Scenes around Kalimpong

2nd day at Kalimpong

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June 23rd 2012
Our 2nd day in kalimpong we tried to send a package back to Australia. This was quite a process as you need to pack your gear into a box, which then needs to be wrapped in white calicao type material. some poor non English speaking Nepali man then sews the material around the box and it is then waxed. We assume this man would survive on tips alone. When trying to register the parcel the compute ... 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