Tea's Up!

Tea!

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October 26th 2010
One more full day until Varanasi. I've been in Darjeeling over a week now, over two visits. It's hard to leave due to the holiday season celebrating Durga Puja, and now gearing up for Diwali. The good news is there are much worse places to be stranded in than Darjeeling. It's a beautiful and friendly place and I'd recommend a weeks stay there to anyone. Today, it was all about the tea when M ... 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