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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
CSS Style Placeholder Text
Since ages we are using <LABEL> for labelling our form fields, our input fields. But very few of us use placeholder attribute to label the fields. Instead of using <LABEL>, its better to use "placeholder". We can use any text in that attribute and that particular text will appear in that input field.
Default color of the placeholder text is light grey in color. Although all browsers doesnt support this, but in the browsers implementing it so far shows light grey text. Its nice to have the default color but there are situations when your design doesnt support this. This default color doesnt go with the look and feel of your design. In those cases you have to look for styling the placeholder text. Here's the solution.
Use following CSS:
::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #999;
}
:-moz-placeholder {
color: #999;
}
::-moz-placeholder {
color: #999;
}
:-ms-input-placeholder {
color: #999;
}
Result
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HTML:
<input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Your Name"/>
Result
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Default color of the placeholder text is light grey in color. Although all browsers doesnt support this, but in the browsers implementing it so far shows light grey text. Its nice to have the default color but there are situations when your design doesnt support this. This default color doesnt go with the look and feel of your design. In those cases you have to look for styling the placeholder text. Here's the solution.
Use following CSS:
::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #999;
}
:-moz-placeholder {
color: #999;
}
::-moz-placeholder {
color: #999;
}
:-ms-input-placeholder {
color: #999;
}
HTML
<input type="text" name="name" id="nameBox" placeholder="Your Name"/>
CSS:
#nameBox::-webkit-input-placeholder{ color: #FF0000; }
#nameBox::-moz-placeholder{ color: #FF0000; }
#nameBox:-moz-placeholder{ color: #FF0000; }
#nameBox:-ms-input-placeholder{ color: #FF0000; }
Result
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Coastal Trek from Chandipur (Orissa) to Digha (West Bengal)
My last trek to Sandakphu and Phalut made me more addicted to trekking. Ofcourse addiction is wrong word to use for this. One of my friend Tilak came to know that I love to go for trekking, he asked me to join their Trekking club. I said no coz I never wanted to join any club as I dont like all the restrictions and rules of the clubs. But when I came to know about the list of members in that club I was amazed, they were all my batchmates. So I decided to join them. Me and 3 more friends joined them. We were introduced to the senior members of the club Debu Da, Ashish Da and Manash da. They were cool bole to masttttt ekdum. Loads of experience each one of them have more than 12 trek experiences. But this time they were not coming with us. Total 9 members decided to go for this trek.
We boarded early morning train from Kharagpur at 0400 hours Howrah Puri passenger. Reached Balasore at 0630 hours. Balasore to Chandipur is about 14Kms. Look for the public transport instead of hiring cabs from the railway station. Don't hire the cabs from railway station they will charge a lot. Walk towards the main road junction (Station chowk). We boarded a bus from that junction which charges 15 per head and time around 40 minutes to reach Chandipur. After few clicks we started, it was exactly 0800 hours.
Summary of our journey:
(time mentioned is for our future reference)
DAY 01: Chandipur to Dogra
Chandipur: 0800 Hours
Chandipur is a well known place and pretty important to our nation also. There is an Indian Army Integrated Test Range (ITR) at this location. Many successful missiles like Akash, Agni, Prithvi have been launched from here. Chandipur beach is bit special from other beaches, during low tides the water recede up to five kilometers into the sea exposing the sands of the beach. After walking around 2.5Km we reach Balaramgudi village, where we have to cross Buribalam river to proceed further. The ghat was fully crowded with busy fishermen and fish merchants. After little bargaining with the boatman we boarded on a boat. Other side of the river is Joshipur. After walking for around 1.2 km we reach Majhichak village. Our next destination was Bahabulpur, trek to Bahabalpur was awesome. Beautiful designs on the sand made me stand every now and then and capture them, Hundreds of red crabs and some marine animals can be seen on this trail. From Majhchak to Bahabalpur is around 9.5 km trail.
At Bahabalpur, Buriamari River meets the Bay of Bengal in two streams forming a Wave-dominated Delta between its two streams. While floating from Bahabalpur to Koshaphol ghat you start from Burimari river than end up on Dugdugi river. Boats from Bahabalpur to Kosaphol are not available always, if you are fast enough then try to reach Bahabalpur ghat before 1130 Hours otherwise you have to wait another 2 Hours on the ghat, next boat is on 1330 Hours. Thats what happened with us half of us reached exactly at 1130 Hours but rest of the team was late by 10 minutes, so we were forced to wait for another 2 hours. But as they say "jo hota h ache k liye hota h" (whatever happens, happens for something good). There is a big fish market on this ghat where fishes are auctioned. We went into the market and bought some fishes (fabhda and ...) for our lunch. Our boat left on 1330 hours. We reached Kosaphol at 1430 hours. We were lucky to get our fish cooked and full apetite lunch. Our manager convinced a local person to prepare our lunch. After a jhkkkkkas lunch we resumed our trek.
