München:
We wait for the Delhi flight
Siliguri:
Our B&B ...
... almost next door
A Ricksha, a cow and Rain
.
.
NJP:
Typical train station restaurant
To the tiny Darjeeling train ...
...
A ‘Langur’ along the road
.
The train was canceled ...
Traffic jam ... a VIP is expected ...
...
... a difficult garden !
.
Chai break
Darjeeling
Tourists on Nehru Road
Our hotel view ...
...
Good
Dosa
dinner
.
‘The Mall’
A
Tea plantation
.
.
.
You can taste and by tea here
Tibetan Refuge Center
.
.
At
The Mall:
Spring tea, summer tea and autumn tea
.
We walk down to the train station
.
.
.
.
Very narrow gauge: 61 cm (2 ft) !
The Hindu temple
Dhirdham
.
The cable car above the tea plantations ...
...
.
.
With youngsters from
Kolkata
...
...
.
The Monastery
Dali
The small train ...
... passes close to ...
... the
Ghoom
monastery
Kanchenjunga:
8,586 m (28,169 ft)
The rain station
.
Not a very wide track gauge !
To turn around the wagons
Our train arrives
.
.
.
.
We get off in
Kurseong