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A day at Glenburn

A day at Glenburn

Yesterday we climbed down then up, today it was up then down. If you get high enough you can see for miles and miles, no wait a minute that’s Canada, this is India. Let’s go for feet and feet Part way down we took a break. How about this for a wedding anniversary...

We upset the tea wagon

We upset the tea wagon

Yesterday afternoon it took just over two hours to get to the Glenburn tea estate. Our planned excursion for today was to be a 45 minute ride on the toy train from a station at one end of Darjeeling to the other then lunch at the Mayfair Darjeeling. Here is a picture...

Gangfok it took a long time to get here

Gangfok it took a long time to get here

The alarm goes off at 04:45, our bags are packed, we’re ready to go. A short boat ride back to the mainland then to the Udaipur airport to catch our flight to Delhi where we don’t buy enough wine then we catch a flight to Bagdogra. We get out of the airport, climb in...

Udaipur “The Venice of the East”

Udaipur “The Venice of the East”

When you take a look back at your 270 year old hotel in the middle of a man made lake from the 500 year palace you are touring and both are owned by the same guy you give your head a shake. More head shaking as we toured the current Maharana’s (read rich by being...

Kangchenjunga

Kangchenjunga

We get in the car at 04:45 to drive to Tiger Hill to watch other people watch the sunrise while we stand on the other side and wait for Kanchenchunga to be reavealed in all it’s third highest mountain in the world glory. the top of Tiger Hill at 5:30 in the morning...