Putting the exploratory shoes on

Its a new city and I don't even know the half of it. The only places I went out yesterday were the food joints which all seemed to have good stock of Roshogullas! Speaking of, this city is a complete goner for mishti (sweets), chaat food and Tea. Wherever I look, people would be munching either one of those 3. I decided not to be the odd man out and had Roshogullas after my meals! Yes I was on a mission to reduce weight during these vacations, but there is always a tomorrow for diet, isn't it? So I decided to spend the Sunday meaning fully and dug up the DSLR from my bag. Glad that I bought the battery charger as well which I thought I lost it. Agenda was simple, keep walking on the road till there is an obstacle.

Roads struggling to keep up with the dense overgrowth

My first stop was temples. Like any other Indian city, there were lots and lots of temples. There was a Hanuman function, Bagheshwari temple, Ram temple and so on. And with so many temples come so many people. But these temples have a completely different architecture from what Ive seen till now. All of them come with provisions for Rain!

Hanuman Temple

Bagheshwari temple Gate

Bagheshwari Temple

Ram Temple

Ram Temple

Ram Temple

Moving along, within half a kilometer, the town was over. It gave away to lush green tea plantations. Later I got to know that those were part of a private tea estate called Birjhora tea estate. Also along the road were ducks, cattle and open fields.

Ducks

Police Radio Hill

Tea Estate

Sipansila hills overlooking the estate

They just never seem to end

cattle grazing the plains

Some more Tea

I wonder if there were as much tea drinkers in the world

I could walk only 2.5 kilometers when I encountered a river which when I traced now, flows into the Brahmaputra river. Looking at the low water levels, I can now understand the monsoon has not really started. Also at the river I met a few casual policemen who figured out I was alien and started with the usual questions. Upon asking the policeman how to climb a nearby hill, he replied you cant go! a man was murdered there. The rain, murder etc are all casual stuff for these people. I took a photo of the policeman as courtesy and turned back.

The River that flows into the Brahmaputra

Tea gardens on both sides

The policeman who was rather shy

Good thing was I got some really nice shots of sunset and I was just in time back home before dark. Now dark is 5.30 pm here as the days start early and end very early! Oops, its almost 10.30 pm (midnight) gotta sleep!

Sunset off the Bagheshwari Hill

Good to see most of the villagers use bicycle

Sunset

Back Home, or Office should I say