My dear Mimi & Jhum,
In the absence of any return mail so far, on the basis of tele-talks yesterday, I hope every thing is fine with all of you over there. Tomorrow I am accompanying Moni only to Jogjakarta, which one can reach in one hour &ten minutes from here by air, 7/8 hrs by train. We will visit two old temples:-a) Barobuder- Buddhist one and b) Prammanan- Hindu one for Brmha, Vishnu and Maheswar, all three together, about which I may be able to tell you after the visit. While in Jogjakarta Moni will take to a renowned local ballet on Ramayana in the evening.
We will be returning the next day, and on Friday go out for four days, to Lombok another big island near Bali and equally attractive via Suraviya. From there we will go before daybreak to see sunrise near a live volcano called Bromo at a higher altitude; I may be able to tell in greater details about these places after return only. Today is Singapore’s Independence Day. Both for India & Indonesia the same will be celebrated next week on 15th & 17th respectively. There is a difference though; while their national flag is hoisted by one & all over here, reportedly without exception, many in our country do not.
This place is cleaner than our cities. I have not come across any stray dog or crow or other scavenger animal/bird on the streets, which could be because many of our people throw garbage etc. outside. Wherever I have gone I have found clean toilets & people use those paying due charges ungrudgingly. Flora and fauna are mostly common with our sub-continent, yet there are quite a few Trees/plants/fruits I have not seen earlier. Among fruits their are-snake fruit, dragon fruit, durian (comparable with jack fruit) etc., plants, and trees I can’t name.
That will be the end of my site-seeing here; because Sudipto will go outstation on return from Lombok, and at the next week end, i.e., 21st instant I shall be returning by Singapore Airline Flt. No.SQ416 landing in Kolkata at approx. 21 hrs. Let Pranab attend.
Wish you all the very best.
BABA
In the absence of any return mail so far, on the basis of tele-talks yesterday, I hope every thing is fine with all of you over there. Tomorrow I am accompanying Moni only to Jogjakarta, which one can reach in one hour &ten minutes from here by air, 7/8 hrs by train. We will visit two old temples:-a) Barobuder- Buddhist one and b) Prammanan- Hindu one for Brmha, Vishnu and Maheswar, all three together, about which I may be able to tell you after the visit. While in Jogjakarta Moni will take to a renowned local ballet on Ramayana in the evening.
We will be returning the next day, and on Friday go out for four days, to Lombok another big island near Bali and equally attractive via Suraviya. From there we will go before daybreak to see sunrise near a live volcano called Bromo at a higher altitude; I may be able to tell in greater details about these places after return only. Today is Singapore’s Independence Day. Both for India & Indonesia the same will be celebrated next week on 15th & 17th respectively. There is a difference though; while their national flag is hoisted by one & all over here, reportedly without exception, many in our country do not.
This place is cleaner than our cities. I have not come across any stray dog or crow or other scavenger animal/bird on the streets, which could be because many of our people throw garbage etc. outside. Wherever I have gone I have found clean toilets & people use those paying due charges ungrudgingly. Flora and fauna are mostly common with our sub-continent, yet there are quite a few Trees/plants/fruits I have not seen earlier. Among fruits their are-snake fruit, dragon fruit, durian (comparable with jack fruit) etc., plants, and trees I can’t name.
That will be the end of my site-seeing here; because Sudipto will go outstation on return from Lombok, and at the next week end, i.e., 21st instant I shall be returning by Singapore Airline Flt. No.SQ416 landing in Kolkata at approx. 21 hrs. Let Pranab attend.
Wish you all the very best.
BABA
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