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  May each morning bring in the hues of happiness.  Life goes on despite....  TV news showed a group singing Ajeeb dastan hai yeh at Keventer's Darjeeling as Kanchenjungha glistened in the sun...  The task bar below flashed Omicron e 2 joner mrityu.  Life is all about a strange tale.  You live each day till the end.  To another 365 days.....   

 Life before GPS:- Stop your car at a random place, call out to  a random person going somewhere on a cycle,  -দাদা, 17/1/Bটা কোথায়?  -জানিনা।  Unfazed, you stop at a grocery, a পাড়ার মুদির দোকান - কার বাড়ি বলুন তো?  - ওই ত Mr....  - কে, কে আছে?  -কাকু, কাকী আর একটা কুকুর।  - কি রঙ এর কুকুর বলুন?  - সাদা মনে হয়।  -আচ্ছা, ডান দিকে গিয়ে, ৫ নং বাড়ি। সাদা কুকুর বারান্দা তেই থাকে।  So I reverse and arrive . The house doesn't look the same, I ring the bell nonetheless.  A dog comes out running and barks aggressively through the bars of the bslcony.  The person who opens the door is less beligerant and actually knows the family I am looking for.  I thank her, and finally arrive at my destination.  This time it was easy.Open Google Map. An unknown lady with a strange accent kept giving the directions and though she took us around a bit because I chose a route with less traffic, I arrived without having to ask around.  The dog had passed away and the uncle and aunty have grown old and

 Find someone to share  The adrenaline in adventure The song in the sunset  The ramble in a road trip A story in a sojourn Else, go solo.  Make a saga out of the solitude. 

  -In my country you give the first line of the story! Karen, in Out of Africa.  What would the first line be for me?  Africa came into my life with চা৺দের পাহাড়। And I always wanted to be like Joy Adamson or Jane Goodall. Live in the wild.  Didn't happen. Lead a humdrum life, grew old and arthritic.  But Africa did happen from a chance discovery of a childhood school mate, whom I call the queen of Africa. Mau helped me with my dream the second time.  Traversing in her land cruiser, from the foothills of Kilimanjaro to the Savannah of Masai Mara, Africa can never grow old. It springs surprises when you are complacent and amazes you even if you have come with an attitude of I have seen it all. PC Abhro Last time I missed the king, but this time I found him courting his sweetheart. The honeymoon couple ready for action, as our guide said.  PC Abhro Herds of elephants surrounding our car and crossing the road. Stay silent, they hate noise! Warning.  Leopard n cheetahs up close.  PC :