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Darjeeling
is the legendary British hill station perched in the foothills of
the Himalayas. Located in the northern extreme of the Indian state
of West Bengal, Darjeeling is just east of Nepal, just south of
Sikkim, and a bit west and south of Bhutan. It is most famous for
its once magnificent tea estates. Despite a steady and inexorable
decline since independence, roughly a half century ago, these estates
still produce a substantial portion of the world's tea.
Sikkim is a small rugged Himalayan region, astride the ancient
trade route linking China and the Indian sub-continent, nested between
Nepal in the West and Bhutan in the East. On its Northern border
towers the Plateau of Tibet and it shares its Southern border with
West Bengal.
The magical lure of Sikkim has always been attracting people all
over the world. Its legendry mountains, landscape that defy imagination,
all culminates into a masterpiece of the Creator. But you don't
have to be the holy one to taste the beauty of Sikkim. Presently,
Sikkim has thrown up its gates to every interested visitor.
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