New Years' Day, 2014. It's time to wrap this blog up.
Firstly, here's a final photo, of me, on elephant-back, taken by Michel Hebert, a Canadian academic I met in Kaziranga National Park (thank you Michel):
And here is a list of all the great people I met, who helped me, who drank with me, and generally confirmed my belief in human nature:
In no particular order -
Firstly, here's a final photo, of me, on elephant-back, taken by Michel Hebert, a Canadian academic I met in Kaziranga National Park (thank you Michel):
And here is a list of all the great people I met, who helped me, who drank with me, and generally confirmed my belief in human nature:
In no particular order -
- M. Michel Hebert, Kaziranga National Park, Assam. Thank-you for sharing a beer and taking the photo here.
- Mr Jayanta Kumar Das, Kalaigaon [http://paper.li/jayantakrdas/1311527534] [http://assammind.blogspot.co.uk]. Thank-you for helping me find what I went to India looking for.
- Mr Habibur Rahman, Officer in Charge, Kalaigaon Police Station, Kalaigaon, Assam. Thank-you for the amazing help in finding what I came to look for.
- Mr Kabir Borpatra Gohain, Guwahati, Assam. Thanks for sorting out my phone, and the beers in that really cool bar in Guwahati (and the crazy motorbike ride to get there !).
- Mr A.S.B. Dutt, Tezpur Station Club, Assam. Thank-you for showing me around and looking through the old records.
- Sonam, Sonam's Kitchen, Darjeeling, West Bengal. Thanks for the great atmosphere and the great food [http://www.darjeeling-tourism.com/darj_00006b.htm]
- Mr and Mrs Darshan Singh Lehl, Darjeeling, West Bengal. Thanks for the chat and the evenings drinking in the Hotel Mohit bar. A bar without beer?
- Robbie
- Oliver, Anna and Henry, Kolkata, Darjeeling and Delhi. We seemed to have organised a parallel trip! Thank-you for sharing it and the advice in Kolkata, and for spending my birthday evening with Jenny and me at Sonam's.
- Fiona and Tod (The Beard), Darjeeling Railway Station, West Bengal [http://www.spanglefish.com/fionaroberts/index.asp], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beard-In-Nepal-Fiona-Roberts/dp/1780996756]. Friendly faces at a sort of frustrating time, and the book is great !
Hi Paul, I was reading your letter your 1917 you put online. Your letter mentioned George Bridge, a planter in the Assam/Mangaloi district. Well, he happens to be my great great grandfather. He set up some plantations there. I came across his name by accident (http://www.tonganitea.com/intro.html). I am, myself, going to this region 18/12/15 to also find any trace of him. Any advice would be great seeing our rleations crossed paths a century ago! regards Paul
ReplyDeleteoh, you can contact me if you like at: baoluopaul@yahoo.co.uk
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