Day 4 : 8^th June, 2019

The sun rises very early and by 5 am it was bright and shine. We started early and via Dumdum airport proceeded towards Malda. We were proceeding via GT road . Took a slight detour into Singur to have breakfast. Found a sweet stall and enjoyed local flavor sweets and kochori sabji. Ate rabdi, Milk sweets and got some for our travel too. The shop owner was very nice and friendly. When he understood that we are from Tamil Nadu he really was surprised .  The entire town of Singur had potato storing facility.

Again came back to the main road. Somehow Google got us into a village road. With lots of speed breakers, and curves. But with less lorry traffic. Via Rajipur, Burdwan, Palitpur, karimbridge we joined Baharampur highway.

Reached Malda by 6 pm . Lots of eateries were there just outside our hotel and enjoyed local bhelpuri chat and pani puri etc., Did little shopping and went back to room.

Total Kms. Travelled :337 Kms

Total Toll paid :Rs.270.00

Potato Storage facility

Day 3 : 7^th June, 2019

Plan was to reach Kolkatta today via Konark. Started by 5 am and drove via Puri – Konark Marine drive. All the trees along the cost were uprooted and it will take years to revive back the beauty. Fani has totally flattened everything. Reached Konark by 7 am . Konark Sun temple is a 13^th Century temple at Konark about 35 Kms north east of Puri. Dedicated to Sungod Surya, the temple has the appearance of a 100 foot high chariot with immense wheels, all curved from stone. The Sun Temple was beautiful with 24 wheels. There is a mandapam with beautiful sculpture depicting the various dance muthdras. The Architecture was unimaginable. The restoration work of the damaged parts are underway. We were wondering how this temple would have been when it was built. Part of the sculptures were damaged. But still it had its own beauty.

Had breakfast near the temple in a Marwadi hotel. Poori and Subji. Was delicious. We actually enjoyed the local flavors very much. Was very different from south Indian food. Found lots of  lychee fruits sellers on the road and that was our lunch. Mangoes and lychee. Via Cuttack , Panikolli, Bhadrak, Baleeshwar we entered into West Bengal. At the checkpost we had to face some culprits. Few men stopped our car and demanded Rs.3000 . Asked for reason and they said ‘no proper documents’ (without out even checking). We whisked away when the guy went to stop the next vehicle. Ha ha ! narrow escape. Via Vidyasagar Bridge entered into Kolkatta and checked in a hotel which was in Salt lake city. As we  were planning to proceed to Darjelling via Malda we preferred staying in Salt lake city. Had dinner in the  hotel restaurant.

Total Kms. Travelled :579 Kms

Total Toll paid :Rs.590.00 approx.