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Originally Posted by SirAlec  Others being Amigos, hasty tasty etc.
The hill cart road has been that small only. |
Amigos being right on the Mall beside the Chalet Hotel. Hasty Tasty being Veg was strict no-no for a pure non-veg like me.
However, I distinctly remember a the stretch between Sukna and Kurseong being wider, as I have mental images of two Swaraj Mazda's passing side by side at an area it would be impossible for a Ford Ikon and an OMNI to pass side by side, now. Maybe the frequent landslides have ensured a gradual narrowing. Even today you will see the stretch between Kurseong to Darjeeling being similarly wide. I think it was consistent throughout from Sukna to DJ.
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Originally Posted by Sudipto-S-Team A bit off topic but I find this strange. I have lived with and known thousands of Buddhists and never heard this before!! I thought only Jews and Muslims have this thing against pork. Could you please explain this to me?
Incidentally, the Tibetan dish pork momo is incredibly famous here. |
Same here. On both grounds, 1> Pork Momo being fabulous 2> Buddhist -Pork equation.
Anyway continuing with the story
Day 3 - Monday 17th November
Some pics taken in the morning from the tourist lodge
The beauty of being in India is to sit around in a balcony like this and someone serves you an excellent brew, "chaaye saab", Priceless. (No going to the vending machine looking for the right kind of sugar, creamer etc and then a completely ordinary taste.)
Lazing around in the morning, getting the car washed by the attendant, I noticed that the rear right tyre was flat. Lot of speculations later we decided to carry the ailing wheel in the Maruti Versa as we see the sights. We will get the tyre repaired at a convenient time. The Tyre rode the Versa roof-top carrier with most individuals asking the driver about the fat tyre on top of a car that has puny slim wheels!
Needless to say he was floored with a copy of this snap!
We got the puncture fixed first, there were two nails in it. Although to my untrained eye, I could not notice the second one. So although I had a tube-less repair kit and a foot-pump handy, those wouldn't have helped at all.
One can be seen right in this snap
A few pics of the Darjeeling Bazar Bus stand area. I guess not many take pictures here!
That taken care of, we hit the Padmaja Naidu Zoological park. Which also has in the same enclosure the Himalayan Mountaineering institute.
This zoo has in its exhibits this amazingly cute creature
Thats how to sleep, dreaming the sky.
And a few more like these guys
And these
From there we went to a nearby Tea Garden. The tea they serve there is an excellent lure for one to buy the packs in bulk, which later turn out to be disappointing. But even with that knowledge, some people end up buying, as we did.
A drive to the Lebong race course, that was once the highest race course in the world, was purely academic, as it is mainly a field now, taken over by the Army.
The Evening was spent lazing around again, enjoying the chilly Mall that was mostly deserted.
That deserted!
The next day would see us waking at 3:30, so that we can start early to catch the Sunrise at Tiger Hill, a steep 4-5 km climb from Ghum (8kms from Darjeeling). So we hit the bed early.
However Daughter continued to refuse to eat/drink anything and was not at all her own self.
cntd