Strangers to Inseparable Friends in 2-Weeks
17 travellers gathered exactly 2-weeks ago from 3-nations and in one spiritual adventure in the Himalayas have built inseparable friendships. Themed a night of "curry, champagne and catwalk", our…
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Darjeeling
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Classes 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…
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…
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…
Simply 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…
Off 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…
Our Himalayan Spiritual Adventure
Only 7-days to go before we begin our 16-day spiritual adventure in the Himalayas of Nepal and North India. Participants of our group hail from the US, Australia and Germany. We will do our best to…
Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre, Darjeeling, India
Darjeeling, like many other places in India, has played host to the hundreds of thousands of Tibetans that have escaped China ruling Tibet. Here, during our spiritual adventure in the Himalayas later…
The road to Darjeeling, tea heaven in the Himalayas.
Draped like a green velvet over a steep Himalayan mountain ridge Darjeeling is covered with lush forests and endless tea plantations. The small town Darjeeling is densely packed with endless shops…
Enchanting Darjeeling in the Himalayas
Draped like a green velvet over a steep Himalayan mountain ridge Darjeeling is covered with lush forests and endless tea plantations.The small town Darjeeling is densely packed with endless shops and…
Meditation Retreat in the Himalayas
A video highlighting some of the places we will visit during our upcoming 16-day spiritual adventure in Nepal and North India (in October). From the majestic Himalayas to sub-tropical jungles,…
Smart has the plans. Stupid has the stories (Part 1)
On May 21st 2009 I embarked on what was to be my longest continuous travel in India - 36 hours from door to door. The journey was from Chennai to Darjeeling. The most challenging part of this journey…
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