During our return trip from Durgapur to Kalyani, we took a tea stop off the Durgapur Expressway. Nikita found this curious little thing (a hand water pump) and eventually figured out how to work it.

Remember my old friend that I finally traced down after nearly forty years? http://www.rajibroy.com/?p=4329

Today is the day I get to see him !! My brother and I started early at 7 am so we can zip thru the roads thru different villages before the villagers wake up. Instead, we are crawling with a fog visibility of less than 30 feet 🙁

For a town next to a river, this sure looks more like a hill station!!