Poddar Hotel
Travel Blogs from Darjeeling
La montagne, ça vous gagne
... rieur. Direction Bagdogra, au Bengale Occidental, avec escale à Delhi, toujours aussi enfumée.
Nous atterrissons donc sur les coups de 14h au pied de l'Himalaya, puis enchainons par 3h de jeep sur une route tortueuse à nids de poules. La jeep part lorsqu'elle à fait le plein de passagers. Théoriquement, on parle de 1 chauffeur, 4 passagers et 3 passagers supplémentaires assis sur la banquette du pont arrière. Nous terminerons notre trajet à 11... Les bagages sont sur ...
La tete dans les nuages...
... je debarque la haut. Et en face, comme un clin d'oeil a mon pessimisme, se devoile (entre deux nuages, n'exagerons rien) les montagnes les plus hautes du monde. Il en faut peu pour qu'une journee commence bien, alors autant dire que ca, ce fut le meilleur reveil de ces 19 dernieres annes. D'un cote de la colline, le brouillard dense, de l'autre, le ciel presque bleu et droit en face, le pic blanc de je ne sais trop quel sommet. Je dois admettre que ma memoire et ...
Time for tea and epic journeys
... on blind corners. Our first toilet stop was a little impromptu, having been requested by some of the passengers. I needed to go and on getting out saw everyone peeing down a slope on one side of the road. Sighing to myself that it was just like in Africa I took my turn, eliciting much laughter from people around me. To be fair the trip would have been unbearable if it were not for the amazingly cheery atmosphere that surprisingly prevailed throughout the journey. Everyone was ...
Impossible longing
... interests?
I feel like a doomsayer why does it always come back to this? Indigenous people fighting for their land, I experience the Buddhists straight talk; they are not frightened of a political argument. These people need support from others who have travelled this road. The Green Mission in Sikkim will end in 2015, it has achieved much but changes a foot threaten the survival of this place.
Yet somehow I feel ...
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 ...
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Other places to stay in Darjeeling
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Viceroy Hotel
17, Gandhi Road, Darjeeling | 2 star hotelfrom $122 -
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 hotelfrom $48 -
Sinclairs Darjeeling
18 / 1, Gandhi Road, Darjeeling | 1 star hotelfrom $70 -
Darjeeling Gymkhana Resort
The Mall, Darjeeling | Hotelfrom $63 -
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 | Hotelfrom $96 -
Hotel Traveller Inn Darjeeling
Dr.Zakir Hussain Road, Darjeeling | Hotel -
Hotel Mohit
H.D. Lama Road, Darjeeling | 2 star hotelfrom $51 -
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 | Hotelfrom $64 -
Bellevue Hotel
PO Box 28,The Mall, Darjeeling | Hotel -
Dekeling Resort at Hawk's Nest
2, A.J.C. Bose Road, Darjeeling | 2 star hotelfrom $77 -
Hotel Anand Palace
5,Dr S.M.Das Road, Darjeeling | Hotelfrom $61 -
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