After walking for around 5.8 km along the shore, we reached a beautiful river Chaulti. There were boats on the bank but no boatmen. Me and Mudi went into the nearby village looking for some boatmen who can make us cross that river, but adding on to our disappointment we found no help. We came back had a small team meeting and decided to cross the river. We loaded all our sacks on the boat and four of us Kiran, Tilak, Mudi and me lifted the anchor and started rowing somehow we reached otherside unloaded all the sacks and then me and Mudi came back for other members. After lot of shouting, laughing we crossed the river few had big smiles on their faces few were still in shock that we did it finally.
It was perfect sunset time when we crossed the river and you can see the pics below how beautiful the sight was. Few fishermen were busy with their nets we asked them how far is Dogra they said 12 more kms. They advised us to stay in their village for that night as there was some village fair going on. But we decided to continue as our target was to reach Dogra. Another ....km and we reached Haskhara Khari..it was low tide so there was knee height water in that river which ofcourse we crossed without any problems. But it was getting dark and the trail after haskhara khari was not so pleasant in dark. It was already dark and the artificial forests of crusians trees made it darker. Our team leader announced that now we all have to walk in group nobody should leave anybody. We all lightened our torchlights and headed towards Dogra. We walked for another half kilometer and it was completely dark. It was amazing to walk through forest in such a dark night on an unknown route, truely amazing. Few more kilometers and things got worse. No clue where we were heading towards, not sure whether we were going on a correct route or not. Meantime saw a light in hut, me and our captain Raghu went their to confirm the route of Dogra, there was a old lady cooking on a traditional chulha (stove) and there was an old man sleeping beside her coughing and sneezing, my first reaction was "o teri pura filmy style bhoot bangla type". With my deadly combination of oriya and bengali I converse with them and she confirmed that we are on the correct route. I asked her whether we can stay anywhere nearby or we have to reach Dogra only. She said there is a shed after around half kilometer where we can stay else we can go further for Dogra and she said its absolutely safe no need to worry. We reached that shed there was a tea stall and few locals sitting their. Had some tea and again back on track for Dogra. Trail from this point to Dogra was awesome. Completely dark night with sky full of stars, on our left side black line of forest on our right side black line of sea with sound of waves and wind and thin white line of waves on the shore coming up every now and then. After a long walk we reached Dogra. There was a PWD Inspection bunglow where we stayed. Perfect accommodation and pefect food made by the care taker of that bunglow Mr. Kalu (....name). The PWD Inspection bungalow has two rooms, and can accommodate 6-7 persons at a time.
Dogra PWD Inspection Bunglow, Kalu Da: 09937373794
DAY 02: Dogra to Digha
After a apetite food and pleasant sleep at Dogra, next morning we started around 0700 Hours. Walking along the shore with sun rising slowly and gradually changing its color showing all shades of red to orange to yellow, it was a great experience. Our next stop was Kankdapal village which is bank of Subarnarekha river. To cross subarnarekha river you will not get boats every time you show up on the bank. Boats are scheduled on this ghat so you better reach in time otherwise wait for next scheduled boat. It's around 10kms from Dogra. Subarnarekha ghat is real scenic beauty cant explain in words, you cant walk with your shoes on you have to walk bare foot. There was a boat scheduled at 0930 hours so our target was to reach before 0930 Hours. We reached in time the boatman was yet to come there were few fellow passengers locals who were also waiting for the boatman to come who was going to take us otherside.
The boat takes 35minutes to cross the river. We reached kirtaniya ghat, completely muddy you have to walk very carefully. We had a small team meeting and breakfast at Kirtaniya ghat. It was 1130 Hours when we started from Kirtaniya ghat. From Kirtaniya Ghat you have to walk through villages on pitch roads. First village came was Matikacha village its around 3km from Kirtaniya Ghat. Our next stop was Talsari, trail of 7.8Km from Matikacha village complete village trek you can't see beach on this trail, walk through the forests through burial and burning grounds. Talsari is a tourist place so you will get hotels and restaurants here. The moment we reached Talsari our captain Suman da arranged big coconuts for all of us. That was perfect relief it was already 1330HOurs sun was showering heat at its best. After a refreshing drink we had lunch at a hotel. From Talsari Digha was just 4.5Kms. So we decided to rest for half an hour more. We left Talsari at 1515Hours. There is a small river with about knee height water walk across it. After a walk of 2.5Km along the beach another spot comes Udaypur. From Udaypur Digha is just 2Km. It was around 1600 Hours when we reached Digha. We decided to stay at Digha and celebrate our trek. After fulllllon masti that night next day we boarded train from Digha.
It was a great experience, when we reported our club seniors that we completed the trek in 1.5 day they were amazed and very happy they said that normally people cover this trail in 2.5 days. Even we were happy that we made kind of record for this route.
Our team:
We boarded early morning train from Kharagpur at 0400 hours Howrah Puri passenger. Reached Balasore at 0630 hours. Balasore to Chandipur is about 14Kms. Look for the public transport instead of hiring cabs from the railway station. Don't hire the cabs from railway station they will charge a lot. Walk towards the main road junction (Station chowk). We boarded a bus from that junction which charges 15 per head and time around 40 minutes to reach Chandipur. After few clicks we started, it was exactly 0800 hours.
