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Murti Part-3

In this winter evening we are sitting inside the room at Resort Murti. Our general conversations are going on. We are very happy to be in this gigantic (comparing to general cottages) and nice room. Soumya is telling us about a brilliant idea that has come to his mind (thanks to the egg pakoras! If you are wondering why, please read the first post on Murti). The idea is on some kind of utilization of this long open space inside this big room. Seeing Soumendu's expression about this idea on his face, Soumya quickly has changed his words to give the idea a new meaning. ;)

Our dinner is ready. We have come out of the room. There are three rooms in a row under the same shade. We are staying in the room in the middle. In front of our cottage some distance away is the dinning place. The dining place looks very nice. Its a place under a big shade with knee height boundary walls. That means all sides are open. Its a winter night and you can feel the chill sitting here. But we are getting accustomed with the chill. Our dinner is being served.

We are staying in the room in the middle

We have finished our dinner. We are now having a nice slow walk inside the resort compound. Some men from the other tourist groups are also doing so. We have joined them and have started conversations. We are planning to go outside the resort and have a stroll there. 

We are walking on the road outside the resort. There is no street light here. I am feeling an urge to go to the bridge on the river Murti. I am placing the proposal to others and Soumya got very much interested. Other people are also interested. The road is dark so somebody from us has gone into the resort to take a torch. I am feeling excited to go to the river in the night.

We are now walking towards the bridge. In the resort, we have heard that two wild elephants were present under the bridge last night. So we are thrilled. Argha probably is a bit nervous and hesitating to go there. I am trying to convince him. Seeing the eagerness and excitement in me, he is now following us. I am walking with Soumya in front. Argha and Soumendu is just behind us. The rest of the team is also coming with us.

We are walking towards the bridge on river Murti

We have now reached on the bank of the river. A vast open space is in front of us - the river bed. It is a moonlit night. We can see the riverbed - the pebbles and flowing water in the moonlight. Soumendu is trying to capture the riverbed in his camera only using the moonlight. But the camera is nothing if compared to the human eyes. Now the person having the torch switched on it and Soumendu clicked a picture of the riverbed.

The river Murti in the torchlight

We are now standing on the bridge on the river Murti. The water is flowing under the bridge and making a nice sound. Standing here, in the moonlight we can see the river coming from a distant place and going far away. We all are watching silently. The sweet sound of the flowing shallow river is making the experience mystical. We can see the jungle on the other side of the river. I am thinking if a leopard comes running from the other side of the bridge then what will happen. I am thrilled. We are depending on our faith that elephants do not board on bridges. It feels so much adventurous standing here while enjoying the enormous beauty of nature through our eyes and ears  and feeling the cool bridge through our skins. I am thanking the mother nature for providing the opportunity to have this great experience of my life.
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