We stopped at Ghoom (highest railway station in India) to take photos of the Toy Train.

A Picnic in the hills of Darjeeling.

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March 29th 2009
On Sunday, we organised with Sonam, the owner of a local cafe, to go for a drive into the fresh clean air of the hills. Yes, we are in the hills but Darjeeling is pretty polluted. We drove for about half an hour and came to what I think is a place where local Indians go for a day out. There was a lake of sorts, with one lonely duck and all in all, the place was pretty tatty, but the air was fres ... 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