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Tag: West Bengal

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Oct 29, 2010

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 Londo...

Oct 6, 2010 Photography & Travel

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 this month, we will visit the Tibetan Refugee Self-Help Centre and meet some ama
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Oct 4, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

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 and its catacomb of narrow roads provide a maze to explore this hill station. Once
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