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Tsongo Lake
Thur 15th There were earth tremors in the wee small hours. After breakfast at the Garuda we took jeeps for five and a half hours to Gangtok (less than 15 miles from the Bhutan and Tibetan borders), on narrow, hairpinned mountain roads, often in need of repair, and occasionally under repair. At Gangtok we checked into the Norbu Ghang Hotel, where we were given heaters for our rooms - a first! I had a light dinner of PROPER chips at the Orthodox bar ...
4th Nov 2011
... the main square which to great relief and pleasure are free from traffic and pleasant to browse or sit and have a nice cup of tea...for your in Darjeeling of course India's premier tea town.
Tired legs by the end of the day but it really was good to get out and see this historical hillside town. More good news tomorrow I'm taking a ride on the toy train...I keep thinking of Dumbo for some ...
Chef's Special
... and we promised to catch up later for a chat at Darjeeling's only drinking hole, Joey's. There are really so few English speakers here in Darjeeling, and I got the impression that Hannah wanted a really good chat, and she was very good at chatting. It has been most refreshing to meet a number of younger people on this trip who are highly motivated, highly intelligent, prepared to take risks and get out of their comfort zone, and good ...
Day 121: Finding Relaxation in the Sky
... packaging I’ve ever seen making the whole fiasco worth it. I was also able to alleviate my hard-drive problem by having several DVD’s made to help free up some much needed disc space, which had been preventing me from getting anything done on the Cambodia School. Of course, I have yet to completely address my file-naming mess ...
Zoo and monks
... pacing. We speculated breaking the lock and somehow luring them round to the cage door, but figured we probably wouldn't get away with it.
We made it to a grimy cafe by the TV tower halfway home before lightening arched across the soft grey sky, and the hillside shuddered with rain. Much to our alarm, the lightning repeatedly sparked down onto the tv antennae less than a hundred metres away. At nearly 1900m we are the highest hill ...
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