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Photo Favorite: World’s Best Beer Name
Blog: GoBackpacking - 20 February 2011
I encountered the world's best beer name at a bar in Darjeeling, India.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, private forum, audio interviews, and more.Use discount code "tbs25" to get 25% off a Premium membership.
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A Guide To Gorkhaland
Blog: Quillcards - 12 April 2010
Independence and Partition Before India gained its independence, the area that is now Bangladesh was part of British-controlled India. Since independence and the partition of India into two countries (India and Pakistan) in 1947, the north east of India has only been connected to the rest of the country by a narrow ribbon of land that runs [...]A Guide To Gorkhaland is a post from: Quillcards
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In Search Of Darjeeling Tea
Blog: Quillcards - 7 April 2010
Darjeeling Tea Darjeeling in the hills of West Bengal is the center of the tea industry that can trace its roots back to the British Raj. The tea that is grown around Darjeeling is Camellia Sinensis. Yes, tea is part of the same family as the camellia flower, which is Camellia Japonica. If left to grow untrimmed, [...]In Search Of Darjeeling Tea is a post from: Quillcards
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Travels With A Macbook Air In India
Blog: Quillcards - 27 March 2010
Why Take Our Own Computer? With so many cyber-cafes in India, having your own computer is not necessary for general browsing and for emails. However, we wanted to add posts to this blog as we traveled. Because almost all of our blog posts feature photographs, that meant that we needed to be able to upload and work [...]Travels With A Macbook Air In India is a post from: Quillcards No related posts.
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Japanese Peace Pagoda in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 25 February 2010
This stupa was inaugurated in 1992. 28,5 meters high structure was build under the guidance of Nichidatsu Fujii founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Buddhist Order. It is provided for a focus for people of all races and creeds to help unite them in their search for world peace. Stairs and Peace Pagoda
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Druk Sangag Choling Monastery of Drukpa Kagyu Tradition, Seat of H.H. Gyalwang Drukchen Rinpoche, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 25 February 2010
Druk Sangag Choling Monastery view
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Darjeeling Tea Estates, West Bengal, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 14 January 2010
The champagne of all teas - Darjeeling. Due to moist, Himalayan weather local estates produce the most gourmet kind of this drink. Logo of genuine Darjeeling tea.
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Tea plantation hills covered by morning mist and clouds in Darjeeling ,West Bengal, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 7 December 2009
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Friday Flashback – Exploring Darjeeling
Blog: GoBackpacking - 9 October 2009
I knew nothing of Darjeeling before my trip last year, except for the region’s reputation for quality teas. One of the greatest aspects of long term travel, and around the world trips in particular, is the freedom the time allows you to change plans and follow your curiosities. It turns out Darjeeling has a lot to [...]Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier) No related posts.
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Friday Flashback: Crossing Nepal’s Eastern Border
Blog: GoBackpacking - 2 October 2009
Crossing international borders over land can be full of headaches, from filling out paperwork to bureaucratic delays, insidious money changers and scams galore. After convincing myself to finally leave Nepal, I clearly had the desire for more adventure because instead of making the trip from Kathmandu to Darjeeling, India with new friends, I decided [...]Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Tiger Hill, A Walk Through Ghum and Avoiding the Strange Weather Non-Patterns
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 3 May 2009
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Tenzing Norgay and the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 2 May 2009
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Caught In The Middle of Elections
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 30 April 2009
Hoorah for the 2424 Express from New Delhi station! It left exactly at 2pm and arrived in to New Jalpaiguri just after 11am – just one hour late! However the ticket wasn´t cheap; Rs1635 in 3AC is a lot!
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