Tshering Denzongpa
Travel Blogs from Darjeeling
India!
... floor and we felt a bit stupid.
Our main reason for going to Darjeeling was to ride the toy train up. Built by the British in the 1900s, it's a narrow gauge steam railway that winds the 88km from Siliguri to Darjeeling, taking seven hours and gains over 20000 metres in elevation. It's described as an engineering masterpiece and we've wanted to do it ever since we watched a BBC documentary about it a couple of years ago. It's been a UNESCO ...
Darjeeling - highs and lows
... seen on the trip so far.
Other than drinking tea and drinking in the views (which had routinely disappeared by mid-morning as the clouds rolled in) there wasn’t too much to do in Darjeeling, so we consulted the Lonely Planet for ideas and were somehow sold the idea of the Zoological Park. The walk there was gorgeous; it took us away from the traffic and we found the peaceful Darjeeling we’d hoped for. Then we got to the zoo. ...
Karmi Farm
... 13th A walk around the estate, including upto the old family house (abandoned due to no easily accessible water source). If the weather had been clear we would have been able to see the borders with Tibet and Bhutan. We stopped at a local farm to try the local hooch, made from wheat. Whilst there we saw their bee-hive; the bees much smaller than at home. On the way back we passed an (approximately) 14 foot high cannabis bush.
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Impossible longing
... Nepal and Bhutan. People are in a melting pot, customs, cultures, languages, kings and lamas intermingle.
We drive up and around the mountains with superb views of it all. My mind is mulling it all over. The way the local beliefs sit with the love of nature. Buddhism sits comfortably here; nature is part of the whole. We are told this many times, worship of the mountains, trees, rivers and rocks is a constant. Despite the deep ...
First glimpse of the Himalayas from India
... hours along the side of the mountain which was excellent although very steep in places. I also visit Tiger Hill for the fantastic panoramic views of the Himalayas and India's highest mountain Kanchenjunga 8,586m (28,169 ft).
As we're in Darjeeling I can't visit without seeing the tea plantations which are everywhere, women are bent over in the fields picking tea and then carrying their crop from the fields in their baskets, my first taste of Darjeeling tea is ...
Location
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 hotel -
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 | Hotel -
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
