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The Zoos in the foothills of the Kangchendzonga
... the right way and its only 5 minutes away. Anyway a while later in one of our confused modes we ask an Indian woman with a wealth of English. She advises us the breeding grounds are closed to tourists, but the zoo is 5 minutes away. Up the hill we head for quite a while and pay the entrance fee with no senior’s discount. Pat is on the mission to find a toy leopard for Soukie but the ones they sell are larger than our bags. ...
Tea for two, please...
... behind for a little bit. We awoke to find ourselves with green - something that was perhaps slightly lacking in the cities. The length of the train is amazing, with at least 20 carriages. We used the facilities in the horribly-named "Upper Class waiting room" and headed down to the concourse, where we planned to hop on a jeep to Darjeeling.
We were immediately confronted by many taxi drivers wanting to charge us the same price to go to Darjeeling, ...
Entry into India!
... we got there late in the season and we didn't catch even a glimpse of any of the far off mountains (including the 1st and 3rd highest mountains in the world). But we had fun and ate lots of pastries (foreign and Indian), read, went to the zoo, watched monkeys, learned about mountaineering, visited a hindu cave/temple, visited a Tibetan refugee center (incredibly informative, sad, happy and sobering all ...
Gangtok-Sikkim's charm
... needed some Wayne time as we were not exploring what Gangtok had to offer. Going up and down the "main drag" is not what visiting a new place is all about. I left the group at a taxi stand and informed them that I would be back at the hotel by 6.30pm. I had time to myself to go about finding how Gangtok ticked! What a surprise!!!
I went into the market place. Just fantastic, just like a PNG "boong" or market except it was inside a building. ...
Day 20-30: Hillstation Highs
... threatened by my approach which led to a very aggressive attack on my ankles! This, coupled with the fact that even the locals had now turned and were hot-footing it along side Shell, I decided to turn and run myself! Despite the fear running through me, I still couldn’t contain my laughter when I turned to see a little naked Irish bum sprinting ahead in the distance! So scared was our Shell, that she hadn’t noticed that her pants had fallen to her knees during the ...
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