Well we said we would never do it again, but we have today we arrived in Siliguri, minus sleep, on a night bus!! For once we were grateful the bus was late and we arrived at 7.30am instead of 5am! It was the nosiest bus and i think the driver must have had a weak bladder, like me, because we seemed to stop every 20mins for the men to go to the l...

Here are some photo's of our ride on the Darjeeling Toy Train. It is a legendary train and it takes a legendary amount of time (9hrs) to go only 80 kilometres. But it was great fun (but not for Steena), and how else should you leave the mountains(except Steena)but in tortoise-paced style- the Indian plains are nothing you want to rush into, beli...

After a 12 hr train trip we arrive in the not very nice boarder town of New Jalpaiguri. Upon seeking to book our connecting train to Darjeeling we discover there are rail strikes and no trains have been or will be going to Darjeeling. Great. We're told however of the possibility that they will be leaving from Siliguri, a town close by, so we hai...

We left Kolkata on a overnight sleeper train, taking us 12 hours north to the town of Siliguri. Our first train experience was about what we expected. Hot, loud, dirty and a rough nights sleep with snoring neighbors. Once we arrived, over a cup of masala chai, we decided to go to the Jaldhapara Wildlife Sanctuary, where we read we could see Rhin...

I had planned a trip hiking in the mountains with my friend Vishal. He had to stop in Siliguri to attend a wedding so I got to go along! (I'll try and add photos later) My trip started out on Friday night. Vishal and I took the train to Siliguri. We got there Saturday morning. We to the hotel where the wedding was taking place. The bride, Rushik...

I was bound to start having them. Visions, I mean. Before arriving in Gangtok, the state capital of Sikkim, 22 of the previous 24 hours were spent in transit. Leaving Kolkuta behind, we boarded the train for a 14 hour overnight train journey to Siliguri - the main platform for traveling into Eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, the North-East states a...

Woke about 7.30am. The weird toilet happenings were definitely taking hold at this time. As traveller's to India ask, "What colour was yours?" We and had breakfast at the buffet. We had poached eggs and oats and they weren't good. The only thing that was good was the OJ and the hash browns. Pretty disappointing for a 5 star hotel. Then we went b...