"After a few hot days in Siliguri (see next entry), we headed to Darjeeling for a relief with much cooler temperatures. Just 2.5 hours away Darjeeling is like a diffe ..."
"Took the overnight train to Siliguri where we picked up our 4wd jeeps and headed off for Darjeeling. The drive took us through various towns, tea plantations, and up a harrow ..."
"I've been sweating profusely for most of the last three months in the heat of southern Bangladesh. I stopped sweating today. My exit from Kolkata was slightly less dramatic than my ..."
"Hello from tea country. Well our first major stop back in India is Darjeeling. Draped over a steep ridge and backed by 4 of the worlds 5 highest peaks is what some would cal ..."
"The sound of chants and chimes slowly builds with the dawn as I awake. Droplets of sunlight filter through the dewed windows as I pull off the heavy blankets weighing me down with ..."
"Following in the footsteps of my grandfather, I made the long trek north from Kolkata to the famous hill station of Darjeeling, home of the best tea in the world, grown in the foot ..."
"Excellent trip. Working with a fantastic group in a great location and helping wonderful people - the Tibetans. Trekking was one of the best I have done (after with PNG trek). ..."
A travel blog entry from Darjeeling by
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"As I sit at a small table on the terrace of a small restaurant looking over the town square watching Nepalis, Tibetans, Indians and a handful of foreigners shuffling about it feels ..."
A travel blog entry from Darjeeling by
will
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"(Nicole) Cuppa tea, anyone? After the 16hrs train ride from Varanasi, we finally made it to a quant hill station called Darjeeling...but not wothout a minor problem. At the train s ..."
"With a beckoning for the mountains we head from the city of shiva to the cool tea plantations of Darjeeling ( and i mean cool ). We board a jeep from the train station and start ou ..."
Darjeeling, India
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