Sunderbans trip: Part I

Sunderbans trip

So, where do I start from? And how do I go about this? I somehow hv a feeling that given my writing skills, the trip account read here would make it feel less fun than we actually had. I will try and make this account useful for people who intend to visit Sunderbans

Firstly, we left for Canning from Sealdah station by a local train. By the way, unlike the Howrah station, Sealdah is much cleaner and better maintained. In fact, it has an air conditioned Subway as well. (now, given the general standards of Calcutta, this was something unthinkable :P). The train ticket costs 11 bucks and the journey is around an hour and half long. There are trains every one hour and the early morning trains and late night trains are less crowded. (Stating the obvious ()

At the Sealdah station, (yeah, the station has a Kwality Walls outlet as well. It is a different matter that the guy selling the stuff there has zilch idea about what he is selling (. All he knows is the price of the product)



The train journey was eventful, to say the least. With our court jester, Vinchi in full flow, it was fun. We had this session of rendering of songs in the typical train format and also filming a movie in documentary style on the handy cam we were carrying along. It somehow seemed pretty fun to all the onlookers. But soon, they joined in. So here we were singing gult songs at the top of our hoarse voices supported by the fellow travelers singing their bong songs (

This was also the time when Lanka who was in charge of the digi cam started showing his talent. Apparently, there was some mismatch between the clicking part and posing part. The result, our aakali rajyam photo :P



By the way, the rural Bengal is truly beautiful. Huge green fields on either side of the track make for a really cool view.



One and half hours later, we finally reach Canning. In fact, we were under the impression that the trip was a 4 hour long one and we braced ourselves up for the torture. It was a pleasant surprise that the trip was half the duration of what we thought it would be.

On the Canning Platform



~to be continued :)