Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Paradise Regained…..Darjeeling.

With the advent of Web 2.0 technologies and market, I was utterly surprised to see when I just did routine search in Google and what I came up is that there isn’t a place where you would find real life experiences of the Indian cities, leave aside Darjeeling. Surprised? Yes, even I didn’t know. So will you say our present promotion campaign of the virtual tour operators working alright? good?


The first world countries have started envying us; we definitely deserve a much better platform in the Virtual Tours and Tourism Industry. Coming back to point innovation and ideas seem to be there but the lack of proper execution draws those back. We really need a good word.


Well I am sure, that almost all of you have heard of the Darjeeling---The Queen of the Hills. The tagline doesn’t suggest it, rather justifies it, if you haven’t made a visit to this new paradise in India.


Darjeeling, one of the most prodigy hill resorts in the world, summons up hallucination of tranquility, of lively green hills, tea bushes, alien forests of silver fir steeped in splendor, a land of wonderful beauty crowned by the royal Himalayas. This heavenly retreat under the blanket of a brilliant azure sky dappled with specks of clouds compellingly confounds Darjeeling as the Queen of Hill Stations.


Darjeeling has inherited its name from 'Dorje', a Tibetian word that means the expensive stone or ecclesiastical scepter.


Darjeeling is a mesmerizing place, where the tourist can see a tea forest, the plantation and it’s processing, visit Buddhist monasteries, shop in the multihued markets or go trekking to high altitude spots, near the border with Sikkim, not to mention the Tiger Hill, a beauty in itself.


Conceivably the most delightful experience in Darjeeling is the train trip on the legendary 'Toy Train', which traipses up the hill from New Jalpaiguri all the way to Darjeeling, through the steep mountainsides.

Welcome to Saurav’s Den of Eternity!!!

Welcome to Saurav’s Den of Eternity!!! Just Kidding Guys. J. Well, for an introduction, I am an Indian and am proud to be an Indian. It’s the afternoon of rainy summer Tuesday, and I am excited and thrilled to start this blog today.

I always had the dream to pen down my experiences and let other people have the pleasure to virtually tour all the places I have been, alas I continued to celebrate my ignorance, didn’t I!!! It took me quite a while to get my first personal blog listed in the fraternity of Internet.

I always knew that some kind of subliminal depth charge hidden in a sea of internet noise was always waiting for its next victim. And who could have done it more justice than “SELF”, reaping out those translucent stones and emeralds to bring exuberance of Indian Beauty to the outer world. I always knew, this had to come…like a meme, a contagious plan that only exists in the minds of those exposed to it, waiting to be spread, with all the good fragrances to spread around with it. And now, that it is here, I can assure you that it couldn’t have come at a better time.


I have confronted lots of adventurous tours spanning across eclectic mix of Hill Stations and Resorts, wild life sanctuaries, yoga centers, Valleys, Sea Beaches, athwart the most beautiful places in India since my childhood. So, for all the first comers, a huge and a warm welcome as I hope you enjoy my postings here.