We woke up early in the morning since we had a long way to come back. I didnt realise we had the view until I came out of the room and saw this morning misty mountains. It was beautiful. We carried onto our journey after morning breakfast. Dad insisted on Nepali (free range) egg. It was quite a different taste, perhaps to do with the cold weather.
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| Morning view at Suketar, behind our accomodation. |
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This is where we spent our two nights. We had to crawl up the stairs.
The nearest town we headed to was Taplejung. It must be an hour trek if you walk down the road and 10-15 minutes if you drive. Taplejung occupies an area ranging from 670 meters to 8586 meters (Mt Kangchenjunga) above sea level. Kumbhakarna is an outlier of Kangchenjunga. Lucky that we get to see the range from the road because of its clear weather condition. It looked like a sleeping giant with a big nose and therefore the name, Kumbhakarna which makes it easy to remember I think.
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| Kumbhakarna Range |
As we continued our trip, we passed through small villages. Old wooden houses and narrow streets with colourful flowers in their balconies, they all looked beautiful. Since the oldies are into gardening, we succeed in collecting as many as we could fit into the hatchback. The credit goes to my dad for his great communication skills. We dropped in many places and was pretty amazed with Eastern culture of giving it for free. Handing them stuff we had, apparently pre-packed food didn't leave us that shameful.
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| Oldies busy secure the plants. |
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| Sun set from tea garden. |
Immediately after we were off the hills was Terai plain. However, tea Ilam tea didnt leave us and continued through the plain. We were lucky to see the sun go down from one of the tea gardens.
