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23 November 2018
Arrival We landed on time around 0100. Seated close to the front (because I paid, because I had been auto-assigned a bad seat), I was through immigration promptly. One stands high up on steps at immigration perhaps in order to access the fingerprint scanners that may have been introduced after the desks were made. A […]
27 May 2018
Today, we had an excursion to the Serikin Border Market at one of the border crossings with Indonesia. It is about 1h30 from the apartment and to avoid the heat ,we left at 0545 with a detour to Aunty Margaret’s. We ended up proceeding with a headstart and arrived at 0730 We paid for parking […]
12 November 2017
Well, my adventure finishes today as tonight I fly from Delhi to Kuching to spend time with family again. As one adventure finishes, another one takes shape spurred by AirAsia’s sale for travel till Jan 2019. I had a sleepless night in Delhi thinking about their Auckland – Kuala Lumpur fare for NZD199 and Kuala […]
11 November 2017
Today is a big day travelling back to the national capital Delhi. I was at reception about 0640 using the very slow internet to do my online check-in for my Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur and Kuching. I had been assigned a bad seat and luckily I was able to change it to the […]
10 November 2017
Today I wanted to do very little. After breakfast, I decided to enquire about the bus to Siliguri. Essentials like where it left from how long it takes, whether foreigners are OK on it in view of the checkpoint utilised. Answered varied and but all that was confirmed was that it starts in Lower Pelling […]
9 November 2017
Mark and I paid up at the tour company across the road from the hotel at 0900 and hopped into the 4WD. We had booked a car for the both of us as there seemed to be no other tourists in town. The town was very quiet indeed and our hotel and many others seemed […]
8 November 2017
Above: Leaving Darjeeling, I waited for 1h30 before the 4WD shared taxi had a full load and could depart. The first of four wait-and- rides. I had about 10 hours sleep last night to compensate for the early wake-up yesterday (which was preceded by bad sleep). I woke after 0700 and got packed up first […]
7 November 2017
With a pickup at 0430, I didn’t sleep well. I had retired around 2100 and had woken around 2330, 0130 before finally waking up before the alarm around 0330. I decided to head down to the roadside a little earlier. Somehow I had expected it, and the front gate was locked. Fortunately I was able […]
6 November 2017
I woke to a glorious view of Kangchendzonga (8598 m), the 3rdhighest mountain in the world and India’s highest. It’s in a range with several other very high peaks as well. Yesterday, I didn’t know it was right outside my window because of the clouds. What a stunning view to sit down to and eat […]
5 November 2017
Due to a late night last night, I woke up relatively late at 0730. I rang to get the hot water turned on and after 20 minutes it was just warm enough to have a splash before breakfast. I popped out to the nearby Sikkim Nationalised Transport terminal to check if the Tourist Information Centre […]