Gang for Gangtok - I

This trip happened around a month back. Urged on by the boredom of the routine work and the rare occurrence of a Monday holiday, I made my plans to rush off to Gangtok. My desire was so keen that I was willing to travel even without a partner( not that partner, am still single :)) , but travel partner. Moreover, the season was not right for a visit to the hills as it was rainy season. But my argument was that holidays are so few and far between , couple that with a demanding work schedule and there go for a toss your chances for stealing a travel. So , I had to go and I did.

Lucky to say, I found company in new joined colleagues only at the 11th hour. But the poor urchins were not release by their master, in time to catch the 3 PM train to Siliguri. So, with a promise that the other 5 will join me later, I set out to the howrah station. After a horrible 45 minutes in the notorious wooden buses which crawl at the speed of an ant, I warily got down to hire a taxi which just dropped me in time.

I found the Bangalore-Guwahati train waiting on the platform but I just reached 2 minutes late to get the current ticket. Anyway, to cut a long story short I bought a
general ticket and boarded the otherwise empty train.

My co-passenger was traveling all the way from Bangalore to Guwahati and his ultimate destination was Silchar. That makes 3.5 days in a train and another 24 hours by bus. Well!!!! North East is fascinating but its excruciatingly far!!

As ever, no pics in early part of the travelogue :)