To the east, a dull orange sun emerges painting the sky with brilliant strokes of magenta, gold, orange and fuchsia. The snow capped Everest, Kabru, Kanchenjunga, Jannu and other peaks slowly emerge from slumber to start a new day. The sun worshippers gasp at the magnificent sight. As the fog lifts in the slowly penetrating sun, the town gradually comes alive amidst the brewing of tea, the sing-song Gorkhali, which is the local dialect, rising and falling like music.

Darjeeling  owes  its  grandeur  to  its  natural  beauty , its  clean fresh

mountain air and above all , the smiling hospitable people for  whom  it is a home. Darjeeling is an abrupt change from the plains and Calcutta. The population is Nepali, Lepcha, Tibetan and Bhutia. It is surrounded by tea plantations, which produce one of the most famous and most expensive teas in the world.