tle sense of gloom. We were quite relaxed today, since there was jus some local sightseeing in Mirik on our agenda & then the drive to New Jalpaigudi Station wherein our evening train was supposed to take us to Kolkata. So at 10.20 am we checked out from the Viraj, & headed straight to the nearby Sumendu Lake. There had been some Bhojpuri flick shooting which was going on at the lake & when Vineet & Panda walked on, some people came & asked them where they were shooting (some glamorous people I had for company).The lake itself was a beautiful scene, but like most of the other lo
cales in WB, this one was also kind of littered here & there (Sikkim sure did raise the standards for us). While Panda decided to show off some of her equestrian skills, I, Vineet & Ramesh were busy snapping away the lake. If that was not the case we were eyeing at the local belles (some ogling arses we sure turned out to be).Our nest stop was at the Bok
ar Ngedhon Choekor Ling Monastery. While the ambience was quite similar to the previous monasteries we had been to, this place was bustling with monks of all ages. And it was am amazing scene to see all of them in their maroon robes against the maroon backdrop of the monastery.
At nearly 11.30 am we decided to get on the road to Siligudi (as we hadn’t collected our tickets too). After an hour of going through all those looping & curvy roads for the first time in a long while we were back on flat terrains. Well the earlier day’s sight of calls for a separate Gorkhaland was still visible in bits & pieces through the route. Our way back home took us through the Sukna Military station & as we crossed the outpost, we passed through the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. Well it was just a 10 minute drive through, but what the heck, I was happy to get one more place in my list. 
As we entered the city limits of Siligudi, the calmness & friendliness which we had grown used to over the last week on the roads was replaced with the continuous honks of the horn & yells from the adjacent drivers. Hell yeah, we were so getting back with our regular lives. At around 1 pm we pulled into Sikkim National Transport Compound & had our last flavor of Sikkim for lunch. After lunch we started for NJP. At NJP, we came to know from Baichung that we would be receiving our tickets at around 4 pm.
Once we got our tickets, we then bid adieu to Ramesh. Over the last week he definitely had been one nice source of entertainment
& the bloke sure had also gotten real attached with us over the time. We could see a glimmer of sadness in him, but I think that did pass off real quick when he saw a couple of hot babes on his way out. At around 10.30 pm (after an hour from our actual departure time), we boarded our Sealdah bound train (the transition period at NJP was pretty much cynical & passable). And as the night waded off, so did the curtains come down on this much touted trip that we had managed to cook up. All I could muster to think was – ONE BLOODY AMAZING RETREAT sure this was.
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