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Starting point for the Himalayan Adventures
Yiga Choeling Monastery At Ghoom
anilpradhanshillong Says: The road to the famous Yiga Choeling Monastery is adjacent to the Ghoom Railway Station and is only a 10-minutes walk. It is a walk through rows of small shops on both sides of the road till a sharp turning unveils the venerable monastery before you. You may find the...
Journey's End - The Ghoom Railway Station
anilpradhanshillong Says: The Ghoom Railway Station is where your joyride ends. It comes all too soon, barely an hour after flag off. You have hardly had time to acknowledge your co-passengers, so engrossed you have been in your own enjoyment. As you shuffle reluctantly towards the door, you realise...
anilpradhanshillong Says: The Ghoom Railway Museum, a UNESCO heritage site, is worth a visit where you may see the origins of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR). You will learn that the DHR started functioning in 1881; that until 1878, the route from Calcutta to Darjeeling was tortuous in the...
In Memorium - The Batasia Loop
anilpradhanshillong Says: On your final day in Darjeeling, you can afford to take it easy as your Toy Train ride will only start at 10.40 am. The preparations of the train engine as well as the two carriages are a treat to watch.It takes three uniformed engine drivers to get the Beauty Queen primed....
Relive Your Childhood - Darjeeling Ropeway
anilpradhanshillong Says: After that sumptuous lunch and before you begin feeling soporific, try out the Darjeeling Ropeway. It earlier consisted of 16 cars and plied between 'North Point' and Singla on the banks of the Ramman River. The journey on the ropeway offered beautiful views of the hills and...
anilpradhanshillong Says: If you are into art, you may try out the Ava Art Gallery close by. Else you may take a transport to the Japanese Peace Pagoda (4 kms away). The moment you climb the last step up, three sights await you: the long stone-inscribed pillar in front, the Nipponzan Myohoji Temple...
anilpradhanshillong Says: Once you return to the Darjeeling Railway Station, walk over to the Dhirdham Temple next door. Designed by Beg Raj Sakya and built by Rai Saheb Purna Bahadur Pradhan in 1939, this temple was inspired by the famous Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. The roof of the...
Relive Your Childhood - Darjeeling Toy Train
anilpradhanshillong Says: From there, you could roll down to the Darjeeling Railway Station and book your ticket for the next day’s joy ride till Ghoom. This can also be done online (Train Number 52548; Darjeeling to Darjeeling; 10.40 am and 12.50 pm) and I would strongly suggest doing so as tickets...
anilpradhanshillong Says: St. Columba’s Church was established in 1894 and belongs to the Eastern Himalayan Church Council, a Presbyterian Church Council affiliated to the United Church of North India. It is situated just above the Ghoom Railway Station.First Written: May 18, 2010
To Glennary's - A well-deserved lunch
anilpradhanshillong Says: This entire itinerary should take you about 4 to 4.5 hours, from the Chaurastha back into the town. You could then repair to Glennary for a well-deserved spot of late lunch. After lunch you may like to unwind and ruminate at the nearby Lloyd’s Botanical Gardens before...
anilpradhanshillong Says: Ideally, the next day should find you very bright and very, very early on your way to Tiger Hill, some 12 kms from the town centre. Owing to the road condition, it will take you about 45 minutes to reach the 8,530 ft (2,600 m) hilltop.Go early, get your ticket, march...
Tibetan Refugee Self-Help Centre
anilpradhanshillong Says: The Bhutia Bustee Monastery has an off-shoot in the form of the Tibetan Refugee Self-Help Centre located about less than a kilometre downstream. Ask the monk at the monastery and he’ll take you to the back of the monastery and point in a vague direction. As you walk along,...
anilpradhanshillong Says: Once you come out of the ‘Step Aside’ bungalow, don’t return to the Chaurastha. Instead continue your meanderings downwards on the cemented walkway towards the Bhutia Busty Monastery, the monastery that was uprooted from the Observatory Hill years ago and the monastery from...
anilpradhanshillong Says: ‘Step Aside’ was the bungalow where Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, the freedom fighter died on June 16, 1925. It is now a repository of the last days of the freedom fighter. There is also an apocryphal story associated with the second Kumar (Prince), Ramendra Narayan Roy, the...
2 Reviews and 142 Opinions My wife and I stayed here for 4 nights and had a brilliant time The staff and our host just couldn't...
3 Reviews and 23 Opinions Excellent! Friendly and helpful staff, perfect location, and decently clean. Room charges starting...
davidjo Says: The toy train runs from NJP near Siliguri to Darjiling daily rising from 100m above sea level to 2200m. Although it is slow it is well worth it just to view the scenery and villages on the way up. The 80 km trip takes 7 hrs and departs NJP at 9 am and costs around 250...
Bus from Siliguri to Darjeeling
Liatris1 Says: We took a taxi from New Jalpaiguri to Siliguri. We were also offered a shared jeep, all the way to Darjeeling, for 90 R per person, and 800 Rs for a jeep-taxi to ourselves. But we chose the bus. The train would take approx. 9 hours and the bus 3-5 hours.The road up was...
Keep away from Hotel Touts ( GJM & GNLF)
goutammitra Says: We had a very bad experience once we landed at Darjeeling. These days the jeeps take you to lower Bazar or Lal Bazar from there you will have to climb up to Mall or near to your hotel. You also need to take the help of a local Pittu ( Coolie) as climbing is not easy for the...
goutammitra Says: As soon as the Sun comes out our face and the entire surrounding has become Golden! This precious moments lasts for only about 10/15 minutes and is not repeated regularly as there may be clouds and rains! Be fast and first to reach there to capture these moments. I visited...
goutammitra Says: Sunrise at Tiger Hill is the best attraction for Darjeeling, so I put it here in Off the beaten path! It is one of the best Sunrises visible on the Earth! Tiger hill is about 18/19 kms from Darjeeling takes about less than an hour in Jeep. But to witness the breathtaking...
Changing MOOD of da weather :)
mamtap Says: Well..as we all know tht darjeelin is famous for it's cold weather..i mahself also tried to get some experience about tht..well wht i felt is tht it's worth goin to darjeelin...if u wanna see how da weathers changes it's mood....cool weather..quiet places n da Mall is a nice...
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Q: Hi I have rec. wonderful responses regarding Darjeeling already. Is a side trip for a day outside Darjeeling feasible if our...
A: Hi there Toy train is amazing experience in DARJEELING i really enjoy i know, you will enjoy as well and TIGER hill is the best view point in around the town where you...
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