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Freezing in Darjeeling

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February 9th 2008
Well after the intensity of Varanasi I missed my train so I didn't end up visiting Bodigaya. Instead I managed to get on a train leaving for Siliguri which is the last regular train station near Darjeeling. The 12 hour train ride ended up being 18 hours and I really was wishing I had upgraded to an AC class after that much time. But I survived and shared a cab up to Darjeeling which is about 3 ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more