It all started from a dinner table almost seven months back around 1st week of December at Suncity Apartments Bangalore. #FridayNight discussions .... Where to go next year as we all were going on a long exhaustive trip every year .... Is it Nepal ? Laddkah again ? .... finally after a lot of discussion we came up with and idea of going to Bhutan. Bhutan ? Seriously ? we searched on internet and information available were not enough to design a planned trip.
Finally whatever info we had we planned to tour around 26th may and return back on 6th June. As a first step we created the most awaited whatsapp group " Bhutan Trip ". From 27th Members it reduced to 20 and finally 20 members started their journey towards a common destination " Bagdogra" on 28th June 2015.
Bangalore - 8
Chennai - 5
Delhi - 1
Mumbai - 2
Muzaffarpur - 2
Kolkata - 3
What best start you can ask for ... Our Delhi team mate Prateek Gautam faced the first challange as his train got cancelled and at the last moment we booked a flight for him to Bagdogra. Second team at Kolkata waited for very long at the station for a journey to NJP that was estimated for 7 hrs but train was late for almost the same time .
Anyways, Me and my friend Abhishek started our Journey from Muzaffarpur as I was in my home town enjoying my holidays. We reached bagdogra on time @ 0400 hrs 29th Morning and took a guest house to relax and get fresh at Bihar Mod Bagdogra. Other teams arrived as per schedule and we started our journey to Darjeeling and we all reached there by night 8 PM via three SUVs that we booked from Bagdogra to a hotel / Guest House in Darjeeling.
And the fun begins ..... Half of the hotel was black out half of the team was enjoying playing Mafia and we had a hectic task to reach Phuenstoling on 30th June after driving 176 kms .....
30th Morning went in packing and adjusting luggage on a SUV ... luggage of 20 ppl and there came our first expert " Priti". She arranged the stuff in a manner that even driver was amazed. Struggling to clear papers and pay deposits ... we managed and fought a lot with vendors but managed to leave Darjeeling by 2 PM .
Our Plan was to reach Rambi and wait ..... post we reached 3rd Mile we discussed and started. Ankush Bhai riding a bullet 350 faced first major challenge and Bike got punctured while we were 12 kms from mangpu and around 30 kms from rambi ... Me Abheek Shoubhik Suren and Sajal lost in a dense forest with ideas ... what to do ... fog and falling darkness ... two major issues.... people who have seen Raaz hindi movie can recall the moment. Anyways Sajal and Abheek went on second bike and me and Shoubhik with the help of Ankush and suren pushed 350 cc engined bullet for 6 kms when Sajal and Abheek came with the help ... ray of hope. Middle of road in the light of mobile torch the mechanic managed to repair the bike but the Journey til Rambi through the dense forest and the fog present made so thrilling that for a moment we thought to stay at Mangpho in a hotel and start our journey early next morning. Others had put our tents near a dhaba 14 kms before maal bazar. Our first night in the tent .
How we reached that place ... All three bikes , busy Siliguri Gangtok road and turning roads cannot be explained.
Next morning we took bath in the near by river and started on time towards Phuenstoling and reached there around 11 AM .
What happened a day before were fresh in our minds , lot of discussion, anxiety , planning but with a aim to enjoy the trip. 20 people , 20 different hopes from the trip , 20 different outcomes for what happened a day before. We lagged for almost 8 hrs .....
Enjoy some random pics
Finally whatever info we had we planned to tour around 26th may and return back on 6th June. As a first step we created the most awaited whatsapp group " Bhutan Trip ". From 27th Members it reduced to 20 and finally 20 members started their journey towards a common destination " Bagdogra" on 28th June 2015.
Bangalore - 8
Chennai - 5
Delhi - 1
Mumbai - 2
Muzaffarpur - 2
Kolkata - 3
What best start you can ask for ... Our Delhi team mate Prateek Gautam faced the first challange as his train got cancelled and at the last moment we booked a flight for him to Bagdogra. Second team at Kolkata waited for very long at the station for a journey to NJP that was estimated for 7 hrs but train was late for almost the same time .
Anyways, Me and my friend Abhishek started our Journey from Muzaffarpur as I was in my home town enjoying my holidays. We reached bagdogra on time @ 0400 hrs 29th Morning and took a guest house to relax and get fresh at Bihar Mod Bagdogra. Other teams arrived as per schedule and we started our journey to Darjeeling and we all reached there by night 8 PM via three SUVs that we booked from Bagdogra to a hotel / Guest House in Darjeeling.
And the fun begins ..... Half of the hotel was black out half of the team was enjoying playing Mafia and we had a hectic task to reach Phuenstoling on 30th June after driving 176 kms .....
30th Morning went in packing and adjusting luggage on a SUV ... luggage of 20 ppl and there came our first expert " Priti". She arranged the stuff in a manner that even driver was amazed. Struggling to clear papers and pay deposits ... we managed and fought a lot with vendors but managed to leave Darjeeling by 2 PM .
Our Plan was to reach Rambi and wait ..... post we reached 3rd Mile we discussed and started. Ankush Bhai riding a bullet 350 faced first major challenge and Bike got punctured while we were 12 kms from mangpu and around 30 kms from rambi ... Me Abheek Shoubhik Suren and Sajal lost in a dense forest with ideas ... what to do ... fog and falling darkness ... two major issues.... people who have seen Raaz hindi movie can recall the moment. Anyways Sajal and Abheek went on second bike and me and Shoubhik with the help of Ankush and suren pushed 350 cc engined bullet for 6 kms when Sajal and Abheek came with the help ... ray of hope. Middle of road in the light of mobile torch the mechanic managed to repair the bike but the Journey til Rambi through the dense forest and the fog present made so thrilling that for a moment we thought to stay at Mangpho in a hotel and start our journey early next morning. Others had put our tents near a dhaba 14 kms before maal bazar. Our first night in the tent .
How we reached that place ... All three bikes , busy Siliguri Gangtok road and turning roads cannot be explained.
Next morning we took bath in the near by river and started on time towards Phuenstoling and reached there around 11 AM .
What happened a day before were fresh in our minds , lot of discussion, anxiety , planning but with a aim to enjoy the trip. 20 people , 20 different hopes from the trip , 20 different outcomes for what happened a day before. We lagged for almost 8 hrs .....
Enjoy some random pics
The Delhi to Bagdogra route offers a convenient and quick way to reach the beautiful city of Darjeeling and explore the surrounding areas. With multiple airlines offering daily flights, it's easy to find a suitable option for your travel plans.
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