Cafe in Siliguiri

Our biggest most challenging day of travel!

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June 24th 2012
We left Kalimpong today and strated out on what was going to be a big day of travel. On Kezia's advice we travelled by jeep as far as Siliguri and enjoyed a delicious lunch in a cafe. The temperature away from the mountains had increased which hit us big time at this oppressive train station in New Jalpaiguri. The station was busy, dirty and beggars everywhere. We boarded the train at 2.00p ... 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