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Traveler Let’s go east
- Feb 22, 2020 · ☁️ 14 °C Altitude: 2,056 m
  India West Bengal Darjiling Tungsung Basti Birch Hill 27.05221, 88.2598727°3’8” N 88°15’36” E
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Darjeeling
February 22, 2020 in India ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
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Whilst I'm writing this text I'm enjoying a nice cup of Himalayan Tea.
Darjeeling "the mother" of all hill stations:
Known for its delicious tea in the entire world, it's far away from the hustle of big cities. With its stunning but often cloudy views through tea plantations, it's my door to the Himalayas.
I will always remember the morning I saw the first time the Kanchenjunga range. As kid I dreamed to see the highest mountains. Now it was time, the first 8000m mountain of my life. Breathtaking.
I arrived at Darjeeling in an aweful condition. The diarrhea didn't let me leave my bed for days. Luckily Family Rai took care of me and I'm sure the local tea helped to heal myself. After I recovered I visited the little Himalayan Zoo (with its lovely endangered Red Pandas) and the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute with its homage to its founder Tenzing Norgay Sherpa who lived and died here.
In a nutshell it was the perfect place to recover and gain new energy before entering Nepal and say goodbye to India after 3 months!Read more
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que animal raro 😅
5/11/20Reply
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😍😍😍😍😍😍
5/11/20Reply
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Traveler Nepal-Japon à vélo
- Apr 20, 2019, 1:57pm · ⛅ 18 °C Altitude: 1,974 m
  India West Bengal Darjiling Ghum 27.00084, 88.2436827°0’3” N 88°14’37” E
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Hard to reach Darjeeling
April 20, 2019 in India ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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Only a few pictures - more detail will come afterwards, when i have a proper WiFi connection ! I'm now using someone's hotspot in a mobile shop - to show the crazy uphill route I rode from the plains (Dudhia, 250m) to Darjeeling (2200m).

I actually didn't make it up until Darjeeling, it was getting dark and I had to stop for the night a few kilometers before, in the town of Ghoom.
This still made for a 50 km day with more than ... 2500 meters of ascent, 500 meters of descent.
During the afternoon, from Kurseong to Ghoom, I followed the mythical Darjeeling express Railway or "toy train", as the Indians call it.

I'll tell you more about the first days of India whenever I can seat quietly with a better internet connection... For now I'm leaving for a few days for another trekk in Sikkim : I wanted to see again the Himalayan mountains (Kanchenjunga !) before I ride towards the East .Read more
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Belle chute de température Bonne rando! C’est bien de varier entre vélo et trek Bises
4/23/19Reply
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Just so you know : legends seems to get cut after a number of characters ! ;)
4/24/19Reply
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Traveler Traum. Welt. Reise.
- Apr 18, 2018, 8:41am · ☀️ 30 °C Altitude: 2,218 m
  India West Bengal Darjiling Darjeeling Mount Vernon 27.02773, 88.2591927°1’40” N 88°15’33” E
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Es riecht wieder nach Buttertee
April 18, 2018 in India ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
und erinnert mich damit stark an Tibet. Die Nähe zu Tibet und Nepal ist hier in Darjeeling nicht zu übersehen. Selbst der Hindutempel ist über und über mit den tibetanischen Flaggen geschmückt und es gibt Momos an jeder Straßenecke.

Die Stadt des Tees ist zwar beschaulich gelegen, auf 2.200m Höhe, aber leider hoffnungslos überfüllt. Jeeps quetschen sich den ganzen Tag durch die engen Gassen und befördern Einheimische und Touristen von A nach B. Laute Motoren, Hupen und der Abgasgeruch versauen mir das schöne Bergpanorama. Auch das Wetter spielt leider noch nicht mit. Nebelverhangen lassen sich nur die nahen Hügel, nicht aber die 8.000er blicken.

So sind 1 1/2 Tage auch genug für mich und ich habe mir das Zusatzvisum für Sikkim geholt. Mit der Hoffnung auf klare Luft, Sicht und Stille 😊.Read more
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Traveler Nepal Tibet Bhutan India 2019
- May 25, 2019, 4:00am · ⛅ 13 °C Altitude: 2,467 m
  India West Bengal Darjiling Jorbangala 26.99833, 88.2683326°59’54” N 88°16’6” E
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Tigers Hill
May 25, 2019 in India ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Well that was a waste of 5 hours. We were meant to see the sunrise over the Himilaya Mountain's this morning so were awake at 3am to catch what is meant to be a lovely view. Ha Ha Ha.

There was a traffic jam within minutes of leaving the Hotel. We eventually get there and it is so foggy you cannot see in front of you so no hope of sunrise. Not that this stopped the stupid tourists. 100's left their cars and walked to the point. We sat in the car as would need to walk 1.5km to point to see nothing. What a waste of time. We did do a lot of laughing at the tourists though because they kept walking past us to view the sunrise. Apart from the fact that you could not see anything due to the fog, sunrise was well and truly over as the tourists kept coming . This created a huge traffic jam of cars and people so we sat in the car from start to finish 4 hours. Even our guide did not turn up he claims to have told the Hotel it was raining so we would not be going but that is not what the Hotel told us.

