lemons. We saw the waterfalls and it was a huge one. A man took a photo of all of us with the water falls. We came back to the car and went back to the resort. I bathed and then everyone for a tea. The big people drank tea and the children saw television. We ate food in the restaurant I ate chicken, dal, roti, salad, dahi, rasgulla and ice cream. All the kids came back to our room and we saw television. Then Amir Uncle took Azma and rehab and the rest slept in our room.
Day 10 — Rashad going home
14/06/09
In the morning I woke up early and papa went for a walk and then rashad woke and we played with my lemon and then went for breakfast after breakfast we saw television in rashads room and then we got ready for swimming but did not swim because we did not have our trunks. We ate lunch and then rashad went back to Bangalore and papa and rajan uncle went to the city so we played table tennis in the playing room. We went back to the room and geeta aunty and mama drank tea outside and I and Abeni saw television. After sometime geeta aunty went to her room and we went to eat dinner and then we came back and saw television and went to sleep.
Day 11 — Madikeri to Kumta
15/06/09
Today morning I woke up early, got ready and played with my ball. I went for breakfast and the food was good. I ate Idli and sambhar. We went to kumtha by a taxi and saw my great-grand father's house and my nana also lived in that house. Mama wanted to see the house and the house was historical and mama told me some stories about that house. Mama's elder uncle sold the house. The owner of the house was kind and also made us go inside the house. The house was not in a very good state but it was possible to live in it so the people were living in it. They told us which hotel we could stay in. We stayed in padurang hotel. It was almost eight pm till we reached and we all got ready and saw television and then we went for dinner outside and the food was great. We came back and immediately went to sleep.
Day 12 — Gibb school and Gokarn beach
16/06/09
I woke up early in the morning and ate breakfast. We went to nana's school in which he studied and we were in search of his records. We also took a round of the school and the campus. The school was started in 1907. There were many computers for the high school. Papa talked to the headmaster of the school about donating some money to the school. Papa talked thousands of other things that I did not understand. We went to two hotels to see which was better and on the way we went to nana's salt mine. I got bored there. We liked the first hotel but we had to test the other one but papa said no to the second one because there was no air conditioner. We came back to the first hotel and ate lunch, saw television and went to the beach. We had a great time at the beach and I and Abeni sat on the mud where the water came and once or twice huge waves came and we almost got drowned because we were going with the water backwards but papa put his foot in the middle. The water was not clean so we bathed at the toilet of the beach but not nicely. We came back to the hotel and bathed very nicely. We saw television and ate food and went to sleep.
Day 13-Gokarn-bangalore
17/06/09
I woke up early, got ready and roamed around the resort. I took some pictures of the resort. I came back to the room and drank tea. We all together went for breakfast. I ate aloo ka paratha, fried egg and mangoes. After breakfast we immediately set off for Bangalore. When we started the road was nice but it was surprising that the national highway 206 was like one lane. Two cars had a problem to go through it. The good thing was that there was a lot of greenery on that road. There was a view point from which a river crossed in between the mountains. I felt dizzy because we were in the mountains and were going round and round. Finally a normal highway came which was national highway 206 but a good highway. After a long journey we were hungry so we stopped to eat food, the food was nice. After eating food two hundred and six kilometers were left and the time was three pm. The driver drove fast so we reached Bangalore city at seven pm. There was a lot of traffic so papa called rajan uncle and asked if there was any other root. He said go to something ring road. So we reached Amir uncles house at nine thirty pm after taking the ring road if we would not have done that we would have reached at twelve am! Rashad rehab and azma were sleeping so we ate food with amir uncle and salima aunty. I bathed and immediately went to sleep.
Day 14-Club in the colony
18/06/09
I woke up early when amir uncle and rehab were awake. Amir uncle gave breakfast to me. After breakfast rashad woke up and I and rashad went to play tennis it was fun. When we were coming back rehab, azma, abeni, salima aunty and amir uncle were going to the club so we went back to the club with them. Abeni, azma and rehab played in the swings, salima aunty and amir uncle played table tennis and me and rashad saw them play table tennis. After sometime we came back and azma, rehab and rashad went to school. I played squash in the garage and abeni soon joined me. When we came out mama woke up and everybody drank tea. I went back to the garage to play squash. After some time bathed and came down to breakfast. After that I read some comics and then went to the garage to play squash. I went to pick up azma from the bus. I saw television and soon rehab also came. We ate lunch and then salima aunty and I wanted to play carremboard but azma disturbed us and soon rashad came. We went to play tennis but instead played table tennis with two other children. We came back and played cricket. I helped rashad do his homework. We ate food and played with rashads gameboy and then went to sleep.
