It was late afternoon when we reached Jaubhari which is the base camp for the Sandakphu trek. The drive was pretty smooth and comfortable with 2 breaks. Its here all the co-trekkers met for the first time. I could see the excitement in everyone before starting the new journey , just like me....The day went well and relaxed. We saw the beautiful moon rise thought the clouds far and beyond the Darjeeling city.
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| Moon above Darjeeling City |
The next morning all of us woke up with even more excitement . I got ready early with the intention of taking nice pictures of sunrise and the pines far away.
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| Dawn colors |
We started out trek with an introduction to our local guides. Our trek leader, Pavanji introduced them, GD ji and Syam bhai....With that we started our trail into the pine forest.....
The steep slopes , the beautiful & tall pine tree were complimenting itself with our heart beating louder and faster as we ascend....It was today we first crossed the Nepal border. We criss-corssed the border multiple times between India and Nepal while walking slowly at our own pace.
A special note needs to be mentioned about the place were we had the lunch.
I could say that the best lunch during the entire trek was on that day. It was a lovely family, very much caring and the wonderful food.
Conquering the route on the way via the pine forest , into the off road trails and the concrete road , we reached Tumling by evening. We had ascended about 3000ft by then.
After the nice and refreshing warmup ....I took my camera to see if there are any good compositions of the mountains during the evening. The Sun had set and it was getting dark and cold. Light was very less, may be i thought ...i would have got best composititon of my photohraphy trek .....The last light leaving the Buddha on that day.
At the end of the trek and reviewing my compositions, i consider this specific image to be one of the best in this trip. Its tough to pick the best shot of the trip. This will remain a special image for me. There are not many evening images in the entire trek....The day ended with chit-chat and nice story telling session by Pavanji. We went to bed....Planning to wakeup at 4:30 to summit the viewpoint for sunrise...
The steep slopes , the beautiful & tall pine tree were complimenting itself with our heart beating louder and faster as we ascend....It was today we first crossed the Nepal border. We criss-corssed the border multiple times between India and Nepal while walking slowly at our own pace.
A special note needs to be mentioned about the place were we had the lunch.
I could say that the best lunch during the entire trek was on that day. It was a lovely family, very much caring and the wonderful food.
Conquering the route on the way via the pine forest , into the off road trails and the concrete road , we reached Tumling by evening. We had ascended about 3000ft by then.
After the nice and refreshing warmup ....I took my camera to see if there are any good compositions of the mountains during the evening. The Sun had set and it was getting dark and cold. Light was very less, may be i thought ...i would have got best composititon of my photohraphy trek .....The last light leaving the Buddha on that day.
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| Clouds and the mist far away blending with the peak to beautiful feel for the image. |
At the end of the trek and reviewing my compositions, i consider this specific image to be one of the best in this trip. Its tough to pick the best shot of the trip. This will remain a special image for me. There are not many evening images in the entire trek....The day ended with chit-chat and nice story telling session by Pavanji. We went to bed....Planning to wakeup at 4:30 to summit the viewpoint for sunrise...
I leave here with this view on the day events below....till we wakup for sunrise ....
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