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Originally Posted by SS-Traveller And how often does one get to stay in a resort with the whole place to oneself - |
Yes, and that very fact was a cause for the Spookiness that, I mentioned, I felt as the evening passed by.
The feeling drew strength from a few facts that did not line up in the collective minds earlier.
Firstly, there was no one else apart from the manager in the whole compound, that too the Manager was unusual in not being a local.
Secondly, all we met, is a total of 5 people after having left Bagrakote around 12hrs back. Although this would be fine in a desert or a deserted location, this is North Bengal and not some hard to reach place.
Thirdly, we reached here by chance, that too a whole compound situated on top of the hill secluded from everything else.
Fourth, It just struck me that while I signed the guest register, the last customer entry, I recalled, having signed on 15-Dec 2013. So for a good part of one and half months the place has not seen activity.
Fifth, for a place that does not seem to have great customer activity, it's readiness/cleanliness of rooms, cafetaria, hall etc was a little out of place. Moreso because there was no staff that made himself shown.
Sixth, when I got there, the mind to stay there was almost immediate, so the thought towards the evening was "have I been lured in?!"
Seventh, the statues
Eighth, the howl of foxes at night.
Ninth, this is the decor of the cottage!
The early morning veil of fog (despite a clear night earlier) had, for a minute, got me thinking that we had been transported through a portal! Unfortunately, when I walked through the fog, the cafetaria and Marengo and even the roads appeared.
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Originally Posted by SS-Traveller that too, without mobile network?! |
Its surprising how the very enabler that changed our lives (cell phones) have become the nuisance that we all want to get away from!
Even if we somehow manage, the reality hits us soon and we frantically try to get back online, even after having managed to communicate to near and dear ones that we are safe.
I was giving a try for a long time on top of the hill, it thankfully, frustratingly did not work.
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Originally Posted by SS-Traveller As Mr. R. N. Tagore said... |
So given the video, should I assume you will probably spend Dol at Bolpur?
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Originally Posted by SS-Traveller Cinq étoiles! |
Thanks so much, will unwrap it and have it for a lovely lunch! Not sure why, am already feeling grumpy today!