Darjeeling

After a 3 hour plane ride from delhi followed by a 4 hour 4x4 jeep ride up into the mountains, we arrived in DArjeeling. Richard waited ages for the train, there were only 2 trains per day.

Off to Darjeeling for tea

April 21st 2006
I had had enough of the blistering heat of the desert and Delhi so where to go. Most locals go to the hill stations in the north at the foot of the Himalayan ranges. On the grape vine i heard that Darjeeling is nice and cool at this time of the year so off i went. i heard they have good tea too! As some of you out there may have gathered, jill had to return to work and hasnt been with me in India ... 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

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