The trip begins- After a hasty run from New Jalpaiguri Rly Stn and deliberate attempts by tour operators to fleece us we somehow managed to bargain a deal- NJP-Matigara-SGUJ Hotel- Darjeeling. As we reached Matigara just on time the Meter gauge Rail bus from Bagdogra to Siliguri arrives negotiating a dual gauge viaduct and through Tea plantations to give company (Trayambak Ojha)