LIFE OF AN ARMY PERSON'S DAUGHTER

In this second post of the LIFE OF AN ARMY PERSON'S DAUGHTER, we'll be continuing from where we left. We began our journey to our new posting, The Embassy of India in Bhutan, with excitement and anticipation of new experiences and lots of transport changes.    "Thimphu from the top of the National Memorial Chorten"   by  markhorrell  is licensed under  CC BY-NC-SA 2.0                        Our first destination was Pathankot. The mode of travel was a metre gauge train. For those who don't know about this train let me brief you a little, it is a basically kind of a small sized train, locally known as chhuk-chhuk train, used highly for transportation in Himachal Pradesh. "KSR - Rounding a Curve"   by  Mike Legend  is licensed under  CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 From Pathankot we took a train for Delhi. We were to board our train, Guwahati Express, to our next destination in the eastern part of India, namely New Alipurduar. Upon reaching New Alipurduar, we took a bus,

Hey Guys, This is my first blog and I wanted to share some experiences of my life, that is, THE LIFE OF A ARMY PERSON'S DAUGHTER. Whenever I make any new friends and inform them about my Army background, the first question they ever ask is not about the medals or the uniform, it is almost always about the BOXES we use during our travels, A TRADEMARK OF ARMY LIFE. As kids of an Army person, our father, our lives were ruled by strict discipline and more then plenty room for our mischiefs  and shenanigans. In this blog I'll be sharing  my journeys of the various postings, shenanigans and few family trips I went on with my family. So lets get this started. My earliest memories are of Alhilal Cantt, Himachal Pradesh. Our quarter was in a remote area surrounded by forests on all four sides. I still can feel my fascination right now when I got to know that bears and leopards roam outside our homes, in our courtyard at night. Wild animal sightings were quite commonplace and we got used