Daily Archives: 11/03/2019

Sunday 10th & Monday 11th March 2019 Another leisurely breakfast followed by our first real excursion into Darjeeling. St Andrew’s Church, built in 1843 is very close to our hotel but being a Sunday, we did not want to intrude on the service which was in progress. We will have other chances to visit. Robert wanted to ride the steam train on the DHR down the line for one stop to Ghum and visit the DHR Museum there so we walked back towards the railway station via the Chowrasta and The Mall to book tickets. You cannot opt to split your journey to allow more time in Ghum and the 10:00 train was fully booked so we secured our seats for the 12:20 train. This also provided some photo opportunities as the steam engines were shunting into position for the next journey. We set off back up the road, making a second attempt to look round St Andrews Church on our way past, but this time the doors were closed. Fortunately there are some pavements in Darjeeling and this makes it easier to walk around. We headed for the Happy Valley Tea Plantation, which is the only one within the city […]