Mt. Khangchendzonga

Mmmm... Momos

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December 10th 2005
Darjeeling is amazing. It's a little town built into the side of a mountain. The houses and buildings look like little Lego structures stuck the face of the hill. And there are tea plantations everywhere. It doesn't really seem like India at all - people dress western, and there's a mix of Nepalese, Bengali, Chinese, Tibetan all living there. It's just a happy place. One night, we went to a ... 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