Communication is not something anyone in Darjeeling seems to know.Read more
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Oh bummer! Stupid tourists 😂 It must be really something on a good day to attract that many people.
5/26/19Reply
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Traveler Nepal Tibet Bhutan India 2019
- May 25, 2019, 7:45am · ⛅ 15 °C Altitude: 2,092 m
  India West Bengal Darjiling Tungsung Basti Birch Hill 27.04833, 88.26527°2’54” N 88°15’54” E
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Little Tibet Hotel Darjeeling
May 25, 2019 in India ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Yey, we are leaving one of the worst cities we have visited in all our travels. We still have not seen any tea plantations which was the reason for coming to Darjeeling. We are hopefully seeing one this morning.

Anyway remember I mentioned we changed rooms. When we returned from our uneventful sunrise we went for showers and this is what we found. It is shocking.Read more
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Literally!
5/26/19Reply
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Traveler Nepal Tibet Bhutan India 2019
- May 23, 2019, 5:37pm · 🌧 15 °C Altitude: 2,104 m
  India West Bengal Darjiling Tungsung Basti Birch Hill 27.04857, 88.2653527°2’55” N 88°15’55” E
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Little Tibet Hotel
May 23, 2019 in India ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
We arrived in Darjeeling but not at our Hotel just yet. Today they were completing the counting for the Indian election and as there is a possibility of rioting from the locals if they do not agree with the outcome and as the counting was being held near our hotel, local police and armed forces had blocked off the roads. Therefore, we had to walk a kilometre to our hotel with our bags being carried by porters.

The Hotel is another yukky one, it smells of damp, mould and wet dog and very bad wifi. Apparently they are going to upgrade us tomorrow not sure if that will be any better but we can only hope.
I can say the staff are lovely it is just a shame about the Hotel. Dinner was OK I could eat 2 things from the buffet.Read more
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Great! Wet dog and riots! I hope the riots didn’t eventuate!
5/26/19Reply
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Traveler Nepal Tibet Bhutan India 2019
- May 24, 2019, 5:38pm · 🌧 16 °C Altitude: 2,104 m
  India West Bengal Darjiling Tungsung Basti Birch Hill 27.04857, 88.2653527°2’55” N 88°15’55” E
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Day 24
Back in our Hotel
May 24, 2019 in India ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
The joy continues, right at the street level we can tell an Indian wedding is on at the Hotel and we all now how they can party.

Once in the foyer the front desk give us the key to our new room and guess what not much better than the first but we can open a window and no wet dog smell so that is a plus.

Our window opens right out the where some of the wedding party are sitting but no one is smoking so that is great. They are loud but the music is really good, so I am enjoying updating the blog listening to Indian music and some music we actually recogise. But what is weird is that we wanted to know how long the party would continue as we have to get up at 3.30am tomorrow and they told us they are going to finish at 7.30pm, what sort of party finishes so early. However, we are thankful , maybe we should join the party.

Staying Alive is now playing.

Fitbit Stats::
10,0007 steps
40 flights of stairs
6.93 kmRead more
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That’s better.
5/26/19Reply
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Traveler Nepal Tibet Bhutan India 2019
- May 24, 2019, 1:30pm · 🌧 19 °C Altitude: 2,032 m
  India West Bengal Darjiling Tungsung Basti Birch Hill 27.05598, 88.2561827°3’22” N 88°15’22” E
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Padmaja Naidu Zoological Garden
May 24, 2019 in India ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Well this was a long drive, well most of the drive we were just sitting in the car in traffic to get to the Zoo. The guide and John slept for most of this time. The traffic is dreadful it was actually quicker to walk to most attractions but the roads are very dirty with people and cars everywhere so we go in the car until our guide suggests that we get out and walk. The Zoo was another occassion where we walked for about 7min up hill to get to there.

Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park is quite small and is right in the centre of Darjeeling. The zoo was opened in 1958, and an average elevation of 2,134 m, is the largest high altitude zoo in India. It specializes in breeding animals adapted to alpine conditions, and has successful captive breeding programs for the snow leopard, the critically endangered Himalayan wolf and the red panda. The zoo attracts about 300,000 visitors every year. The zoo serves as the central hub for Central Zoo Authority of India's red panda program.

We wandered around for 30min and saw the snow leapod, black bear, red panda, himayalan wolf and tiger. Even though they are caged they did look quite healthy. Just a shame about the very loud Indian tourists shouting at each other in conversation even though the signs around the park say "Silence"Read more
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Oh wow! Those are some rare animals to see!
5/26/19Reply
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blue penguin My long way to New Zealand
- Sep 3, 2015, 11:00am · 🌙 21 °C Altitude: 2,248 m
  India West Bengal Darjiling Jalapahar 27.00835, 88.2538127°0’30” N 88°15’14” E
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Ghoom
September 3, 2015 in India ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
We went for a ride with the famous Toy Train. Although the two cities were just 7 kms from each other, the round trip took 2 hours (with a museum break). Warmed up with some milk tea, it was a pleasant journey.Read more
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blue penguin My long way to New Zealand
- Sep 3, 2015, 3:00pm · 🌙 21 °C Altitude: 1,643 m
  India West Bengal Darjiling Tungsung Basti Birch Hill 27.04642, 88.2498827°2’47” N 88°14’60” E
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Happy Valley, Darjeeling
September 3, 2015 in India ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Around Darjeeling there are many tea farms. By accident we've walked into one, called Happy Valley where an old lady running a café neaby took care of us immediately. She made tea for us in 5 seconds! It's true! She insisted that we watch. Anyway it was naturally sweet and tasty :) Plus, she taught us a lot of interesting stuff about tea.Read more
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