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66. looking back on NE India

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Having lived in India 20 years ago, we consider ourselves experts on the subject. But then, we never went to the Northeast, that part squeezed in between Bangladesh and Myanmar, until not so long ago unknown territory. Now there are two possibilities: either India has changed beyond recognition, in the past 20 years, or the [...]
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65. Kolkata (2)

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Another thing we have always associated with Calcutta is its artistic credentials. All the artists we knew, and knew of, 20 years ago, were Bengali, so it cannot be other than that Calcutta is the capital of Indian art, at least its modern and contemporary art. The first signs are indeed positive, I discover the [...]
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Calcutta’s colonial architecture

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Because I have so many pictures of the fabulous, if deteriorating buildings of the Calcutta colonial era, I have added an extra entry, on some of the structures that didn’t make the main entry on Kolkata. I could have included many more… and there is more to Kolkata (2)  
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64. Kolkata

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Somehow I always had the impression that Kolkata – or Calcutta, as it used to be called – is the most chaotic Indian city of all. The old centre of Delhi was busy, when we lived there 20 years ago, and Mumbai, I recall, was a nightmare negotiating. And on this trip we experienced Guwahati, [...]
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the Enchey Monastery

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The Enchey Monastery, located on a hill top looking out over Gangtok, is a wonderful place, with a great atmosphere. The complex is a lot smaller than the Rumtek Monastery, with fewer buildings – fewer tourists, too –, but somehow it breathes a serene peace. Sunlight and a threatening sky also help.
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the Rumtek Monastery

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Even though this most important of all Sikkim Buddhist monasteries, the Rumtek Monastery at about an hour’s drive from Gangtok, come across as pretty sterile, new, with a lack of atmosphere – and not only because military is ever present, protecting the Golden Stupa, as they say -, it does provide lots of opportunities for [...]
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63. Gangtok

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To get from Darjeeling to Gangtok, in Sikkim, the only form of public transport is the dreaded Sumo, the jeep that fit ten passengers, kind of. Two rows of four, and two in the passenger seat next to the driver. We buy four seats next to each other, a whole row, and so travel unexpectedly [...]
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the Darjeeling Railway Station and Loco Shed

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Just because it is so fascinating, seeing old steam engines being operated by machinists, riding century-old railway tracks crossing the road, and negotiating other ancient railway station elements, a few more photos from the heart of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Darjeeling itself. My brother would have loved this, I am sure!
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62. Darjeeling

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A large part of Darjeeling occurs around the railway station, where the Toy Train arrives and departs. On the opposite side of the road is the Loco shed, where the different engines are kept, many of which are steam engines. There are quite a few trains, not just the once a day connection with Siliguri, [...]
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61. the Toy Train

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Siliguri, or rather, nearby New Jalpaiguri Junction, is the starting point for what is commonly known as the Toy Train, a narrow gauge railway that runs between Siliguri and Darjeeling. And climbs from 120 meters above sea level to more than 2000. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, as it is officially known, was built in 1880 [...]
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