Bet Dwarka, Gopi Talab, Nageshwar .... In the middle of the deep slumber, the alarm chimed rudely to communicate it was 05:00 o’clock and the time to rise. From the verandah of Toran Bungalow, the lighthouse’s intermittent beaming of signals in the cyclic movement was clearly forming a pattern. The starlit sky was rendering the perfect contrast. There was an eerie silence in the environment and the chirping of birds was yet to start. The outside temperature was sub 14 and chill could clearly be felt. With no lights in the passage, the hotel hardly had any indication of its being alive. The hotel restaurant has still a very long time to light its stoves and the bed-tea was a distant dream. The only solace was availability of hot water for quick shower. We rushed out
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