More Darjeeling Sights

It was an uphill climb for this man.

Vegetable stall

Vegetable sellers

Common Leopard

Silver Pheasant 

Royal Bengal Tiger

Black Leopard

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute-  The institute is a training school for India's mountaineers.

The museum at the institute houses memorabilia from the 1922 and 1924 Everest expeditions that started from Darjeeling. Pictures could not be taken inside the museum.

Tensing Norgay lived in Darjeeling and was director of the institute for many years.

Time to leave Darjeeling and catch a flight to Varanasi. We rented this taxi for the 2 1/2 hour drive down the mountain to the airport.

A view down the hill to the city of Darjeeling from our hotel.

Half way down the mountain the driver stopped for a quick breakfast of tea and aloo matar (potatoes and peas).

Kids riding in the back of a truck on their way to school.