We hadn’t planned this trek — Sandakphu quotes made us wince, so we winged it in Darjeeling instead. Two hours, 600 metres up through moss-draped ghost trees and cloud cover, Kanchenjunga somewhere behind it all. Hot daal-chawal at the top. Rain on the way down, as predicted.
A Side Quest near Darjeeling Our Tonglu trek guide Satya wanted to show us the Sidrapong hydro-electric project not far from Darjeeling. Its claim to fame is that it is the first one in Asia, operational since 1897. Satya made the discovery of this hidden gem, and he says he only takes some clients there…
Enkhuizen has been one of my favorite places to take guests to in the Netherlands, but never visited with B – this was the occasion to fix that. My fourth visit, but the first time I really understood its purpose: to honour the communities swallowed up when the Afsluitdijk turned the Zuiderzee into a freshwater…
