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India!
... few hundred Rupees though so we could leave at that moment and there was plenty of room. We had a whole seat each, we were travelling in luxury.
Thirty minutes out of the gridlocked town and along a badly maintained road and the radiator hose started to leak fluid into the engine and fumes filled the cabin. Brilliantly the driver decided to press on up the track telling us it was only dust and nothing to worry about. Five minutes later we ...
Darjeeling - highs and lows
... this is ‘one of India’s best’ zoos, I’d rather not even think about the other ones.
At least there was the Mountaineering Institute in the grounds, I thought, until we got in there to find it was more like a North Face display window. There were some interesting bits about the first Everest ascension and the few attempts preceding it, but other than that…an epic fail.
Thank God for the views on the walk ...
Enter India
... 3rd bus of the day swept me away from the border to the transportation hub of Siliguri, where I shoveled down my first Indian meal – a delectable overload of flavor and spices. Part 4 of the day’s transportation was a jeep, once again leaving the city to head north… back into the mountains to Darjeeling. Anyone who enjoys tea enough knows of the Darjeeling tea varietals that spawn from this region of north India. Built ...
Four 8,000 meter mountains
... market traders' pack ponies. I felt the altitude (2134 meters) walking back up to the hotel. We had dinner at Glenary's Restaurant - goodish food - where we were joined by Phil, who had stayed in Siliguri for maintenance on the truck, before following us up. He was too late to eat, despite the fact he arrived just before 9pm, as they had stopped serving. Everything appears to be shut here by 9pm.
Friday 9th We set off at 4.15am to get ...
Impossible longing
... and loss of habitat for animals and plants."[2]
There is always a flip side to everything. The different shades of grey that was once black and white. India is developing alright, the poverty I expected has not hit me as I had expected. I know I have experienced only a snapshot on the outskirts of Kolkata. I see Indians on holidays well heeled, worldly with their families doing what we are doing. I read an article before I came ...
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Other places to stay in Darjeeling
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Viceroy Hotel
17, Gandhi Road, Darjeeling | 2 star hotelfrom $6,000 -
Seven Seventeen
H.D. Lama Road, Darjeeling | 2 star hotelfrom $30 -
Olde Main Bellevue Heritage Hotel
Chowrasta, Darjeeling | 3 star hotelfrom $29 -
Krishna Service Apartment
51/1, Lebong Cart Road, Darjeeling | 2 star hotel -
Sinclairs Darjeeling
18 / 1, Gandhi Road, Darjeeling | Hotelfrom $71 -
Darjeeling Gymkhana Resort
The Mall, Darjeeling | Hotelfrom $62 -
Mayfair Darjeeling
Opposite Governor House, Darjeeling | 3 star hotelfrom $217 -
Hotel Sunflower
The Mall, Darjeeling | Hotelfrom $46 -
Dekeling Hotel
51 Gandhi Rd, Darjeeling | 2 star hotelfrom $14 -
Fortune Resort Central, Darjeeling
Robertson Road, Darjeeling | Hotel -
Hotel Traveller Inn Darjeeling
Dr.Zakir Hussain Road, Darjeeling | Hotel -
Hotel Mohit
H.D. Lama Road, Darjeeling | 2 star hotelfrom $52 -
Windamere Hotel
Observatory Hill, Darjeeling | Hotelfrom $7,300 -
Shangrila Regency
21, Gandhi Road, Darjeeling | Hotel -
Elgin Darjeeling
18 HD Lama Road, Darjeeling | 3 star hotelfrom $137 -
Glenburn Tea Estate
Dist. and Post Office Darjeeling, Darjeeling | 3 star hotel -
Snow Lion HomeStay
27A Gandhi Road, Darjeeling | 2 star hotelfrom $31 -
Sterling Resorts Darjeeling
Ghoom Monastery Road, Darjeeling | 1 star hotelfrom $64 -
Hotel Sonar Bangla - Darjeeling
1/1, Robertson Road, Darjeeling | 3 star hotelfrom $1,600 -
The Retreat
15 Hermitage Road, Darjeeling | Hotel -
Bellevue Hotel
PO Box 28,The Mall, Darjeeling | Hotel -
Dekeling Resort at Hawk's Nest
2, A.J.C. Bose Road, Darjeeling | Hotelfrom $77 -
Hotel Anand Palace
5,Dr S.M.Das Road, Darjeeling | Hotelfrom $58 -
The Swiss Hotel
15/A Gandhi Road, Darjeeling | Hotel -
Darjeeling Planters Club
7 Nehru Road, Darjeeling | Hotel -
Aliment Hotel
40,Dr. Zakir Hussain Road, Darjeeling | Hotel
