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Posted: May 30 2016 (16:01)
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Last Response: May 30 2016 (22:08)
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Darjeeling Himalayan railway (Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling)
Another impressive toy train journey is the one that runs from Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling. Breathtaking, quite literally when the route takes you on a series of landscapes, altitudes and climate changes; Jalpaiguri being a plain and Darjeeling, the hill station that serves the best tea in all of India. Prepare yourself for a trip hooded by the Himalayas, through tea gardens, dense forests and if you’re lucky and the skies are clear, you can spot the magnificent Kanchenjunga. The journey takes you as close as possible to the tea pickers with baskets strapped on their heads and the smell of tea is simply mesmerizing. An interesting thing to note about this train is that it runs on narrow gauge...
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Another impressive toy train journey is the one that runs from Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling. Breathtaking, quite literally when the route takes you on a series of landscapes, altitudes and climate changes; Jalpaiguri being a plain and Darjeeling, the hill station that serves the best tea in all of India. Prepare yourself for a trip hooded by the Himalayas, through tea gardens, dense forests and if you’re lucky and the skies are clear, you can spot the magnificent Kanchenjunga. The journey takes you as close as possible to the tea pickers with baskets strapped on their heads and the smell of tea is simply mesmerizing. An interesting thing to note about this train is that it runs on narrow gauge...
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I think snowfall would be in the month of January.....Not sure
I don't wish to visit in summers as I'm from Goa and first have to spend two days travelling 2000 kilometres all the way to Howrah and summers would roast the hell out of us. Monsoons I heard landslides occur at many hill stations in India so was thinking of visiting in November when winters just begin.
Good idea Vicky. November would be a good time although it may be slightly cold. And the spots will not be crowded too.
Thank you sir hoping for the best next year but sincerely thinking bad that I have to miss the opportunity to visit Shimla this year.