Day 15-Expensive auto’s
19/06/09
I woke up and rehab went to school early. I went to leave rashad and azma to the bus. We came back and ate breakfast and then papa went for a meeting and amir uncle went to office. Me, mama and abeni soon got ready and went to abeni's friend's (aditi) house we went by a auto so it took us a lot of time to reach there the auto’s of bangalore are very expensive they take 7 rs for 1 kilometer. When we reached aditi's sister (shama) came back from school but aditi was in school. I read a book for some time and then we ate food. Aditi's mother made something for us and we helped her make something for us. Soon after that we had to go but aditi did not come. After we reached amir uncles house a phone came from aditi's mother that aditi was crying that she could not see abeni. Rashad was home when we reached and we played with his gameboy for some time then we put mud in atleast thirty pots we were very tired so we bathed together (rashad, me and rehab). After bathing me and rashad played with the gameboy and rajan uncle, geeta aunty, neelam aunty and nishant bhaiya came for dinner because it was mama and papa's anniversary. Soon after the guests went we went to sleep.
Zoo, bangalore-delhi
20/06/09
Next morning we woke up, got ready, ate breakfast and went to get rashad's made. We soon went to the zoo and we saw hippo potomas, white tiger, tiger an lions all from very close in a bus ride. Masi had changed the ticket from night to four twenty in the evening! We rushed back home packed the things, ate food and set out in the Honda city. The driver drove very fast because it was already two twenty and we had to reach in one hour where we reach in at least one and a half hours. When seven or eight kilometers were left the tire got punctured! Luckily we got a taxi and put the luggage in the taxi and reached the airport just in time. We ate ice cream a nd drank cold coffee before boarding and we were the last four passengers to board. After spending one hour in the plane we ate sandwiches in the flight and the flight landed early. Delhi was really hot and it took us thirty minutes to find our luggage. We took a taxi and came back home, it was so hot that as soon as we came home I bathed with cold water.
Guwahati, Assam
Best things:
Beetle nut, Tea garden, Quite hot and humid in summers, the centre for North-East.
Guwahati has a railway station and airport
Shillong, meghalaya
Best things:
Police Bazaar good for shopping, lake, Hydri park, View Point, Greenery, Juicy Pineapples
Nearest airport Guwahati 130 kilometers. Nearest railway station Guwahati 130 kilometers.
Cherapunji, Meghalaya
Best things:
Monolith Stones, Water Falls including Seven Sister Falls, a view of Bangladesh, Mangrove.
Nearest airport Guwahati 195 kilometers nearest railway station Guwahati 195 kilometers
Kalimpong, West Bengal near Darjiling.
Best things:
pickles, weekly rural haat in kalimpong town with had-made items, skilled football players, beef momos, hand-made lollipops, water pipes look like telephone line they are seen everywhere
Nearest airport bagdogra 75 kilometers nearest railway station new jalpaiguri 70 kilometers.
Kolkata, West Bengal
I did not roam around kolkata.
Kolkata has an
airport and a railway station.
Bangalore, Karnataka
Best things: Bangarpeta national park
Bangalore has a railway station and airport.
Kumtha, Karnataka
Best things: is a one lane small town, beaches, a 100 year old british time school named gibb high school, many old houses including my great-grand father's house.
Kumtha has a railway station nearest airport panaji less than 250 kilometers.
Madikeri, Karnataka near Bangalore
Best things:
Coffee plantations, robasta
coffee is world famous, greenery, many birds, water falls
Nearest airport Bangalore 270 kilometers railway station Bangalore 270 kilometers.
Gokarn, Karnataka
Best things:
beach, greenery
Nearest airport panaji less than 220 kilometers nearest railway station kumtha 30 kilometers
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