So we're being very lazy in Darjeeling at the moment, it has loads of quaint cafes and nice restaurants and whilst we write this we're munching currant buns and something called - heavy cake, it's very chocolately and very rich! Beyond the food, which is scrumptious! The shopping here is very very good, less conning and better quality, and we've manged to get quite a few pressies we hope you'll like!
Yesterday we went on the toy train to Ghoom, it was very funny and there was a lot of reditions of 'thomas the tank' in honour of my name sake! ;) We stopped at a war monument and the history museum of the toy train, but perhaps the funniest moment, as i'm sure matt will agree but i wont! Is when i tried to lean out the window for a nice cheesy photo and discovered, to my horror, that it was covered in pee!!! (Which if you haven't got the jist yet, is just sooooooo india!) So i spent the rest of the trip trying not to bend my knese and avoid trouser contact!
We went to the Darjeeling tea planters club, but... it was fairly empty and a bit expensive to join, then we got chased off the premisis for taking photo's! To be fair i did pretend i couldn't understand english until the lady has practically grabbed the camera from me! Well if they are going to be that un-charitable to poor travellers!
And lastly the fiasco of the travellers cheques, getting money anywhere in india seems to become an absolute nightmare for us, but when you have to bully the bank into accepting your passport as indentifiation you do begin to wonder!
So we're off to the zoo this afternoon and observatory hill. Perhaps the biggest shame is that we still haven't caught sight of the himalayas because of all the mist! The alarm has been set for 6am everyday in the hope of catching a photo!
We'll try and upload some photos now, xxx
Beth: What's your address, yes i should know, but remind me so i get i 100% right!
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