“After independence, the railways of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania were run under one body – East African Railways and Harbours.

Years later, I came to Kenya to follow the footsteps of Shankar from Chander Pahar by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay* – to see the real stations behind the fiction.

Standing beside an old locomotive, almost resting in a museum, I felt history, myth, and wilderness meet – reminding me of the lions of The Man-Eaters of Tsavo.

Some journeys are not about travel.
They are about chasing the stories that shaped you.”

I met a girl from Madrid by accident in a quiet hostel corridor — and somehow, that accident became destiny.

“If you ever wish to feel this story in its original Bengali spirit, and read the story of our adventure, you can visit BlackLetters.net.