"Darjeeling Limited: First views of Himalayas" Chiapoe's photos around Darjeeling, India

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Preview of Chiapoe's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Darjeeling, India Entry Title: "Darjeeling Limited: First views of Himalayas" Entry: "Darjeeling, West Bengal, India October 8-11, 2008 Darjeeling: Welcome to Tea Country Our arrival in northern West Bengal brought us to the train junction city of Siliguri - a complete waste of anyone's time except that this is where you pick up shared jeeps to Darjeeling and further north to Sikkim. Having ridden in Indian trains and buses, Ankit and I were feeling pretty good about anything that would come our way: enter a shared jeep and the heinous road to Darjeeling. Stuffed in the back of the equivalent of a Toyota Land Cruiser, our legs and knees were crushed miserably as we were in a car with 15 people (including the driver). Adding to the misery was the fact that we barely slept on the overnight train from Kolkata. Further adding to the misery was the fact that the road to Darjeeling is extremely steep and is in worse condition and twistiness than the Road to Hana in Maui. Further further adding to the misery was that two relatively tall Indians (yes, I'm in a place where I can confidently say that) were jammed in the back and sitting just above the rear wheel well where every slight bump in the road launches you upwards. However, it was a gorgeous drive taking us up through lush forests and the <b>...</b>

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