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Tea anyone? Darjeeling tea?
Day 14: After a wonderful morning of classes we board jeeps and head off to the Happy Valley tea estate. A half hour later, after making our way through narrow streets, alleyways and cliffside roads we pull up on this estate.
A guide takes us on an informative tour of how the tea leaves are processed then packed and shipped around the world. This estate supplies tea for the famed Harrods in London.
After the tour of the manufacturing plant we wandered out into the plantation. Tea plants as far as the eye can see. We walked along narrow dirt paths between the tea plants watching tea pickers go about their day. A lot of hard work goes into the cup of tea we enjoy.
Fun day of classes on meditation in the Himalayas
It’s our last full day in Darjeeling and we spent a few hours of it in classes. Today it was everyone’s turn to be a teacher. Each person was given a topic yesterday and it was left to them to teach the group everything they knew about it. I got to play the student with…
Read MoreClasses and Excursions in Darjeeling
We are certainly well settled in Darjeeling now and in the comforts of our beautiful hotel. We are spending more time each day in classes and less in excursions. Our main excursion for today was to head out to Tiger Hill to watch the sun rise over the Himalayas. We joined hundreds of local touris...
Read MoreSimply enjoying Darjeeling
We spend our first full day in Darjeeling in quiet retreat diving into our study and practice of meditation. After the recent days of travel we are happy to be here in this mountain town sipping the world’s finest teas and working hard at doing nothing. Our classes covered further the subje...
Read MoreOff to the Himalayas of India
Our stay in New Delhi was brief. We were up early, boarded our cycle rickshaws and headed to our bus. Once on board we made our way through the unusually quiet morning streets of Delhi before arriving at the airport to board our flight to Bagdogra. Bagdogra is the closest airport to Darjeeling an...
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Join our spiritual adventure in Kerala Apr/May 2011
We are happy to announce our next spiritual adventure, this time to the beautiful state of Kerala in South India in April/May of 2011. Kerala is a mellow and gentle introduction to India for all first time visitors. Bright, colorful and saturated in sounds and smells to tantalize your every sense...
Read MoreFarewell Nepal! Namaste India!
Note: Though our spiritual adventure concluded on Nov 1st I will continue to post photos from the journey over the next 2 to 3 weeks. And when I return to the US I’ll be uploading videos as well so please continue to follow along. Thank you. We began our last morning in Nepal watching the&h...
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