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Day 130. Darjeeling

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We woke up to rain unfortunately. It is still very misty and I don’t think it will clear anytime soon. We had breakfast in the company of Agatha and also in the restaurant were a nice Thai family here on holiday. The dad is a biker (F800GS) and he showed us photos of a recent trip to Llasa in Tibet with his bike covered in snow.  He also produced for us some awesome coffee bags which he had brought with him, I can’t remember the last time  I tasted decent coffee so this was a treat.   The rain did stop though so we went for a stroll through the town. We wandered down the lanes which are thankfully traffic free and came to a large town square.  There was a stage set up with performances by singers and dancers. Very colourful and the crowd were clearly enjoying it.  Still very misty. We then adjourned to Glengary’s an old established tea house for a cup of Darjeeling tea (as you do) and a slice of apple pie.  We decided our afternoon activity would be a two h...