Siliguri - Darjeeling
The end of the adventure! Woke up early-ish and set off for the finish line. The route took us through winding mountain roads (much like those around Munnar at the start of the trip) and small villages perched overlooking huge drops. There is also a "toy train" that ran along the same route as the road (seven and a half hours from Darjeeling to Siliguri - compared to the three hours it took us to go then other way in a Rickshaw!) As we drove into town we saw a couple of Rickshaws from the several teams that had been racing and had arrived about four days earlier (Rajasthan Raiders, Calamity Crew, Shrimpers).
Booked into the best hotel in town (naturally!) and then met up with Will and Spence (Calamity Crew) who had organised a football match against the locals. So whilst Paul went in search of a tailor, I was one of a team of rolling subs who lost a 7-a-side match 11-9 against a team of small boys - we blamed the altitude (about 3000 metres) of course!!!
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Just to let you know your blog is being read - and it made a bit more sence than some of your drunkard ramblings in Joeys bar....
It was not just the altitude that lost us the match - half our team was in hiking boots - and the other half had never kicked a ball -
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