Forts, Palaces and Temples!
Hello there! Well, here I am again, back in an internet cafe for another mammoth session at the keyboard doing my best to interpret the latest 2 weeks of travel into a vaguely interesting read. Lynn and I were in New Delhi when I last left you and about to be joined by a couple of friends from England who wished to spend 2 weeks on the road with us. Those 2 weeks were rather manic compared to our usual sedate travelling pace as we attempted to fit in as much as possible. Our friends have returned home again now and Lynn and I have proceeded on to Darjeeling in the far north-east of India for a bit of rest and recuperation. Darjeeling is situated in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains just a stone's throw from Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and Bangladesh. It's considerably more relaxed than anywhere else we've so far visited in India and considerably colder too. The inhabitants are mainly Nepali and Tibetan and indeed most of the people speak Nepali here in preference to Hindi. ...