Summary of our journey:
(time mentioned is for our future reference)
DAY 01: Chandipur to Dogra
Chandipur: 0800 Hours
Chandipur is a well known place and pretty important to our nation also. There is an Indian Army Integrated Test Range (ITR) at this location. Many successful missiles like Akash, Agni, Prithvi have been launched from here. Chandipur beach is bit special from other beaches, during low tides the water recede up to five kilometers into the sea exposing the sands of the beach. After walking around 2.5Km we reach Balaramgudi village, where we have to cross Buribalam river to proceed further. The ghat was fully crowded with busy fishermen and fish merchants. After little bargaining with the boatman we boarded on a boat. Other side of the river is Joshipur. After walking for around 1.2 km we reach Majhichak village. Our next destination was Bahabulpur, trek to Bahabalpur was awesome. Beautiful designs on the sand made me stand every now and then and capture them, Hundreds of red crabs and some marine animals can be seen on this trail. From Majhchak to Bahabalpur is around 9.5 km trail.
At Bahabalpur, Buriamari River meets the Bay of Bengal in two streams forming a Wave-dominated Delta between its two streams. While floating from Bahabalpur to Koshaphol ghat you start from Burimari river than end up on Dugdugi river. Boats from Bahabalpur to Kosaphol are not available always, if you are fast enough then try to reach Bahabalpur ghat before 1130 Hours otherwise you have to wait another 2 Hours on the ghat, next boat is on 1330 Hours. Thats what happened with us half of us reached exactly at 1130 Hours but rest of the team was late by 10 minutes, so we were forced to wait for another 2 hours. But as they say "jo hota h ache k liye hota h" (whatever happens, happens for something good). There is a big fish market on this ghat where fishes are auctioned. We went into the market and bought some fishes (fabhda and ...) for our lunch. Our boat left on 1330 hours. We reached Kosaphol at 1430 hours. We were lucky to get our fish cooked and full apetite lunch. Our manager convinced a local person to prepare our lunch. After a jhkkkkkas lunch we resumed our trek.
After walking for around 5.8 km along the shore, we reached a beautiful river Chaulti. There were boats on the bank but no boatmen. Me and Mudi went into the nearby village looking for some boatmen who can make us cross that river, but adding on to our disappointment we found no help. We came back had a small team meeting and decided to cross the river. We loaded all our sacks on the boat and four of us Kiran, Tilak, Mudi and me lifted the anchor and started rowing somehow we reached otherside unloaded all the sacks and then me and Mudi came back for other members. After lot of shouting, laughing we crossed the river few had big smiles on their faces few were still in shock that we did it finally.
It was perfect sunset time when we crossed the river and you can see the pics below how beautiful the sight was. Few fishermen were busy with their nets we asked them how far is Dogra they said 12 more kms. They advised us to stay in their village for that night as there was some village fair going on. But we decided to continue as our target was to reach Dogra. Another ....km and we reached Haskhara Khari..it was low tide so there was knee height water in that river which ofcourse we crossed without any problems. But it was getting dark and the trail after haskhara khari was not so pleasant in dark. It was already dark and the artificial forests of crusians trees made it darker. Our team leader announced that now we all have to walk in group nobody should leave anybody. We all lightened our torchlights and headed towards Dogra. We walked for another half kilometer and it was completely dark. It was amazing to walk through forest in such a dark night on an unknown route, truely amazing. Few more kilometers and things got worse. No clue where we were heading towards, not sure whether we were going on a correct route or not. Meantime saw a light in hut, me and our captain Raghu went their to confirm the route of Dogra, there was a old lady cooking on a traditional chulha (stove) and there was an old man sleeping beside her coughing and sneezing, my first reaction was "o teri pura filmy style bhoot bangla type". With my deadly combination of oriya and bengali I converse with them and she confirmed that we are on the correct route. I asked her whether we can stay anywhere nearby or we have to reach Dogra only. She said there is a shed after around half kilometer where we can stay else we can go further for Dogra and she said its absolutely safe no need to worry. We reached that shed there was a tea stall and few locals sitting their. Had some tea and again back on track for Dogra. Trail from this point to Dogra was awesome. Completely dark night with sky full of stars, on our left side black line of forest on our right side black line of sea with sound of waves and wind and thin white line of waves on the shore coming up every now and then. After a long walk we reached Dogra. There was a PWD Inspection bunglow where we stayed. Perfect accommodation and pefect food made by the care taker of that bunglow Mr. Kalu (....name). The PWD Inspection bungalow has two rooms, and can accommodate 6-7 persons at a time.
