Hotel Sunflower Darjeeling
The Mall Darjeeling, West Bengal, 734101, India
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Chaiwallah in Glenburn
... you for dinner. The host is the general Manager of the tea plantation Sanjay Sharma who is in charge of the whole tea estate operation and lives in his own bungalow with his wife. Very charming and knowledgable and is also the resident bird , nature and fishing expert. He designed and built the new bungalow with his team and takes a keen interest in cooking and watches masterchef etc and is in love with Kylie Kwong.Seems to run Glenburn like ...
Exploring Darjeeling
... further we found some great tea wholesalers who would export the local tea anywhere in the world for you, so we took their card and are looking forward to doing some tea shopping when we get home!
We then found the jewel in the crown, The Inox cinema and they just happened to be showing MI4, brilliant. An added bonus was the price £2 for both of us to see the film. As we had an hour to wait we jumped next door to grab a ...
Impossible longing
... tells us this is an earthquake zone. He tells us about tunnels, mountains and earthquakes. We pass where he holed up after the Earthquake six weeks ago on this road, clearly he is still traumatised by the shock of it all.
He had protested the day before to ‘Save Sikkim” we saw a big group of people at the sacred Pemayangste monastery at sunset as we leave, who we are told are about to have a delegation with a Delhi politician. ...
In search of the Raj in Darjeeling
... The border is across the river over a large bridge, which has a gravel truck pulled up on the approach, making it difficult to cross.
We go to the toilet while we wait for the formalities to be completed, in a hotel at the border. It is showing extensive earthquake damage (just about every wall is cracked) but is still operating. It is now dark, and we continue on the narrow, dark road, negotiating monster potholes and rough gravel patches. On a ...
A Place in the Sky
... other backpackers. As I had the car and the guide and the driver, we decided to team up and see Darjeelng together. I'm always quite happy being on my own, however its also nice to have someone to chat too and share experiences.
Kabir took us to a great restaurant for lunch (Park Restaurant) where for less than Aus$12.00 we got 2 great lunches and soft drinks. Then we visited the zoo, where we saw Red Panda's, Snow Leopards and ...



