After the long preparation of practice, packing etc, here is the much awaited day of the trek. Day 0 means leaving the home and reaching New Jalpaigudi (or Siliguri), popularly called as gateway of eastern India.
I got up at 2:30 am, freshened up and started from home at 3:10 am along with Viraj and Vinit to catch the Pune Delhi jet airlines flight.
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| Leaving home early in the morning |
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| The trio in Jet Airways flight |
Samip and I reached 1 hr earlier than others, took some rest and booked cab for us to reach Siliguri. I also met my friend, Sujata who was returning same time from her Sikkim trip. She gave me veg biryani to eat which she got from Kesari !! When everyone arrived from Delhi, we moved to our destination for the day, Kanchanjunga hostel located at Kanchanjunga stadium at Siliguri (which Vinit used to called as Khandar jokingly).
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| Kanchenjunga Youth Hostel, Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri |
We did book the dorm room for all of us. The room was pretty good as against the expectations. After settling down, we went outside for tea and snacks. After searching for few places, we settled down at Bombay AC restaurant. Whike returning to hostel, we took the other route which goes through Hongkong market and subji mandai.
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| सिलिगुडी मंडई |
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| फ्रुट स्टॉल |
Advait, Ishani and Suhas joined us later in the evening. We enjoyed our first oximeter and BP monitoring activity (which became our daily fun activity during the trek!!). As we had late and heavy lunch, initially everybody was reluctant for dinner. However at 7 PM, when we decided to go out, all were ready !! Viraj searched on Zomato and found out a descent hotel, Haveli, nearby. Team enjoyed the food there along with IPL match and returned back by 9:30 pm.
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| Haveli Restaurant |
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| दाल राजमा और पनीर |
My stats for the day: Pulse - 72 O2 - 97 Breathing Rate - 17
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