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| Dogra PWD Inspection Bunglow |
Dogra PWD Inspection Bunglow, Kalu Da: 09937373794
DAY 02: Dogra to Digha
After a apetite food and pleasant sleep at Dogra, next morning we started around 0700 Hours. Walking along the shore with sun rising slowly and gradually changing its color showing all shades of red to orange to yellow, it was a great experience. Our next stop was Kankdapal village which is bank of Subarnarekha river. To cross subarnarekha river you will not get boats every time you show up on the bank. Boats are scheduled on this ghat so you better reach in time otherwise wait for next scheduled boat. It's around 10kms from Dogra. Subarnarekha ghat is real scenic beauty cant explain in words, you cant walk with your shoes on you have to walk bare foot. There was a boat scheduled at 0930 hours so our target was to reach before 0930 Hours. We reached in time the boatman was yet to come there were few fellow passengers locals who were also waiting for the boatman to come who was going to take us otherside.
The boat takes 35minutes to cross the river. We reached kirtaniya ghat, completely muddy you have to walk very carefully. We had a small team meeting and breakfast at Kirtaniya ghat. It was 1130 Hours when we started from Kirtaniya ghat. From Kirtaniya Ghat you have to walk through villages on pitch roads. First village came was Matikacha village its around 3km from Kirtaniya Ghat. Our next stop was Talsari, trail of 7.8Km from Matikacha village complete village trek you can't see beach on this trail, walk through the forests through burial and burning grounds. Talsari is a tourist place so you will get hotels and restaurants here. The moment we reached Talsari our captain Suman da arranged big coconuts for all of us. That was perfect relief it was already 1330HOurs sun was showering heat at its best. After a refreshing drink we had lunch at a hotel. From Talsari Digha was just 4.5Kms. So we decided to rest for half an hour more. We left Talsari at 1515Hours. There is a small river with about knee height water walk across it. After a walk of 2.5Km along the beach another spot comes Udaypur. From Udaypur Digha is just 2Km. It was around 1600 Hours when we reached Digha. We decided to stay at Digha and celebrate our trek. After fulllllon masti that night next day we boarded train from Digha.
It was a great experience, when we reported our club seniors that we completed the trek in 1.5 day they were amazed and very happy they said that normally people cover this trail in 2.5 days. Even we were happy that we made kind of record for this route.
Our team:
Friday, February 14, 2014
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Trip to Sandakphu and Phalut
Trek to Sadakphu and Phalut - the very first trek trip of my life!. Not exactly first coz earlier I trek to Amarnath but that was altogether different scenario and experience. You don't have to carry your stuff along with you on Amarnath Trek. But this was totally different from that trek. Sandakphu and Phalut trek is known to be the best trek for those who are introducing themselves into the world of trekking. Let me tell you why this one is considered for beginners becoz all along the route there are many shelters and food availability. There are many Trekkers hut available enroute to Sandakphu and Phalut. Normally these trekkers hut are vacant, but you never know if its not your day then you might have to spend your night in some strangers kitchen shivering and regretting your decision of trek. We booked Trekkers hut in 4 different spots: Gairibas, Sandakphu, Phalut and Srikhola. Only problem with booking a trekkers hut is you have to reach those spots before it gets dark. I would suggest you to book those huts because in places like Phalut there is no shelter other than Government Trekkers Hut.
You can book Trekkers Hut from Gorkha Territorial Administration Office. It is exactly opposite to City Centre, Saltlake, Kolkata. Cost may vary depending on the GTA rules.
You can see the below map and decide which is the best route and halts for you. This map is made by Arpan Gurung, official guide of Singalila National Park and Sandakphu and Phalut Trek route.
From Kolkata there are loads of train to NJP (New Jalpaiguri or Siliguri). From NJP you can book a cab for Manebhanjyang. Its around 3 hours journey from NJP to Manebhanjyang or you can try buses which start from NJP railway station and via Mirik reaches SukiaPokhari. From SukiaPokhari you can continue up to Manebhanjyang. There is a Guide and Porters association office in the entrance of Manebhanjyang where you can hire a guide or porter for your trek. It is compulsory to take a guide with you in this route. Either you can start your trek same day or you can stay at Manebhanjyang and start your trek next morning. There are few hotels where you can stay and enjoy the scenic beauty of this special village. This village is on LOC (Line of Control) or rather I should say DOC (Drain Of Control), a small drain acts as a border between India and Nepal. You can see the image below.
Next morning we started our journey. There is a checkpost where you have to register your details and pay Rs.100 per head. Its an entrance fees for Singalila National Park.
Summary of our journey:
(time mentioned is for our future reference)
DAY 01: Manebhanjyang to Gairibas
Manebhanjyang: 0730 Hours
You have to register here before starting your trek and pay entrance fees for Singalila National Park. Then your journey starts. Distance from Manebhanjyang to Chitrey is 2Km but the uphill will surely make you breathe louder and faster than your normal. There is a steep hill section clearly visible in front of you. It would be better to walk slowly during uphills. Best way is to walk with half of your normal step and breathe heavily and keep yourself relaxed.
