It was raining when I arrived in Darjeeling six days ago, and yesterday it stopped for a while. After wandering around in the clouds, suddenly there was hillside and verdant green valleys. Last night there were even stars, both above and below. The ones below were lights dotting various hillsides where houses are glued precariously …
The bus billed itself as a ‘Royal Sleeper’ but it was neither. Certainly not regal except perhaps in someone’s crazily exaggerated perspective, nor conducive to rest. It arrived at 6:00 pm but it was still an hour late in leaving, finally getting going around 8:30 pm. And after I had been subjected to the obligatory …
Wow – back in India and shaping up to be quite a day. First of all, AirAsia didn’t like the way my bike was prepared for flight – pedals off, handlebar rotated 90 degrees to line up with the front wheel. I was sent off to one of several plastic wrapping machines and waited for …