observatory hill 4

Darjeeling

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October 22nd 2006
It is not drizzling and as freezing today, so i find that i am in better spirits. Plus i didn't spend half of the night up with body aches and fever, also good. We drove into darjeeling via shared jeep. We somehow managed to get the front seat which was great for avoiding car nausea on the way up, but bad because i was in the middle and the driver kept nailing me in the thigh with ... 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