I said, "Danger can come step by step on the way to the sun city."
There is no doubt about that. The sun did not return to the city. I can't even hope that fate will be pleased with us. Most likely we will not return.
Mr. Haldar said in despair, "Then what is the use of us knowing the secrets of the city of the sun?"
Profit! What is the benefit again?
Captain Scott died in the polar ice caps to no avail. Many have died trying to climb the highest peak in the Himalayas. At the time of their death, they too may not have thought of gain or loss.
Mr. Colonel said, "Those heroes have proved that the people can make the impossible possible if they want to."
Then he said, "Mr. Philip, when will you be able to leave for South America?"
Me! I am a traveller. Travelling is my religion. I am ready whenever the journey bell rings.
Travelling is not my religion, but mysterious stories always ring in my ears. But here's the thing, you need to arrange something to go to that sun city.
Organised! What arrangement?
You can say that well. Because we never went to Ecuador. We don't even know what kind of danger there is.
Mr. Philip paused and said, "Danger! There are many dangers awaiting us there. I have already said that. The remote deep forest, with its wild beasts, the vast mountain kingdom drier than the desolate desert, with hundreds hidden in its bosom. The watchful eye of the red man. Those cruel eyes will explode whenever you discover them. The dangers of hot bullets will come. We can imagine these dangers sitting here. There are still unknown dangers. I don't know about them. So I can't say."
Mr.Colonel said, "We have no benefit in knowing all that. We will know the unknown by the force of our intellect. Only this has remained calm today. We will leave the shelter of our country within 15 days from today."
The soul danced inside my chest with great joy. On the far shore of the Blue Sea lies the vast Himalayas of South America, and in its bosom lies the secrets of the Sun City. Tigers, pythons and poisonous rattlesnakes reign in the forests there. A group of red people with red feathers on their heads guarded the horses. They worship all the strange gods. Makes human sacrifices. Maybe they still eat human flesh. I don't know how many thrills of variety, how many festivals of events are in that fence of danger.
After a few more words, Mr. Philip said, "Goodbye."
Exactly 15 days later our journey started.
A vast and eternal water empire. People have named which part of it is the Indian Ocean, which is the Chinese Ocean and which is the Pacific Ocean.
Their names are different but their appearance is the same.
Under the still clouds of the sky, there is a wave of dark clouds.
When the sun rises, fire burns in the water during the day. At night the moon came and waved the diamond-manik necklace.
I landed in South America on time.
Now let's see what kind of scene is reflected in front of us.
The capital city of Colombia is Pogaru.
There is no shortage of modern civilization equipment like trams, taxis, electronic theatres, bioscopes etc. I also saw a lot of residents here. There are more red people in it. Along with that there are Negroes and other mixed races.
From Pogaru we headed to Wido, the capital of Ecuador. Along the way I saw the Arowaka red man. According to the rules of this country, husband and wife have to live in separate rooms. The husband can never enter the wife's house or the wife's house.
When we arrived in the land of the Arowaka's, their villages were almost deserted. Most of the people I saw were old or young or lame or sick.
Not a single young or capable man was seen.
Mr. Philip said, "At this time of year, the Arowaka's go to the Sun City for worship. Only the disabled stay in the country."
We started the journey again. From the first day of the journey, the peaks of the Andes Mountains are in front of our eyes.
Mountain after mountain seems to have no end. It is like a huge staircase and every hill is a step of the stairs. It has risen about 2300 feet in such a step.
The Himalayas are higher than the Andes, but much shorter in length. Only 1500 miles. The Andes is large in width. About 500 miles from place to place. Different climates and weathers in different places in a huge mountain empire.
Somewhere winter, somewhere summer and somewhere rain. There is no end to the variety of scenes here. Some places in the Andes are as lifeless as the desert and some places are as beautiful as green.
Somewhere there are hot volcanoes and somewhere the whiteness of snow can be seen.
After climbing 9350 feet, we arrived at our destination, Ecuador. Its capital is Widow.
We liked the cold weather here very much.
I heard that there is no summer here at any time of the year.
The state of Ecuador is governed by the Republic. Most of the people who live on the hills here are genuine or mixed red people.
The men here are brightly colored wrappers and the women just walk around wearing sheets. They are as polite as they are calm.
Their occupation is farming and making ropes.
The Panama hat, famous all over the world, is made in Ecuador.
Widow looks at the city from the top of the hill just like the picture.
The red-roofed houses of the city are glistening in the bright sun rays.
The volcanic hills can be seen from the city highway.
Coming out of the window, Mr. Philip collected a few local freighters to accompany us. The porters began to follow us, loading their loads on a few horses.
Then we proceeded towards red clay hill. In whose womb is hidden the secret of the sun city and its hidden treasure.
I don't know! Can we discover him? Will I be able to come back again with this life?
Swimming in the sea of mystery is the greatest joy of our life.
So with desperate interest we began to rise step by step.
Even higher.
Now we are in front of the red clay hill. Even though we have come so far, we have not seen any sign of danger. Along the way we met many red people. Their eyes were amazed to see us, but we did not notice any fear in their eyes except the flash of surprise.
Today an incident happened while coming through a village.
Although the incident is not surprising, but Mr.Philip seems to be busy.
The incident happened - some people were sitting in the shade of a tree in the village talking. We are moving forward to talk to them. Suddenly one of the red people jumped up. As soon as he stood up, he remembered the language of the poet. 'The peak of the mountain is suddenly revealed, what a huge statue it really is.' He is not less than 6 feet in length. But still he did not seem tall. Because his body is so wide that even the unusual length of the man does not easily attract attention. Again, in proportion to his extraordinary height and wide body, his face is impossibly large. His eyes are extremely sharp. Like a poisonous snake. The big nose is curved like a hunting tiger. The thorn in the middle of the upper lip. Two big fierce teeth came out through that gap. Feather hat on head. Colourful glittering dress on the body.
The man stepped on the ground and came towards us.
Mr. Philip said to himself, "Sadir Raj!"
The man laughed and said, "Yes, I am Sadir Raj. Mr. Philip, have you not wronged me yet?"