travel

This is my first attempt at writing in a blog and a feeling of slight apprehension filters in. "am i doing it the right way? is this how its done"?? and then a voice in my head says- "wht the hell, its ur space u make the rules you decide how its to be done". So here it goes. my first blog article is on travel, a passion that has grown as the years hav passed by along with greater appreciation for the journey and not just the destination.
last week went with my family to a place by the name Mayapur a 4 hour drvie from the city of kolkata. history tells u the city was once the capital of Bengal. made famous thanx to the hundreds of temples that throng the city, there is one in particular which draws ppl, its a temple that belongs to ISKCON. even though am not a religious person the spiritual side in me wanted to see the evening aarti with the chanting that give one a feeling of being transported to another world, where the face of people r lit up by the revernce, faith in GOD. but i was unfortunate enough to miss it. what i got to see (besides the temples my family insisited on seeing) was ruins, excavated in the 1980-90 by the ASI of what they beleive to have been a temple of the great king of the Sen dynasty- Balal Sen. the sky was grey the leaves dark green and a slight drizzle in the air that sometimes made my lens a bit wet. a gaurd was present to keep the people off and he shared a bit of light on the little he knew about the place. he said that the fort that the king had buiil had been washed by the river nd the king abandoned it when they were been attacked by afghan invaders.
just behind the ruins was a small lake with dark waters and I saw something move in it, maybe a snake, maybe a fish or maybe my imagination. soon it was time to leave and now all i hav is a few pictures and the little that my brain has managed to save.
the next day we took the local ferry to cross the river to the other side of the town- Nawadip. a faint memory of some1 once telling me that there are River dolphins in these water, flooted in and my squinting eyes (thanx to the sun!!) remained glued to the waters....and guess what i was blessed with a glimpse of what i can only guess might hav been the body of a dolphin and it was gone, too soon!! no1 else saw it. And the local rickshaw person made me doubt what i saw as he said there are no dolphins but only "Shishu". enquiry on returning back confirmed that i was right and thank my stars that i got a glimpse, but the heart desires more and i wait with baited breath till i get a chance to see more in the future.