Chitrey: 0930 Hours
Once you reach Chitrey lookout for Chitrey Monastery on the left side, it is in Nepal. In local language Monastery is called as Chesem. Also lookout for big rock in the shape of Tiger's head, "Tiger Head Rock". There is a small hotel I must say only hotel where you can have your refreshment, you can have your breakfast and go ahead.
Lamaydhura: 1030 Hours
As you leave Chitrey lookout for Chimal and Magnolia trees on the route and if you are one of the luckiest person on earth then you can see a little Red Panda on one of its tree. Lamaydhura is a small village where handful of Tibetan families reside.
Meghma: 1200 Hours
Meghma, most of the time covered with Clouds (Megh). There is a Monastery here and a checkpost where you have to register your details and show your IDs at SSB checkpost to go further. The trail from Lamaydhura to Meghma Village is very beautiful surrounded with lot of flora and fauna on the way.
Tumling:1300 Hours
There is one of the best lodge of that area "Shikhar Lodge". Both Lodging and fooding facilities available here. We also had our lunch here and left Tumling at 1330 Hours. The first landmark on the way is the Singalila Park entry check post. Once you cross it, it is a long hike till Jhaubari (2800 m/ 9186 ft).
Jhaubari: 1445 Hours
Jhaubari is not that small village. There were hotels and houses. There were plenty of fooding and lodging options here. A very small beautiful village, with few Toley (Hybrid variety of Yak) farms. From this village you have to turn right which will lead you to your next stop Gairibas.
Gairibas: 1600 Hours
From Jaubari to Gairibas is downhill. You will enjoy the last phase of your first day trek. At Gairibas you can stay in the Government Trekkers Hut. This place is surrounded by forest so if you are bird lover keep your eyes and ears open. You never know which species you can come across. We were bit lucky to get this beautiful bird to capture in our lense. Its Yellow Billed Blue Magpie.
DAY 02: Gairibas to Sandakphu
Gairibas: 0800 Hours
From Gairibas you have to start your day walking uphill. Both Land rover route and shortcut is uphill, so it would be better if you try shortcut. Its more beautiful to walk through the forest.
Kaiyankatta: 0930 Hours
There is small tea shop at Kaiyankatta. From Kaiyankatta to Kalipokhri its 4Kms trail, but there is another trail which is 5Km trail but its more beautiful and flat to walk on.
Kalipokhri: 1045 Hours
There is a Pokhar or Pond at this spot. You can have your lunch here because after this spot upto Sandakphu you wont get any place for refreshments. We had our lunch and took a long break and left for Sandakphu at 1330 Hours.
Sandakphu: 1530 Hours
From Kalpokhri to Sadakphu its a long trek where you have to go through Bikheybhanjyang. The route from here till Sandakphu is a 4 km steep incline. The trail zig zags up the hill full of Aconite plants. This Aconite plants is the reason behind the name of this place Bikheybhanjyang, Bikhey means "Vish" or Poison. Lookout for Sandakphu hill ahead. Sandakphu, at 3636 m/ 11,929 ft. is the highest peak in the state of West Bengal, India. Four of the five highest peaks in the world, Everest, Kanchendzonga, Lhotse and Makalu can be seen from its summit. From Sandakphu the best view of the mountain Kanchendzonga is possible, which is known as the sleeping Buddha or the sleeping Shiva. The last stretch to Sandakphu is full of Silver firs, Rhododendrons and Magnolia. Few Mobile networks are available at the highest point in Sandakphu. You can have a complete panaromic view of Himalayan Peaks. Very chill-wind flows which makes the temperature drop to sub zero. If you are lucky you can experience snow fall at Sandakphu, most probably in the month of January.
DAY 03: Sandakphu to Phalut
Sandakphu: 0730 Hours
Register your exit from Sandakphu at the checkpost and walk ahead towards the north. The trail is easy as the altitude of Sandakphu and Phalut is almost same. Complete trail from Sandakphu to Phalut is moderate, rocky path (gravel roads) with few muddy sections and forest cover this path. You will get the best views of Kangchendzonga while trekking towards Phalut. This stretch takes around 5 hours to reach your next stop Sabarkum also known as Shikarghum.
Shikharghum/sabarkum: 1230 Hours
Get your entry tickets checked here. You can have your lunch here, only thing you are going to get here is black tea and noodles soup. Its always better to carry some dry fruits and food with you so that you dont start hating noodles and affected with "NoodlesPhobia". Trail from Shikharghum to Phalut is 7km. There is 1 km of steep climb section at the end which can be negotiated by taking shortcuts. And there you are look out for Trekkers hut on the right side. The peak of Phalut is now only 5 to 10 minutes of hill climb section ahead.
Phalut: 1445 Hours
Phalut is a small grassland with minimal or no vegetation. Marvel at the grand view of Kangchendzonga which is said to be only 11kms as the bird flies. This is the best vantage point to observe the great peaks of Nepal, primarily the Everest family. Earlier it was known as Phalelung that means place where high speed wind flows. You can see the pic below as per the locals after establishing this Mane the wind is comparatively slower which made this place safer.
