Travel is a part of our current life that we can't deny. Travel refreshes our tired and dull minds with the touch of a magic wand. I am a traveling Bengali from beginning to end.Every year, I rush here to find some relief from a busy life somewhere. So this year my travel destination is the enchanting Sundarbans. Our journey to the Sundarbans starts from Sealdah station. From here we reached Sonakhali launch ghat by bus or auto via Canning station by local train. From there we started to enter the Sundarbans little by little by launching. Since the launch, the scene has been changing from moment to moment.After walking for a while, you can see different types of unnamed trees and the sweet sounds of birds coming from both sides of the river. As I glanced at the water from the launch, I saw the famous Gangetic dolphin, or colloquially called porpoise. Then when I got off the launch the sun was about to set in the western sky. It was a cold winter day. The Sundarbans is rich in natural diversity.From our guide we came to know that about 350 species of plants are found in the Sundarbans which is spread across these two countries, India and Bangladesh. Most of these are mangrove plants. The next day I went out on a jungle safari and saw the sunlight falling on the ground through the gaps in the dense forest.
Unknown trees, the sounds of birds, and a strange magical silence surround the whole of nature. In the meantime, the plants with the root and the root have made the environment more magical. On the way I saw all kinds of beautiful flowers and herbs. I heard from the guide that there are many types of medicinal plants in this forest. Among the most captivating trees are the famous Sundari, Garan and Gewa trees.
Another important and integral part of the Sundarbans forest is the fauna here. The land of the Sundarbans is a paradise for different kinds of animals. Of particular note is the Royal Bengal Tiger. However, due to the significant reduction in the number of tigers at present, tigers are not easily spotted.
On the first day of the jungle safari we also did not see the tiger. But what fell in the eyes is no less. From a distance we saw the famous Chitra deer herd of the Sundarbans coming to the river to drink water; Strangely beautiful birds are flying from the branches of the tree. On the way, I came to know that there are many very beautiful but terribly poisonous snakes in the forest of Sundarbans. It is obligatory to keep guides and carbolic acid with you while traveling to beware of them. So if you don't taste the local flavors while traveling, that trip will remain incomplete. For this purpose, I was overwhelmed when I went to taste different foods of the Sundarbans.
The locals will never forget the taste of forest chicken meat broth cooked in earthen pots. Moreover, the crab soup cooked for lunch on the day of Jalbihar was also impeccable. Special mention should be made of the pure honey collected from the forest here. During the rest of the day, a variety of fresh and delicious fish satisfies our taste buds.
Thus, after spending a few days in the lap of nature in the Sundarbans, we came back to our own lives. We chose the waterway to return. That means returning to the city by launching directly from the Sundarbans. That experience was also strangely beautiful.
Those few days in this perfect shelter of nature provided me with the means to survive for the next year. Maybe that's why when I go to sleep in the soft bed of the city house tonight, the memory of that jungle night spent at lunch or seeing the tiger from the window of the tree-house on a full moon night comes to mind. This is the true meaning of burning up of bad psychic imprints.