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Exploring the Exotic East India in Darjeeling

Spread in ribbons over a steep mountain ridge, Darjeeling is surrounded by emerald-green tea plantations and with a backdrop snow clad Himalayan peaks. When you aren’t gazing at them, you can explore colonial-era architecture andancient Buddhist monasteries. The steep narrow streets bustle with an array of Himalayan faces from Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet.

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Exploring the exotic east India in Kolkata

As the former capital of British India, Kolkata is home to a feast of dramatic colonial architecture, with more than a few fine buildings in photogenic states of semi-collapse. Simultaneously old and new, traditional and modern, cultured and restless, the city is a daily festival of human existence. And all of it plays out right in front of you while you gorge on delicious Bengali food.

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