Kalimpong, India

... Sikkim (my next destination), I thought I'd break the journey with an overnight stop in a town roughly halfway between the two. Kalimpong's an odd little town. It has a great location on a high saddle with the Teesta river below and huge hills looming on ...

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A 3 hour local bus ride going up the hill to get to Kalimpong.

... before us. They never did, but it was a lovely way to spend the morning and see a bit of wild India. Plied the road to Kalimpong, back in West Bengal. All the houses had been decorated with garlands of marigolds for Diwali (Hindu festival of Lights). ...

An overnight train ride from Mughal Sarai station (2 hours late) to New Jaipaiguri. A 16 hour train ride to my destination. Then from there another 3 hour bus ride to go up into the hills to Kalimpong.