lounge at silver oaks

trips to kalimpong

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June 27th 2013
Our first trip to Kalimpong was on our way back from Gangtok and we were there for a very short while, only a night. We reached Kalimpong and the climb up is green and picturesque. We checked into the Silver oaks hotel and it's a very well maintained and lavish property. My best friend knows the owner of these Elgin Hotels, he is a member of the Oberoi family and runs a chain of hotels indepen ... 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