Road to BHUTAN-
Today I am going to share my adventurous road journey from GUWAHATI to BHUTAN.
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My husband likes hilly places and I love beaches. The trip to Bhutan was totally his idea. He himself did all the findings, printed out the route and maps using GOOGLE MAP. I was totally unaware of this. I was thinking that two more families would be also joining us. But on 12th April 2017, I got to know that only we two would be going. Hearing this my reaction was, " Oh my GOD,this is a very very bad idea.I will not go. Lets's go to some known place like Kerela or Goa." I denied for the trip saying that it would be dangerous and nobody from our known source have traveled to Bhutan through road.But he was over excited for this trip and just asked me one question ," Do you trust me??"Huh...gathering come courage I said YES for the trip...
Well this was the madness of my loving Husband..Now let me brief about the journey>>>>>
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THE JOURNEY -
At around 5.30 we reached Jaigaon. And guess what we were standing infront of the Indo-Bhutan Border gate. Near the gate stands a board which said "WELCOME TO THE ROYAL KINGDOM OF BHUTAN." Ohhhhhh myyyyyyy God.... Actually we were going to enter Bhutan. We did it.....It just can't be explained in words what we were feeling at that time.
Pic: Indo-Bhutan border gate
Time to enter Bhutan. At the border gate there is no requirement for any permit. The town which touched the Indo-Bhutan border is Phuentsholing. Our first word entering Bhutan was "Waooohhhhh" We were lost in our emotions of joy and happiness.We were speechless seeing the beauty and cleanliness of the town. Suddenly one of our phone rang and we were amazed to find the Indian Telecom network working in Phuentsholing. It was already 6'o clock in the evening and Hotel was already booked by my husband. Somehow we managed to find our hotel and checked in. The people out there were so helpful. A peaceful and happy atmosphere existed in Phuentsholing.
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Well this was our journey from Guwahati to Phuentsholing. Hope my readers have enjoyed reading it.Stay tuned to my blog for experiencing my adventurous journey from Phuentsholing to Thimpu and Paro, the two beautiful cities of Bhutan.
Today I am going to share my adventurous road journey from GUWAHATI to BHUTAN.
********************************************************************************
My husband likes hilly places and I love beaches. The trip to Bhutan was totally his idea. He himself did all the findings, printed out the route and maps using GOOGLE MAP. I was totally unaware of this. I was thinking that two more families would be also joining us. But on 12th April 2017, I got to know that only we two would be going. Hearing this my reaction was, " Oh my GOD,this is a very very bad idea.I will not go. Lets's go to some known place like Kerela or Goa." I denied for the trip saying that it would be dangerous and nobody from our known source have traveled to Bhutan through road.But he was over excited for this trip and just asked me one question ," Do you trust me??"Huh...gathering come courage I said YES for the trip...
Well this was the madness of my loving Husband..Now let me brief about the journey>>>>>
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THE JOURNEY -
“14th
April 2016” at around 9.30 am we started off to Bhutan from Guwahati on our Alto K10 vxi. Our partner for the whole trip was Google map. Thanks to Google map
and Vodafone network.
We took the way through Saraighat Bridge crossing the mighty
Brahmaputra. Then we crossed Mirza and reached Chaygaon, a small town in Kamrup
district. Then we entered Goalpara district through Highway 17 and reached Agia. The roads leading to our destination was smooth enough and we didn't find any difficulty during our journey.
Pic: Road to Goalpara:
Without entering the Goalpara city from Agia we proceeded towards Bongaigaon district. Agia -> Jogighopa(through Naranarayan Setu) -> Abhayapuri -> North Salmara -> Bongaigaon Civil Hospital.We
entered Bongaigaon city as it was the shortcut to touch the highway to Chirang district.We halted in Bongaigaon city for a while and had our lunch.
Then we started our journey again. From Chirang District we entered West
Bengal through Srirampur gate and then we headed towards Alipurduar through
Highway 31C, then Gossaingaon=> Hasimara through highway 317 and reached the town named Jaigaon in West Bengal which is the border town to Bhutan.We were little bit scared when we were passing by Hasimara as we had to cross a forest.The forest area was about 1 km - 2 km. My husband increased the speed of our car as dusk was falling rapidly. We were relaxed to see a small board " State Bank of India welcome you to Jaigaon." What a sense of relief.
At around 5.30 we reached Jaigaon. And guess what we were standing infront of the Indo-Bhutan Border gate. Near the gate stands a board which said "WELCOME TO THE ROYAL KINGDOM OF BHUTAN." Ohhhhhh myyyyyyy God.... Actually we were going to enter Bhutan. We did it.....It just can't be explained in words what we were feeling at that time.
Time to enter Bhutan. At the border gate there is no requirement for any permit. The town which touched the Indo-Bhutan border is Phuentsholing. Our first word entering Bhutan was "Waooohhhhh" We were lost in our emotions of joy and happiness.We were speechless seeing the beauty and cleanliness of the town. Suddenly one of our phone rang and we were amazed to find the Indian Telecom network working in Phuentsholing. It was already 6'o clock in the evening and Hotel was already booked by my husband. Somehow we managed to find our hotel and checked in. The people out there were so helpful. A peaceful and happy atmosphere existed in Phuentsholing.
Some notable points: No vehicles horns are allowed in Bhutan and no overtaking of vehicles.
It was an 8 hour journey. Though from inside I was a little bit scared but when we saw the board which said " WELCOME TO THE ROYAL KINGDOM OF BHUTAN" our happiness knew no limits.
It was an 8 hour journey. Though from inside I was a little bit scared but when we saw the board which said " WELCOME TO THE ROYAL KINGDOM OF BHUTAN" our happiness knew no limits.
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Well this was our journey from Guwahati to Phuentsholing. Hope my readers have enjoyed reading it.Stay tuned to my blog for experiencing my adventurous journey from Phuentsholing to Thimpu and Paro, the two beautiful cities of Bhutan.
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