On an early Sunday
morning sometime back in March, the five of us decided to trek up to the Kantragre Denrima
view point (in the outskirts of Tura). Though one can go to the above
destination by a vehicle it’s always more fun to trek. And the route that we
took was the (supposed) old British highway which is now a less travelled track. Just before
one reaches the view point is a spot called Denrima (den.a=to chop), and it had
offered a great vantage point to see if enemy troops were approaching, and a
number a beheadings had occurred at this point. It is also rumoured that this
particular point of the trail is haunted.
When we reached
the viewpoint we decided to push further to the village of Kantragre because we
thought the trek had ended just a wee bit too fast (we’d trekked for about an
hour and half and it was still quite early in the morning). On finally arriving
at the village, about half an hour later, we went hunting for long lost
relatives. One was found and after introductions we were showered with the most
delicious strawberries. And an ever bigger treat was offered as we were taken
to the strawberry farm and freshly plucked strawberries were packed for us for
our trek back to Tura.
Having grown up
with synthetic strawberry flavoured goods, I unfortunately preferred it as it
was sweet and I usually found the real thing a bit too sour....but the
Kantragre strawberries changed all that. It was ‘that’ good. Trust me.
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