DAY 04 : Phalut (3600 m/11,811 ft) to Sirikhola via Shikharghum and Molley
Phalut:
Again same route from Phalut to Shikarghum can be covered in 1.5 hours then take left from the checkpost which will lead you to Molley through dense forests. The trail further is a series of descents and flat walks over rocky trails which are narrow and muddy. You should be careful and look for wooden logs placed as makeshift steps on the trail. This section will take anything from 30 to 40 minutes after which you find yourself inside a forest cover descending down.
Observe the red arrow signs marked on the trail side showing you the way to Sirikhola. You must make sure that you cover this trail during day light as it gets verrry dark in the forest. After consistent down hill you will reach this beautiful village Srikhola. Government Trekkers hut and private lodges are near the river and to reach that spot you can enjoy the Village Trek which you have to cover. The name of the river is Sri and khola means river. There is beautiful wooden bridge which you have to cross further to reach Rimbik. Look out for trekkers hut or lodge and enjoy the stay. You can have a camp fire celebrating your trek. Enjoy the evening.
Alternate trek routes from Phalut to Sirkhola :
Route 1: Phalut to Gorkey (5 km), to Rammam (9 km), to Sirkhola (12 km), total distance – 26 km. This is a longer route but very scenic. Experienced trekkers may want to take this route.
Route 2: Phalut to Sabarkum (7 km), to Rammam (16 km,) to Sirkhola (12 km), total distance – 35 km. This is a least trekked route and meant only for experienced trekkers. Ensure you start the day early as trekking in thick forest is required and it gets dark early from Molley to Rammam after lunch.
DAY 05:
You have to arrange for pickup in a jeep down to Darjeeling/Maneybhanjan from Sirkhola or trek down to Rimbik which is 7 km. From Rimbik you will get vehicles for Darjeeling.
Hotels at Manebhanjyang:
Hotel Pradhan: Mahesh Pradhan, Kalyani Pradhan
Ph: +91-973-414-8217, +91-834-821-7154
Jeevan Chetri also known as Masterji is very well known person in Manebhanjyang. You can contact this person for your arrangements. He got his own lodge also right on the main road of Manebhanjyang.
And ofcourse Arpan Gurung, a very well behaved Guide, the above map was made by him only. Master of shortcuts.
Arpan Gurung
Damey Gaon, Manebhanjyang
Gmail: arpangurungtrekking@gmail.com
Facebook Id
You can book Trekkers Hut from Gorkha Territorial Administration Office. It is exactly opposite to City Centre, Saltlake, Kolkata. Cost may vary depending on the GTA rules.
You can see the below map and decide which is the best route and halts for you. This map is made by Arpan Gurung, official guide of Singalila National Park and Sandakphu and Phalut Trek route.
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| Trek route map of Sandakphu and Phalut (Singalila National Park) by Arpan Gurung |
From Kolkata there are loads of train to NJP (New Jalpaiguri or Siliguri). From NJP you can book a cab for Manebhanjyang. Its around 3 hours journey from NJP to Manebhanjyang or you can try buses which start from NJP railway station and via Mirik reaches SukiaPokhari. From SukiaPokhari you can continue up to Manebhanjyang. There is a Guide and Porters association office in the entrance of Manebhanjyang where you can hire a guide or porter for your trek. It is compulsory to take a guide with you in this route. Either you can start your trek same day or you can stay at Manebhanjyang and start your trek next morning. There are few hotels where you can stay and enjoy the scenic beauty of this special village. This village is on LOC (Line of Control) or rather I should say DOC (Drain Of Control), a small drain acts as a border between India and Nepal. You can see the image below.
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| Manebhanjyang, India-Nepal Border |
Next morning we started our journey. There is a checkpost where you have to register your details and pay Rs.100 per head. Its an entrance fees for Singalila National Park.
Summary of our journey:
(time mentioned is for our future reference)
DAY 01: Manebhanjyang to Gairibas
Manebhanjyang: 0730 Hours
You have to register here before starting your trek and pay entrance fees for Singalila National Park. Then your journey starts. Distance from Manebhanjyang to Chitrey is 2Km but the uphill will surely make you breathe louder and faster than your normal. There is a steep hill section clearly visible in front of you. It would be better to walk slowly during uphills. Best way is to walk with half of your normal step and breathe heavily and keep yourself relaxed.
Chitrey: 0930 Hours
Once you reach Chitrey lookout for Chitrey Monastery on the left side, it is in Nepal. In local language Monastery is called as Chesem. Also lookout for big rock in the shape of Tiger's head, "Tiger Head Rock". There is a small hotel I must say only hotel where you can have your refreshment, you can have your breakfast and go ahead.
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| Chitrey Monastery |
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| Maney, Chitrey Monastery |
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| Tiger Head Rock, Chitrey |
As you leave Chitrey lookout for Chimal and Magnolia trees on the route and if you are one of the luckiest person on earth then you can see a little Red Panda on one of its tree. Lamaydhura is a small village where handful of Tibetan families reside.
