The view from todays stroll
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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 i... [read more]
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 i... [read more] Blog: Darjeeling- Himalayan Hill Station
Date: December 3rd 2006
We made the decision to try and get out of Kolkata for a few days and make it up to the Tea plantation town of Darjeeling. The train was not the dramatic experience that we had imagined. The station platform (at 7pm) was filled with more beggers than usual, people shouted "Cha/Coffee" (Tea/coffee) and a very determined kid of about 8 years spent the best part of twenty minutes attempting to sell u ... read more
Date: December 3rd 2006
We made the decision to try and get out of Kolkata for a few days and make it up to the Tea plantation town of Darjeeling. The train was not the dramatic experience that we had imagined. The station platform (at 7pm) was filled with more beggers than usual, people shouted "Cha/Coffee" (Tea/coffee) and a very determined kid of about 8 years spent the best part of twenty minutes attempting to sell u ... read more
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G'day, I'm Sam. I'm a 20 year old uni student from Melbourne Australia, and I'm about to spend 3 months in India. Hopfully I'll get around to updating this as often as i can- will heaps of photos and descriptions. Keep track!! -Sam.... full info
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