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Tucked away in the Himalayas
is the famous hill resort of Darjeeling. With
the glistening Mt. Kanchenjunga providing an
awesome backdrop, this ‘Queen of the Hills’,
provides a perfect getaway. A Victorian town of
old world charm 'discovered' by the British, it
is almost completely surrounded by fragrant tea
gardens which seem to flow over the layered
slopes like emerald swells on a rough sea. These
are in turn interspersed by untamed jungle of
Fern and Bamboo, groves of sweet smelling
Coniferous trees and hamlets lost and which may
be the finest this earth has to offer, It hits
one like Darjeeling's true name, “Dorje Ling”,
or 'Place of the Thunderbolt'. |
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Part Victorian holiday
resort, part major tea-growing centre,
Darjeeling straddles a ridge 2,200m up in the
Himalayas and almost 600-km north of Kolkata.
Its been more than 50 years since the British
departed, still the town remains as popular as
ever with holiday-makers from the plains, and
promenades such as the Mall and the Chowrasta
still burst with life. |
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