Day 131. Darjeeling - Siliguri
This morning showed the promise of a fine day. The distant clouds had partially lifted and the distant mountains partially revealed themselves. View, at last from the hotel. Unfortunately this wasn’t to last. After breakfast we said goodbye to our Thai friends and swapped contact details, we also scored 4 more coffee bags. Result. We set off in dry conditions but it wasn’t long before we were on the roadside donning our wets. It became very misty and difficult for me to see, fortunately the traffic was fairly light for the most part. After a while we heard the distant sound of the train hooter, we soon caught it up and snapped some pics. We passed the train and about 50m past it the track crossed the road. What possessed me to cross in front of the train I’ll never know but anyway I was committed. Unfortunately for me as well as the usual slippery roads and track there was a large chunk of road missing running along the track, as I said I was committe...