DesiPundit

Kunal travels to Sunderbans and shares his memories and some great pictures.

6:00 pm and it was pitch dark. Armed with a lantern we went ahead to explore the island. The total visible area was about 1 foot around the person carrying the lantern. The road that we had taken was actually a sort of dam built around the island. Floods lash Sunderbans every year, and hence all islands have a mud dam built around to prevent the flooding. On our way back a pup followed us to our guesthouse, a family of dogs living in the guesthouse became our pets for three days. After dark we had to tread very carefully lest we step on any dog. Since there was no electricity, and stored solar energy had also been used up, there was nothing left to do but sleep. It has been years since I last slept at 9 p.m.

Sounds great!