When you go to the post office in India, pack a lunch. Here’s how the process goes. First, you have…
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15 January 2007
Temple in the Cave
Heights: the only thing that scares me more is darkness. And tiny, pitch-black caves leave me unable to breathe. Yet…
15 January 2007
Pelling Blues
I’m homesick today. I’m in Pelling, a closed-for-the-winter hamlet in West Sikkim. I’m the only boarder at the Hotel Kabur,…
14 January 2007
Hot Springs
Dinash, my host in Pelling, insisted I go to the hot springs. I wanted to go to a monastery or…
11 January 2007
Rickshaw Run (photo)
11 January 2007
Tiger Hill Sunrise (photo)
11 January 2007
“White Water” Rafting in Kalimpong
White water rafting in Kalimpong (one of my favorite places on the planet, so far) was more of a cruise…
6 January 2007
The Land of Tea
My “joy ride” on the Himalayan Railroad train from Darjeeling to Ghum (or Ghoom, depending on which sign you read),…
Bollywood invaded the Himalayan Hotel in Kalimpong (boonies of North Bengal) last night. I’m thinking it’s something like if Kirsten…
22 December 2006
New Year’s Eve in Kalimpong
Siliguri, India, is the jumping off place for destinations people actually want to go to: Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kathmandu, Bhutan. Based…