Meghma: 1200 Hours
Meghma, most of the time covered with Clouds (Megh). There is a Monastery here and a checkpost where you have to register your details and show your IDs at SSB checkpost to go further. The trail from Lamaydhura to Meghma Village is very beautiful surrounded with lot of flora and fauna on the way.
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| Meghma Monastery, West Bengal, India |
There is one of the best lodge of that area "Shikhar Lodge". Both Lodging and fooding facilities available here. We also had our lunch here and left Tumling at 1330 Hours. The first landmark on the way is the Singalila Park entry check post. Once you cross it, it is a long hike till Jhaubari (2800 m/ 9186 ft).
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| Singalila National Park |
Jhaubari is not that small village. There were hotels and houses. There were plenty of fooding and lodging options here. A very small beautiful village, with few Toley (Hybrid variety of Yak) farms. From this village you have to turn right which will lead you to your next stop Gairibas.
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| An abandoned Cheese Factory, Jhaubari, West Bengal |
From Jaubari to Gairibas is downhill. You will enjoy the last phase of your first day trek. At Gairibas you can stay in the Government Trekkers Hut. This place is surrounded by forest so if you are bird lover keep your eyes and ears open. You never know which species you can come across. We were bit lucky to get this beautiful bird to capture in our lense. Its Yellow Billed Blue Magpie.
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| Yellow Billed Blue Magpie |
DAY 02: Gairibas to Sandakphu
Gairibas: 0800 Hours
From Gairibas you have to start your day walking uphill. Both Land rover route and shortcut is uphill, so it would be better if you try shortcut. Its more beautiful to walk through the forest.
Kaiyankatta: 0930 Hours
There is small tea shop at Kaiyankatta. From Kaiyankatta to Kalipokhri its 4Kms trail, but there is another trail which is 5Km trail but its more beautiful and flat to walk on.
Kalipokhri: 1045 Hours
There is a Pokhar or Pond at this spot. You can have your lunch here because after this spot upto Sandakphu you wont get any place for refreshments. We had our lunch and took a long break and left for Sandakphu at 1330 Hours.
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| Kalpokhari, West Bengal |
Sandakphu: 1530 Hours
From Kalpokhri to Sadakphu its a long trek where you have to go through Bikheybhanjyang. The route from here till Sandakphu is a 4 km steep incline. The trail zig zags up the hill full of Aconite plants. This Aconite plants is the reason behind the name of this place Bikheybhanjyang, Bikhey means "Vish" or Poison. Lookout for Sandakphu hill ahead. Sandakphu, at 3636 m/ 11,929 ft. is the highest peak in the state of West Bengal, India. Four of the five highest peaks in the world, Everest, Kanchendzonga, Lhotse and Makalu can be seen from its summit. From Sandakphu the best view of the mountain Kanchendzonga is possible, which is known as the sleeping Buddha or the sleeping Shiva. The last stretch to Sandakphu is full of Silver firs, Rhododendrons and Magnolia. Few Mobile networks are available at the highest point in Sandakphu. You can have a complete panaromic view of Himalayan Peaks. Very chill-wind flows which makes the temperature drop to sub zero. If you are lucky you can experience snow fall at Sandakphu, most probably in the month of January.
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| Kanchendzonga Range (Sleeping Budha) |
DAY 03: Sandakphu to Phalut
Sandakphu: 0730 Hours
Register your exit from Sandakphu at the checkpost and walk ahead towards the north. The trail is easy as the altitude of Sandakphu and Phalut is almost same. Complete trail from Sandakphu to Phalut is moderate, rocky path (gravel roads) with few muddy sections and forest cover this path. You will get the best views of Kangchendzonga while trekking towards Phalut. This stretch takes around 5 hours to reach your next stop Sabarkum also known as Shikarghum.
Shikharghum/sabarkum: 1230 Hours
Get your entry tickets checked here. You can have your lunch here, only thing you are going to get here is black tea and noodles soup. Its always better to carry some dry fruits and food with you so that you dont start hating noodles and affected with "NoodlesPhobia". Trail from Shikharghum to Phalut is 7km. There is 1 km of steep climb section at the end which can be negotiated by taking shortcuts. And there you are look out for Trekkers hut on the right side. The peak of Phalut is now only 5 to 10 minutes of hill climb section ahead.
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| Deorali, Shikhargum |
Phalut: 1445 Hours
Phalut is a small grassland with minimal or no vegetation. Marvel at the grand view of Kangchendzonga which is said to be only 11kms as the bird flies. This is the best vantage point to observe the great peaks of Nepal, primarily the Everest family. Earlier it was known as Phalelung that means place where high speed wind flows. You can see the pic below as per the locals after establishing this Mane the wind is comparatively slower which made this place safer.
