Anand Gown
11 May 2013 | Anand Gown, West Bengal, India
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After long hours in the hot train (I did some 65hrs of train in one week, too much!) and a few more in a shared jeep climbing the moutains, we finally meet Pratik at Kurseong who took us to his village: Anand Gown. Anand Gown means 'peace village' in Nepali, and that's what it is: it's a peaceful village in the middle of the tea plantations, there are eleven houses, from three families.
Everyone welcomes us, we spend a lot of time with Pratik and his sister Neha, but also with their uncle Sudeep and Pratik's good friend Arpan, but also lot of people from the village and villages around. We feel at home very quickly.
Our first day is very sunny but the other are foggy, cloudy and rainy, the raining season is coming. But it's good like that, we can finally enjoy some fresh air.
So we spend there a week, between walks in the hills and the forests, visit to the market, quality time with the people in the village, and occasionnal drinks with Sudeep-daju. Valerie learns how to knit, I learn some Nepali and how to read and write sanskrit. Life is good!