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Siliguri Slideshow
Siliguri
Travel Blogs from Siliguri, India
Big Train
The Guwahati Express is a train that we grabbed in Chennai and was our home until we reached New Japaiguri, West Bengal, 46 hours later. Sarah and I had two top bunks of a four-bed carriage, which we ...
Start of Bhutan trip
Our trip to Bhutan was meant to be a backpackers' trip and we made an attempt to fit it in minimum possible expenditure. A friend of mine - Makarand Jakhade - did the entire planning for this trip. I did do some research, but it was only to the extent of ...
train to the north
... here we are only 120mts above sea level. Still hot and dust. Pedal rickshaw ride in the dark between NJP and Siliguri interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the town of Siliguri a surprise - quite modern with high rises ( well 3 or 4 stories ) ...
Day 42 - Having a Barry
... drive away) at 04:30. Perfect. The 6 of us re-grouped and after a LOT of negotiating got 3 rickshaws to Siliguri bus station. 03:00 - There were about 40 people asleep outside the station & 3 people selling 'Chai Chai Chai' ...
Give me the blandest thing on the menu
After five really enjoyable days in Calcutta and the Fairlawn, we flew up to Bagdogra Airport and onto Siliguri on the way to Darjeeling. The Lonely Planet said it was a scruffy transit town and on this occasion they'd got it bang on. The hotel ...
Don't shoot!!!
. I finally get to Siliguri, which is the same city I entered from Nepal about three days ago and I get on the first bus to Changribata, which is the border city with Bangladesh. I get off at the bus stop and take a small bicycle taxi to the ...
This Trekking Really Sucked
Today we went or tried to go up to the mountains, despite all the warnings from people we met saying the monsoon is not over yet. We tried to be positive and said we'll give it a try. Well on the way to Tsoka our first stop, was pouring with rain we ...
WOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
... hand washing on an evening or stinking for a week. We'll be away for 7 days in total, gradually travelling south back to Siliguri to go our separate ways, Helen to Dubai and i to Nepal! So we've abandoned our bags and feel very spontaneous and free ...
sliding doors
Left Darjeeling and headed south back to Siliguri and then onto Kakarbhitta, the border town in Nepal. The ride was initially in the toy train - as far as Kurseong ( 3 hours). A narrow gauge railway ( 2 feet). Good ride as we had the ...
finally going home...
General thoughts about Yuksum: 1. People in Sikkim always sing while working :) happy people. 2. More foreigners than Indians trek in Sikkim. 3. The umbrellas here are very pretty quite unlike the ones that we see in Delhi. You see very few black ones ...
Siliguri - a necessity stop
... price. Traveling by train, for me, is the best way to see the country. We passed few states on our way to Siliguri - Darjeeling: Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal was our stop. I thought I might read or watch something at the train during those ...
Elephant Safari
Just a quick note saying that we left Darjeeling, back to Siliguri and then on to the nearby wildlife sanctuary. After the bus breaking down on the way we eventually got there, and managed to shell out quite a bit for a safari the next morning. Being on ...
India - 6th day - Route to Darjeeling!
Wake up was easier than I initially thought. Room service woke us up at 4h45 am. We ate, dressed up and got out. Registration for flight was easier and faster than expected. I think that the early flight helped with that. Two guys started to ...
Siliguri
Well I have chosen the cockcroach infested hell hole, god it is disgusting and costs 800 Ruppes The matress is disgusting only one sheet so I took sheet off other bed and nearly threw up with the filth Cn't wait to get ...
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Day 24 - Kalli, we hardly knew ye
... That's not so great in the first place but we heard it will pose an even bigger problem for us: somebody that had travelled from Siliguri just two days ago said it had taken six and a half hours, instead of the usual three. We realized that if our ...