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| Phalut View Point |
DAY 04 : Phalut (3600 m/11,811 ft) to Sirikhola via Shikharghum and Molley
Phalut:
Again same route from Phalut to Shikarghum can be covered in 1.5 hours then take left from the checkpost which will lead you to Molley through dense forests. The trail further is a series of descents and flat walks over rocky trails which are narrow and muddy. You should be careful and look for wooden logs placed as makeshift steps on the trail. This section will take anything from 30 to 40 minutes after which you find yourself inside a forest cover descending down.
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| Trail from Molley to Srikhola |
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| Srikhola River Bridge |
Route 1: Phalut to Gorkey (5 km), to Rammam (9 km), to Sirkhola (12 km), total distance – 26 km. This is a longer route but very scenic. Experienced trekkers may want to take this route.
Route 2: Phalut to Sabarkum (7 km), to Rammam (16 km,) to Sirkhola (12 km), total distance – 35 km. This is a least trekked route and meant only for experienced trekkers. Ensure you start the day early as trekking in thick forest is required and it gets dark early from Molley to Rammam after lunch.
DAY 05:
You have to arrange for pickup in a jeep down to Darjeeling/Maneybhanjan from Sirkhola or trek down to Rimbik which is 7 km. From Rimbik you will get vehicles for Darjeeling.
Hotels at Manebhanjyang:
Hotel Pradhan: Mahesh Pradhan, Kalyani Pradhan
Ph: +91-973-414-8217, +91-834-821-7154
Jeevan Chetri also known as Masterji is very well known person in Manebhanjyang. You can contact this person for your arrangements. He got his own lodge also right on the main road of Manebhanjyang.
And ofcourse Arpan Gurung, a very well behaved Guide, the above map was made by him only. Master of shortcuts.
Arpan Gurung
Damey Gaon, Manebhanjyang
Gmail: arpangurungtrekking@gmail.com
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Scroll To Top of the page smoothly
With single web page designs coming into play, a very small effect but very effective Scroll to top becomes a necessity in every web page. And it is always a good idea to use this option if the web page has lots of content because it becomes easy for the visitor to navigate easily. You may get many plugins for this simple action, lot of people use them but they don't realize about the extra garbage they take in their code with those large scripts.
Here we are using verrrrry few lines for this action. You need a button to click on to scroll the page to the top. Here's the CSS for the button:
<style type="text/css">
.scrollup{
width:40px;
height:40px;
opacity:0.3;
position:fixed;
bottom:50px;
right:100px;
display:block;
text-indent:-9999px;
background: red;
}
</style>
.scrollup{
width:40px;
height:40px;
opacity:0.3;
position:fixed;
bottom:50px;
right:100px;
display:block;
text-indent:-9999px;
background: red;
}
</style>
I am using a button initially it is invisible when scroll down the page that button gets appear. As you can see position:fixed and display:none is used, a fixed position right at the bottom of the page. Button will be visible only when the page is scrolled down otherwise invisible.
Here's the script:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$(window).scroll(function(){
if ($(this).scrollTop() > 100) {
$('.scrollup').fadeIn();
} else {
$('.scrollup').fadeOut();
}
});
$('.scrollup').click(function(){
$("html, body").animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, 600);
return false;
});
});
</script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$(window).scroll(function(){
if ($(this).scrollTop() > 100) {
$('.scrollup').fadeIn();
} else {
$('.scrollup').fadeOut();
}
});
$('.scrollup').click(function(){
$("html, body").animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, 600);
return false;
});
});
</script>
HTML for the button:
<a href="#" class="scrollup">Scroll</a>
You can see the first few lines of the script, action is agains window scroll when scrollTop position is greater than 100 the button fades In and gets visible and when clicked the scrollTop:0 makes it scroll to the very top of the page, at 0px position, and the 600 is used for the duration of animation in milliseconds. Higher values indicate slower animations. You can also use ‘fast’, ‘slow’ or ‘normal’ instead of millisecond values.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Embed Youtube in Responsive Design
With all these handheld devices coming in to the market, it became obvious for us to design websites and web applications responsive to their devices. Same thing happen to me also. Few days back I came across this problem. I was working on a RWD website where client need a youtube video to embed. Since the website is responsive I wanted the Youtube video to resize depending on the size of the browser, otherwise it is of no use people using handheld devices can't view that video. When I embedded that video in my page it was with fixed width and height, so it was perfect in desktop and laptops. But when I look at my smartphone......disappointment.
Little bit of research and simple CSS, thats it I was smiling with a solution. Yes, just CSS no need of responsive embedding code that many of the developers are wondering for. Only thing you have to do is wrap the youtube iframe into a div and treat the iframe and the child elements object etc. as that wrapper div's child element and style them.
Use following CSS:
.wrapper {
position: relative;
padding-bottom: 56.25%;
padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden;
}
.wrapper iframe, .wrapper object, .wrapper embed {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
Use following HTML for the youtube embed code.
<div class="wrapper">
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Lp6n5JWuAcg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
Sorry I cant embed the video here as this blog itself is not responsive. Try the above code and comment. Now your videos should be responsive, and ready to view on Smart Phones, Tablets and Mobile devices.
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