Do you want to have some special Darjeeling tea? Well I hope you know that we are not in Chennai where the tea may remain hot for a couple of minutes. It is not Dubai where it is hot and even there tea may remain hot for a while. We are in Darjeeling where the shiver to freeze never ends. Summer in chennai is pretty hot isn’t it but this is Darjeeling my friend where it just usually stays the same temperature most of the time. So come join me, while I recount my Darjeeling trip details.
In Darjeeling it is not safe to wear shorts or if you want to wear a sleeveless for comfyness. You will shiver, shiver and keep shivering untill you asap get a sweater and wear it on. Yes my friends. why do you need ac [ Air Conditiioner] when you have Darjeeeling with you where it feels more far below than room temeprature where the temeperature may go down to 6 degrees.
We have visited so many places in Darjeeling like Monastery, Tea garden , sightseeing where we can see Kanchanajanga and most importantly pakoda. What? Yes well it is not the pakoda we it but it is the Pagoda where we go and pray to the lord. Well yes the word may be funny but not for the buddhist’s though as thats the place where they pray to their lord.
We have also gone to Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, where it is inside a zoo. We saw many animals and my dream has finally come true. We saw Panda’s and the most rarely sighted animal in land where you may need to go deep into the forest to see. Tigers. Well it was ready it was waking back and fourth all the time as if it was ready to pounce upon someone as it’s pray. Well yes we may have had fun, but it was tiring aswell. You just dont need to be mentally fit if you want to go to place like Darjeeling. You need to be fit physically. Climbing the downhill, hmm yeah it was fun, but the uphill was a special delivery.
We just did not go to Darjeeling, but suprisingly thanks to the kind people there we have also gown to Nepal aswell. Yes well Nepal was not many hours away from Darjeeling. Well yes Nepal was quite amazing and most of the people worship the god that we indians or hindus usually worship. We got this notice thanks to our meet at Batasia loop. We went to see the binoculars for the view of the mountains. We were suprised to know that it was not just Kanchenjunga, it was standing there with its neighbours like Mount Everest, Sikkim Mountain and China Mountain. We also got a chance to ride in the Toy train where we enjoyed the journey as the train huffed and puffed towards different destinations. This toy train is 200 years old and we went to the highest railway station in India, which is Ghum. We in fact stayed in the Ghum village only.
How can we not forget the most important part that we all love, Food. Yes well ofcourse the food does differ from destination to destination. Darjeeling tea. Well we just did not try normal tea there. We tried the chocolate tea, well it does not taste like chocolate but it is made handmade tea leaves and the tea color looks like white chocolate. Masala chai taste is really awesome. Darjeeling is the place where it is famous for tea and momos. We just cant leave darjeeling without trying these goodies.
Well, we also climbed the pine forest there and each and every single step we take the more colder it gets. Making it difficult for the climbers to climb. The slope of the mountains also does matter as it is not easy and this is a practcie of how mountain climbing actucally is and rememeber once you climb it you fall in love with the views. You are up for the obstacles that many might have refused to as it is you who has chosen to do it and your mind will not be satisisfied until you conquer it. Its up to you to control your mind because each step forward makes you closer to the destination that you are about to conquer. For climbing mountain you dont have to be physically fit but mentally. Always rememeber to work hard but work smart. Smart work wins at the end of the day and hard work is something you do to make the smartwork occur.
Darjeeling is not just a palce where you enjoy and forget but a place where you cherish these moments forever and ever or lifelong. Darjeeling is the best place to visit during christmas times as it gets colder and colder making it difficult but a fun challenge trying to stay there. Dont worry you will survive! You dont need any AC in room when you have natural AC. Visit quick. Make it large. Live it out. Do share your Darjeeling trip details with me.
