As I have the habit of surfing and looking for new blogs trying to find something new, I came across this blog NIZHAMA2. The owner is a vietnam origin and now live in Malyasia.

The blog is a storehouse of varieties of posts. But, it has large number of posts related to travel, auto, health, education, blog etc. Some of the travel spots are quite impressive. The owner has express the full details in such real and simple language that the picture of the place came right away to my eyes. And if you are also looking for something natural then you can log on to this blog. Apart from that, the blog write reviews about other blogs and it's really a good thing to do. 

The owner has also given some personal accounts and specially one post related to his three year old son Hammad is really funny. It's nice to have gone through it.

I was bored that day and so as my friends were. All of a sudden this thought of going to the Famous Rock Garden of Darjeeling sprang up to my mind. I was in Gangtok then. The Rock Garden was about four hours from where I was satying. We four got up, took our gogs then hired a taxi which charged fifteen hundred INR. We started at around 8.30 in the morning. It was a pleasant weather, so we took only some light clothes.

Here are some of the pictures we have taken in the Graden. We had lots of fun that day.

The Rock garden

The fall in the Rock Garden

The pavement Under the rock

With my friends

Don't jump buddy.

The tea pot

The pose

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Sikkim, the perfect destination for spending your summer time. I went there recently only, during my study break. We four of us, all classmates have had a great time there. We planned to go to the famous Somgo Lake of Sikkim. It is 14,000 ft above the sea level. On top of the Great Himalayan ranges there lies this lake. In winter it is all frozen and ice as thick as to support an SUV is formed on the surface of the lake. And in summer even the temperature drops to 1 degree centigrade.

Here is some of the photos I have taken along with my friends.

Way to Somgo lake

With my friends

I was bored of the "as usual" way, passing my days sitting around and eating and sleeping. So, me and my friends thought of doing something out of normal, setting out for a small travel plan. We planned to go the the HANGING BRIDGE, to the east of my hostel block, over the mighty Doimukh river. Have heard about the bridge but,we were not aware of how it was.

Being engineering students we are far more than punctual......Yeah !! That was an irony. We started at 6 a.m., one hour late than what was planned. We five Rmen, Me, IS, Ptam, Rishi (with the camera) best friends for years with a sony cybershot 7.2 megapixel, set out for the quest. Well, when we get there it was well and good, the bridge was long, hovering a little with the wind, but, great.

We stepped upon it one by one, me at the last at first. Upto the middle of the bridge, it was quite good. The view of the river from above there, the fog at the far distance seemed to meet the river water at the mountian base. The view was truly rare because it was summer time, no time for the fog. We were lucky. Now, things changed with one more step ahead to where we were standing. Ahead there, there were whole lot of missing planks and the steel fibres supporting by the side was in a very bad condition. Through the missing planks we saw the violent river water passing at  speed of around 40 m/s and it was good enough to make one drifted away with it very easily. Frankly my heart was beating faster and so do my friends. But, we don't want to go back also as we would feel that we were not brave enough. We took up the challenge. We manage to cross it, taking support from the steel fibres hanging by the side, sometimes crawling, sometimes sitting . At last we succeed.

Rmen, trying to cross

See the condition

The Daredevils

There, in the middle I remembered a physical law by Newton, the theory of relativity. When I looked down the missing planks I saw the river water gushing by. But, to the difference, the bridge seemed to be moving and not the water. My eyes perceived that the river water was the reference and the bridge on where I was standing was moving. Now, that had added to our difficulty so much that I wasn't even aware of my ciggarette slipping away from my lips. After getting safely to the other side, the thought of getting back from here to that other side struck our mind.

ARE WE GOING BACK ? 

It was a good experience and we had lots of FUN, but, we will never try it again, atleast not this one. Here is some good CliCKs we have taken

My friends went for trekking this summer to the Dzuko Valley, also called locally as the Valley of angels. I have never imagined that it could be that beautiful untill I saw the images clicked by them. The Valley is truly the Valley of angels. It's so beautiful that its pictures just left me astonished thinking about how can I make the mistake of deciding not to go there.

The valley is situated at an impressive elevation of 8052 feet above the mean sea level, in the Senapati District of Manipur, India. It not that far from my homeplace but never had a chance to go there. But, after having been told of the real experiences of my friends, I can't just hold myself any longer. I'm going this winter itself.

During the summer, the flowering season, you'll feel like settling in the valley itself. But, no way out, you can't do it. The valley is a protected area. Even plucking flowers is prohibited and may get heavily fined as the valley is the only habitat of one of the most rarest and most beautiful lilies in the world, the Dzuko Lily. There can be no doubt of it. The summer experience is a breathtaking affair. The winter experience is unforgettable. That’s how one can describe Dzuko in brief. Its view will left everyone with their mouths wide open, the beauty is just irresistable.

If you are planning to trek there, here are some basic informations. In winter the temperature drops down even to minus thirteen degree centigrade. Snow as thick as 6 feet covered the whole valley. No one will ever think of snow in Manipur untill you get there. The river get frozen and it is so hard that a group of more than 10 people can stand without any fear of breaking. So, get ready with your gears properly, otherwise you will have to experience the severest of cold. Even in summer you will see thick fog all over in morning and late evening.

For those non indian trekkers , they first need to get clearances from the Indian tourism authorities. It may take some time, but, you will never regret after you become a part of the Dzuko Valley. 

    

    

Dzuko Lily

    

                                                                                                       

This Lily blooms only once in a year and only in its natural habitat,the Dzuko valley.