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Nepal - Near Foreign

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              Nepal - when I first heard it from fellow travellers as a proposed destination, the first phrase that came to mind was "Roti Beti Ki Nata" - the relationship turned deeper with marital and job ties. Nepal is one of the only 2 nations where we don't need a visa or a passport for travelling in the neighbourhood.  Day 1    With great enthusiasm, we boarded the train to Raxaul, Bihar . It was 22nd October. We took a Tanga Ride from the station to reach the Nepal border at Birgunj . There is a big gate welcoming us to Nepal.  We halted in the city for the night. There is a Big Ghanta Ghar in Birgunj worth visiting. Raxaul Jn. Nepal Gate, Birgunj Day 2      On the next day, our journey towards the capital started at early morning at 8 am. The green hills in our way enhanced the scenic beauty. We reached Kathmandu by 4 pm. In the evening, we went for local sightseeing - Durbar Square and the Museum . The ni...
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Sikkim - from a traveler's Lens

  The COVID 19 has made a severe impact on the tourism sector. Each player of this domain starting from a street vendor, hotel owner, car driver to tourist all of them affected badly. As a tourist, it did not spare me too. This disease has cut down 2 valuable years from my tourist calendar.   Anyhow, this year we successfully settled out a travel plan for Sikkim. When you hear the word 'Sikkim' - generally the words that come to your mind are 'mountain', 'buddha', 'ice'. In this journey, we experienced the first two ie. Our Travel was bounded up to SOUTH, EAST and WEST Sikkim. So, let's start the journey. It was 5th October - the commencement of our journey. Our train was from Sealdah station, - the heritage Darjeeling Mail. We had to spend the night on the train. The next day, in the morning, we reached NJP. We hired a car from there to reach Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. We were going through the NH 10. The best part of this route is it goes para...
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Kolkata - Journey to the City of Joy

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      It was becoming a boring life at home. The time came to go on another journey. But this time our travel does not begin far home or some famous place for tourism. As Tagore said, you are paying money and waste your time to see some waterfall that far from your house but you missed the beauty of sunlight that reflected from the first water droplet which is placed in a tree leaf near your house. This time I planned for going to visit that water droplet of mine Allinagar, mostly known as the City of Joy, one of the ancient cities of India, Kolkata. Some people say that this is a dying city but I completely see the different side. For me, it is the city of passion , city of heritage ,  city of architecture , city of food . You can enter the city on many routes. But the best is the road because in other cases, you'll miss the roadside memories. While entering through the road you will see different sheds of the city. -1st Day- Entering the city, we saw the Sl...
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