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Travel Blogs from Darjeeling
My Darling Darjeeling
I was so heartily disappointed by the news that the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was cancelled between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling that I took the landslide as a personal attack on my liberty. Lamentably, Jeff and I were to compromise with another startling jeep ride, only this time I had to share a seat with the driver, the gear stick between my legs. Traveling through India had clearly assassinated my need for personal space as it took me a surprisingly short amount of ...
Doing my 60th in style
... vegie, chicken tikka, little pieces of fish and a plate of sliced tomatoes and cucumbers. It was all great. Then they bought me a slice of cake, tiers with creams and beaten egg whites with pineapple on top. I forgot about my Coeliacs and enjoyed it. I feel very decadent, white sheets, fancy antique furniture, leatherbound books, a smoking room, lounge rooms with fireplaces, cane chairs in the courtyard, 50 people polishing ...
The Other Queen of the Hills
We arrived in Darjeeling after a very long journey. A 6 hour train to Patna, with a wait of 5 hours and then a 18 hour train to Siliguri, from where we got a shared jeep to Darjeeling. The journey way incredible however, driving through the lush green jungles of Bengal and slowly climing up into the clouds. The weather was really dissapointing however, as it was the rainy season, the whole of Darjeeling ...
Zoo und Museum
... einkehren um unsere Zugtickets abzuholen. Zu unserem Schrecken bekommen wir dort gesagt, dass es die schon bezahlten und zu 99% garantierten Zutickets leider nicht gab, da das Internet nicht funktioniert habe und morgens beim Anstellen bereits alle Tickets weg waren...Super!
Wir bekommen unser Geld zurück und hetzen in der Folge selber zum Bahnhof um vielleicht doch noch Tickets zu ergattern. Endlich an der Reihe wird uns dann gesagt, dass es leider wirklich ...
Toy Trains, Tea & Tigers
Darjeeling. Even if you know nothing else about the place im willing to bet that you'll know at least that it grows tea. Very good tea as well as it turns out, unquestionaly the best in the world if you ask the locals. Known as the Queen of the hills, it was a tiny hilltop town until 1816 when the East India Company gained control of the lands. Being pretty inaccessible, once being "discovered" in 1828, little time was wasted in building what is now Darjeelings ...
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