Blogs from Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, Asia - page 9

Geo: 27.04, 88.2636To get to Darjeeling from Kolkota you take an overnight train, so mine left at 10pm and arrived around 9am the next morning. I thought i was going to get a sleepless night but it turned out OK, the guy kinda next to me had some serious snoring happening, almost louder than the train.I managed to wake up around 7:30 and I arrived into New Jaipaguri at about 9. Once out of the train station there are so many jeeps offering rides to Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Gangtok along with many other places but mostly these three. I had to get a Sikkim permit in Siliguri so i grabbed a bike taxi and 30min later i was applying for my Permit. I then hopped in a shared jeep to Darjeeling.There was only four in the ... read more

This entry will start with the details of our first Indian train journey experience... Varanasi to NJP (somewhere outside Darjeeling.... West Bengal!) After a auto-rickshaw journey to the station we hurried to find what platform we needed with 10 mins to spare. No one seemed to know what platform we needed, nor did they know what train we were after. We managed to find the ticket office where 4/5 men sat about answering phones (simultaneously) and chatting in a relaxed style amongst themselves. We stood eagerly behind, our ticket in our hands, one eye on them the other on the clock watching our departure time creep closer. We need not of panicked... our train, in true Indian style, was delayed by half hour! They told us that if we sat in the waiting room they would ... read more

So almost all over being sick. Almost. Yesterday, I went out for my prescribed (by the doctor) lunch of Plain rice and plain Dahl at the Lunar Hotel, which has stunning views. Everywhere in Darjeeling has an amazing view. It was the first clear day so far. Beautiful. I saw some Westerners at the next table and I said hello. Their names were Rob and Hannah and they were from Bristol, England. They were taking a year to travel. Lovely. They said they'd been thinking of going to Tiger Hill the next morning and I said I'd been thinking the same. We agreed to go together. Tiger Hill is a very popular lookout point for the major mountain here, Kanchenjunga, which the German, Herbert, left several days ago to trek around. Everyone goes to Tiger Hill ... read more

So, I am testing my travel blog. Testing 1,2.... read more

bueno. hace como 5 dias llegue a darjeeling, q es una ciudad preciosa colgando de las montagnas. aca no estamos tan alto, a 2000 algo metros, entonces hay arboles... y hay muchos!!!!!! ene de vegetacion, precioso. y es a los pies de los himalayas, entonces se pueden ver cumbres altas pero ha estado medio nublando siempre asi q no he visto eso. pero es tan rico todo. estoy en un hotel limpio (lo cual es un lujo), aca no hay bichos xq hace mucho frio (son un tema q megenera un stress importante durante elviaje) y aparte el ambiente en donde estoy es bacan. en el hotel de al frente de donde estoy, en el ultimo piso hay un restoran con una vista preciosa y ventanales grandes y una bilioteca, entonces paso alla leyendo un libro ... read more