Soon to the road
Upper West Side,
Chilly Monday
Final week countdown til departure Friday. Leave JFK at 12:15 - JAL to Bangkok, pause - day in Bankgkok (Panthip for CDs, Kho San for 2nd hand LPs and Silom for day pack), then Indian Air into Calcutta.
Pause.
Two nights in calcutta at the wonderful, green, Fairlawn Hotel (2 nights, $28 a night incl. breakfast. Arranged v. pleasantly via lots of back and forth with Mrs. Jennifer Fowler, daughter of the proprietress. Was there with the extended Dibbin clan, in the Eric and Wanda Newby Room, in May 2001.) Then onward, again upwards, to Darjeeling - pause once more for a night - then Gangtok, Sikkim!
More details filled in shortly but hoping, though about a month early for the trails to be clear of snow - to get up to the north on a route through monasteries and hot springs.
Now to Nepal consulate for visa. Nepal will follow Sikkim.
Courtney Pyle
Chilly Monday
Final week countdown til departure Friday. Leave JFK at 12:15 - JAL to Bangkok, pause - day in Bankgkok (Panthip for CDs, Kho San for 2nd hand LPs and Silom for day pack), then Indian Air into Calcutta.
Pause.
Two nights in calcutta at the wonderful, green, Fairlawn Hotel (2 nights, $28 a night incl. breakfast. Arranged v. pleasantly via lots of back and forth with Mrs. Jennifer Fowler, daughter of the proprietress. Was there with the extended Dibbin clan, in the Eric and Wanda Newby Room, in May 2001.) Then onward, again upwards, to Darjeeling - pause once more for a night - then Gangtok, Sikkim!
More details filled in shortly but hoping, though about a month early for the trails to be clear of snow - to get up to the north on a route through monasteries and hot springs.
Now to Nepal consulate for visa. Nepal will follow Sikkim.
Courtney Pyle
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