Our flight from Delhi to Bagdogra was uneventful as I prefer my flights to be. The road up to Darjeeling was as bad as it ever is, which means everyone complains its worse. I love feeling the wall of coolness hit as we ascended from the flatlands.
The most measurable difference was in all the Prashant Tamang signs and murals. (Tamang was the winner of the 2007 Indian Idol TV show.)
Every half kilometer there was some sign reminding people to vote for Tamang. And if that wasn’t enough, our driver played a CD of songs Tamang sung on Indian Idol, which included a local song to help promote Tamang:
Vote for Prashant!
It’s your duty!
SMS P-R-A-S-H-A-N-T to 52525!
Madness—but only because Tamang had won Indian Idol a month back. But it’s nice to see the folks around here enjoying Tamang’s victory and a Nepali’s success in India.
Anyhow, it’s on the Kathmandu on October 22.
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What is the different of Darjeeling and Taj Mahal? I always mixed up. By the way, what is the temperature there?
…yeah, I remember arriving in Darjeeling 72 hours late (thanks, Indian Railways), the day Princess Diana died, and my camera was stolen. Slow trip on the small trains uphill; in the end I jumped off and took a bus, which was about 5 times as “fast”.
Oh, India…
For more on Darjeeling + travel, visit my friend Chelsea’s blog. Heh.