Afternoon tea, Windamere, Darjeeling ©Ingrid Booz Morejohn
Elevation: Darjeeling: 2123 m. Kalimpong: 1243 m.
Accomodation:
We stayed at the Sonar Bangla, near the Jeep Station, nice and clean and affordable. Many people recommend the Bellevue on Chowrasta. I’d probably try that next time around.
Bookstore:
Oxford Book & Stationary Company, Chowrastra Mall, loads of good books on the region, Buddhism, Tibet and India.
Look out point and naughty monkeys:
Ridgewalk beneath the Windamere.
Afternoon tea:
Windamere Hotel, Jawahar Rd West
Elgin Hotel, HD Lama Rd
Teashop:
Nathmull’s Tea Rooms, Laden La Rd
Photo shop:
Das Studio, Nehru Rd
Cafè:
Glenary’s, Nehru Rd
Recommended reading:
The inheritance of loss, (sv. Bittert arv), Kiran Desai. Story about people and life in a small village near Darjeeling (actually in Kalimpong east of Darjeeling and on the border of Sikkim). Winner of Man Booker Prize 2006.
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