Siliguri, India Travel Blogs

Kids-Time
May 25, 2008 (24 photos)

Since we are sponsoring a kid at the Ashagram Orphanage in rural Siliguri, we wanted to at least spent 10 days here. We didn't quite know what to expect only that the kids were amazing since my sister had spent 2 months here volunteering. When we arrived, ...

Mumbai to Bagdogra
Mar 11, 2006

... locked down. We were pleased to see our friend from Nepal (Chimey Sherpa) waiting for us with a taxi at the end of our train ride. He took us straight to his parents home in Siliguri where we were greeted with warm smiles and wonderful Nepalese food.

Quick stop back in the hot
Apr 23, 2008

Run to the hills!

Siliguri
May 13, 2008

About a 4 hour hitch to get from Darjeeling to Siliguri. We got on a cargo truck, walked some ways and then on a private vehicle.

The light at the end of the tunnel=On strike
Jun 9, 2008

Oh wow. Well much has happened since the last entry. I will give you the abridged version. Our last day in Kolkata was rather exciting. After spending the day walking around Kolkata, Mike and I rushed to the train station to catch our night train. We were ...

Lava
May 23, 2006 (5 photos)

India, just shy of ten weeks. A sense of wonder settles between us as we prepare to leave. It is the same sense of wonder that we felt upon arrival- not truly knowing where we were or what we were doing. It took us a week to realize that we were here, ...

Pelling to Jorenthang to NJP Train Station
Feb 17, 2007

Catching the train by 8:00 p.m.  A bit of a race. Sleeper Train to Kolkata

Getting some km behind us
Feb 17, 2008

... look the name up) a bit like candy floss. We both bought a sort of Bombay mix. Then we settled in, sitting back and watching India go past the window. Of course the window seat had to be rotated but that wasn't a problem. Kolkata and environs go on for a ...

50 KM by Auto
Sep 30, 2009

We travelled 50 KM by Auto from Jaigaon to Ambari Falakata after which we boarded the state road transport bus to Siliguri. We reached siliguri at midnight and hence went in search of hotel near the bus stand. We found a junk yard for the night!   ...

auf nach benares
Jun 19, 2009 (6 photos)

voll langsames internet hier, aber ich habe die naechsten 90 minuten nix zu tun, dann muss ich zurueck zum ticketschalter, wozu auch immer :) hab ein ticket bekommen, aber da das ne emergency quota is, muss ich nochmal hin. Inder muessen 1 monat vorher ...

Siliguri
Feb 7, 2007

Silguri for a night...

Sneezing in Siliguri
May 3, 2008

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Back in the Plains
Dec 16, 2007 (1 photos)

... die Autos beobachteten. Den Himalaya habe ich jetzt erst einmal hinter mir gelassen, jetzt gibt es wieder Fahrradrikschas und Kuehe . Siliguri ist eine recht unattraktive Stadt, man steigt hier nur um, um in die Berge, nach Nepal, Bhutan oder Bangla ...

The 47 hour train Journey!!!
May 3, 2009 (102 photos)

... , no barriers to stop you going over should the road give way or the driver make an error!! ........ we passed through Siliguri and finally arrived in Darjeeling to belting sunshine sometime in the afternoon... phew!! at last!!! so bye for now and I ...

Slumdog Question
Mar 26, 2009 (4 photos)

... trip and the growing success of the movie, we have already been asked the Slumdog question a few dozen times. Is India just like Slumdog Millionaire? The most honest answer we can give is yes, no, and maybe...  Even the ...

Heading East
Mar 27, 2006

... is a common scam and hotel rates are raised to cover the commission of the person who took you there). When we reached Siliguri he dutifully pointed out the bus station and then cycled straight past - it's impossible to jump out of a moving rickshaw when ...

Kakarvitta
Feb 10, 2009

A 2 hour jeep ride down to Siliguri and then a 1 hour bus ride to the border of India-Nepal. Arrived late and stayed a night at the border on the Nepal side.

Overnight train to New Jalpaiguri
May 10, 2006 (3 photos)

Woke about 7.30am. The weird toilet happenings were definitely taking hold at this time. As traveller's to India ask, "What colour was yours?" We and had breakfast at the buffet. We had poached eggs and oats and they weren't good. The only thing that ...

Freaking Bus Service
Sep 26, 2009

We Reached Siliguri or actually New Jalpaiguri Railway Station by 8 AM and we took a shared Auto to Siliguri Bus station where we took a super fast lightning speed mini bus to Hasimara. The driver must have been drunk as he almost created and escaped ...

NJP - Nothing there......
Oct 14, 2008

... I added it purely to make sense of the map, both visually and chronologically. New Jalpaiguri is the main train station in Siliguri, and serves as a gateway to the Himalayan regions beyond.  There is not much there, a couple of streets of shops and ...

Stuck in Siliguri
Oct 3, 2008

Got out of Calcutta last night.  I had booked a "Deluxe Tourist" bus for my Mom and I from Calcutta to Siliguri which is at the base of the Himalayas.  From here we're trying to take the Toy Train up to Darjeeling, no luck.  I was told that ...

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
May 16, 2006 (9 photos)

... own winery near Perth in WA. Nice guy. He had been to Sikkim and said it was great. We arrived in Siliguri- back to the chaos of India! Cows, people, traffic, noise... We all put our luggage in the left luggage at the station and headed off for some ...

Day 97: Train to Silliguri
Sep 26, 2008 (7 photos)

... .  They asked where I was from-California, Is that a city?-No it's a state, Oh? The United States has states like India does?- Um... yes.  They wanted to talk about Bush, then Obama vs. McCain.  For some reason one of them thought that ...

Siliguri
Jul 17, 2008

A auto-rickshaw ride to the station and then a 3 hour comfortable inter-city train back to Siliguri.

En Route
Jan 29, 2008

en route to gangtok

Siliguri
Jul 14, 2008

2.5 hour bus ride back to the Indian plains to Siliguri.

Day 113 & 114 & 115: Getting Back to Delhi
Oct 12, 2008 (24 photos)

... a Swedesh couple who was here on vacation.  It was a lot of fun to talk to them about their experiences in India, they were having trouble not knowing any Hindi, and thought that some mannerisms of Indian men were funny.  Whenever an Indian ...

New Jaipulguri
Sep 13, 2008 (6 photos)

Siliguri/ New Jaipulguri From Darjeeling we took a jeep to Siliguri-New Jaipulguri to spend the night there and to catch the early monring train the following day. We found a descent hotel (well saying descent meant a little bit less cockroaches as ...

Buddha Air
Nov 11, 2007 (6 photos)

Shots from the plane flight from Kathmandu to Bhadrapur, a town near the Nepal-India border crossing on our way to Darjeeling, India.

Siliguri
Nov 18, 2007 (1 photos)