We are continuing our way on our last trip with Anne, Andrew, and Annie before they head back.
We are safely in Varanasi after quite the journey here. There are plenty stories and pictures, but we'll have those for you when we have more time. A brief cap:
-the fog is intense and the train has been late on the last two trains. we missed seeing the taj mahal because our train was 5 hours late getting into agra. we all had a pretty good attitude about it and mike and i just readjusted our plans for our journey to the farm to include stopping back to see it. The next train here to varanasi was 7 hours late, bringing us to the winding alleys of varanasi in the dark. we bizarrely and safely found a hotel and food after a long, unexpected day in the train.
-varanasi is pretty sweet and a great place to people watch. there is everything from monkeys, cremations, bathing, boats, religious ceremonies, people drinking the water where they bathe, and anything else you can think of.
-we go to darjeeling (it's below freezing there at times!) for the next couple of days. we leave tomorrrow at 3 and hopefully arrive the next day in darjeeling, but with the fog...it could be the next day.
-we're safe, well, and loving it. keep emailing us, we love updates!
If you get time there is a great organic farm run by a a Jesuit priest in Kurseong which is below Darjeeling by about an hour by train. We stayed in a inn call Cochrane Place that was very nice and they used the organic goods from the farm in their foods. Don't know if the room rates fit your budget but if you get a chance to eat there I would do so. Some of the best food I had in India I had there.
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