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Festival portraits from Jhalong (Kalimpong district), close to India-Bhutan border.....
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Lolegaon, West Bengal, India
One of the least trodden hamlets in the hidden Kalimpong hill, Lolegaon is a stunning offbeat tourist destination is set in the middle of dense forests of Pine, Birch, cypress, oaks with their mossy trunk and Fir. If you are looking for a break from the modernized travel destinations and want to spend few leisurely days in the vast natural canvas thrown open before you, Lolegaon is the best bet. Nestled atop of a flat hill on a forested ridge at an altitude of 5500ft, Loleygaon / Lolegaon is a place of ethereal wilderness and tranquility.
Basically a small Lepcha village, Lolegaon, 25km from Lava, is a recent inclusion in tourism map of West Bengal for its magnificent view of Greater Himalayan snow ranges over the entire horizon.
Festival portraits from Jhalong (Kalimpong district), close to India-Bhutan border.....
Images of Bengal, India
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If walls could speak, every stone in Morgan House would have a tale to tell. Of film star Nargis spending hours at a window watching Mount Kanchenjunga play hide-and-seek with clouds, of Kishore Kumar humming romantic tunes and sipping steaming tea on the manicured garden outside, of diplomats unwinding, adding years to their life by breathing in crisp mountain air…
There is history and heritage etched all over this two-storied structure on Ring King Road. History and heritage that are crumbing with the building itself.
Built in the early thirties by jute baron George Morgan, it passed into the hands of trustees after Morgan and his wife passed away. The building switched hands once more when the trustees handed over its keys to the government.
Writeup courtesy - The Telegraph, North Bengal.
Kalimpong is a hill station in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located at an average elevation of 1,250 metres (4,101 ft). The hills are nestled within higher peaks and the snow-clad Himalayan ranges tower over the town in the distance. Mount Kanchenjunga at 8,586 m (28,169 ft) the world's third tallest peak, is clearly visible from Kalimpong.
Kalimpong is known for its educational institutions, many of which were established during the British colonial period. It used to be a gateway in the trade between Tibet and India before China's annexation of Tibet and the Sino-Indian War.
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The Zang Dhok Palri Phodang looks over the valley to Kalimpong town from the Durpin Hill,
the Buddhist monastery, dating from around 1836, was blessed in 1976 by the Dalai Lama.
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Where was I?
2007
Nov 01/02/03: Kalimpong; 04/05: Siliguri (bike service); 06: Raiganj; 07: Malda; 08: Malda (In and around); 09/10: Murshidabad; 11/12/13: Bishnupur (West Bengal strike); 14/15: Digha, a quiet east coast beach; 16/17: Bhubaneshwar; 18/19/20: Puri, Konark; 21: Bhubaneshwar(minor bike repairs); 22: Vijayawada; 23: Bangalore
Oct 01: Getting bike serviced in Pithorgarh; 02: Reached Banbasa (border town); 03: Crossing from Banbasa into Nepal; 04: Road blocked at Lamahi; 05/06: Tansen; 07:Pokhara; 08:Hetauda; 09/10: Kakarbitta (raining); 11: Ghum; 12: Siliguri; 13: Mandarihat; 14/15: Phuntsholing (permits); 16: Reached Paro; 17: Paro; 18: Paro, Tiger's nest; 19: Paro; 20/21/22: Thimphu; 23: Punakha; 24: Tabiting/Phobjika; 25: Trongsa; 26: Punakha; 27/28: Paro; 29: Phuntsholing; 30/31: Kalimpong
Sept 01: Halt at Bhimakali temple guest house, Sarahan; 02: Halt at Rekong Peo, district HQ of Kinnaur ; 03: In Tabo, Spiti Valley; 04: In Kibber; 05: In Batal, across Kunzum La; 06, 07, 08: In Keylong; 09: In Pang; 10, 11: In Leh; 12: To Nubra Valley; 13: Back to Leh; 14: Around Leh; 15: To Pangong Tso, a blue green lake on the Indo China border: 16 & 17: Back to Leh and a rest day; 18: In Sarchu; 19: Back in Keylong; 20: Staying in Aut; 21: In Ambala; 22: Reached Haridwar; 23: Haridwar; 24: Rudrapragag; 25: Reached Gwaldham; 26: Day in Gwaldham; 27: Reached Bageshwar via Baijnath; 27: Reached Bageshwar via Baijnath; 28: Binsar; 29/30: Pithorgarh
Aug 10: taking a flight to Delhi; 11: Collected bikes and drove to Ambala; 12: In cool Dalhousie; 13: Mountain town of Kelone; 14: Crossed Sach Pass into Kilar; 15: Camped at Tiyari; 16: Reached Kistwar in J&K; 17: Delayed by tyre puncture. Staying in Batote (pronounced Batoth); 18: Reached Srinagar; 19: In Kargil, via Sonamarg and Zojila; 20: Kargil to Rangdum; 21: Rangdum to Padum(Zanskar); 22: A day in Padum; 23: Padum to Rangdum; 24: Rangdum to Drass via Umbala Top; 25: Back in Batote; 26: In Jammu; 27: Getting the bike serviced in Jammu; 28: In Aut, a highway town next to the river Beas; 29: Narkanda, a small town high in the hills; 30 & 31: Halt at Shimla
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