INDIA - Darjeeling
Darjeeling is a beautiful tea station in the north east of India and the gateway to the Singalila National Park. The trip to Darjeeling all the way from Varnasi was a marathon one. Starting with a one hour auto rickshaw ride to the train station, an overnight train journey (which we later found out to be one of the most risky as it passes through Bihar, the poorest and one of the most dangerous states of India - explains the lack of fellow tourists on the train) to New Jaipalguri, another 30 minute rickshaw ride finally followed by a 3 hr jeep ride up to the hillstation. Our gruelling journey didnt end there, we had one final slog staggering up to almost the highest point in the town.