Tuesday, October 19, 2010

A Vacation Well Earned

I'm back from my delicious, but extremely short, vacation. Ten days passed by in a whirlwind, and all I'm left with now is a store of memories, but oh, what a treasure chest it is! And so it is bound to be, if you get your first glimpse of the mightiest mountains on the earth, put yourself in the midst of a festival which is an exhibition of grandeur and crazy creativity, and walk down the aisles of the school your father passed out of over forty years ago.

I have my hurriedly scribbled notes beside me, whatever caught my fancy written down on three small squares of paper in a jeep jolting over uneven terrain. Some of the stories are in my head- conversations with the locals, ready smiles, lights and colours that no camera could ever capture. So I'll begin from the beginning, and describe my vacation right till the end.

May patience be your cherished virtue.

Here are a few road signs from the unforgiving mountain roads of Sikkim to kindle your curiosity, reproduced more or less as they were printed on the boards:

On my curve/Check your nerve
Reach home in peace, not in pieces
Safety on road is safe tea at home
It is not ralley/Enjoy the valley

And on I shall go to my Sikkim story, setting my mind in rewind mode and reliving those fantastic few days in the mountains.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

am officially jealous of the NE trip! :P

Jaya said...

Ah. At last :P. But you're the one from the Rocky Mountains, aren't you?

Jass said...

Just read this one and the gangtok post. Makes me want to go there! :|

Jaya said...

Jass: Do. You'll love it.

Sumanoj said...

Now after speaking to you at length about the trip and reading these posts, I am jealous. I could recollect everything that I had ever read about NE. Including that murder mystery Feluda had solved. :)