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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Asia >> India भारत >> West Bengal >> Northern West Bengal | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Enroute to Bhutan via Jet Airways from Calcutta to Bagdogra |
 At Bagdogra Airport, a car and driver was organized to take us to Jaigoan on the India-Bhutan border |
 The Hindus of West Bengal were preparing for a festival, late September |
 Bamboo frame over the road in preparation for a festival |
 Passing by Siliguri, the areas largest city |
 Preparations for the 5-day Durga Puja in West Bengal |
 Can a Bengali please let me know if these are for the Kali Puja instead? |
 One of several bridge crossings to avoid Siliguri |
 Tree lined Indian highway |
 It's tough to believe that this is the highway linking "mainland" India with the 7 states of the northeast - NH27 |
 Driving across West Bengal |
 Road quality of India's national highways - variable at best |
 Incredible India! wouldn't seem nearly as big if it had better highways and railroads |
 Roadside elephant sculpture, West Bengal |
 In some places, the road surface is fine |
 Motorist Inn Motel - Good Food For Good People, West Bengal |
 Billboard in West Bengal for iCore |
 ...if these temporary temples are not for the Durga Puja Festival, please leave a comment... |
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 Statue of a trumpeter, West Bengal |
 National Highway 27 crossing the Teesta River, West Bengal |
 Crossing the Teesta River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra |
 Railroad bridge across the wide Teesta River |
 National Highway 27 - bridge over the Teesta River |
 Single line of the Indian Railroad connecting the Subcontinent with the Northeast |
 Rice growing on the plains of Bengal |
 White Ambassador overtaking a lorry from Haryana State (a long way from home) |
 Bengal Highway |
 Woman in an orange sari riding sidesaddle on a bicycle, West Bengal |
 "Blow Horn" ... hate that! (Try using mirror....) |
 Local taxi, West Bengal |
 Tin roofed "nipa hut", West Bengal |
 Nandanik Palace, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal |
 Landlocked Bhutan is dependent on India for importing and exporting goods |
 Remind me to look at this photo if I'm thinking of renting a self-drive car in India.... |
 In places, it's actually sort of pretty |
 Tin shack on stilts, West Bengal |
 Festival preparations, West Bengal |
 Guwahati, capital of the northeastern state of Assam - 418km across the narrow neck of India between Bangladesh and Bhutan |
 National Highway 27, West Bengal, India |
 Tree at a junction, West Bengal |
 Dhupguri, West Bengal, India |
 Hotel & Lodge in Dhupguri, West Bengal |
 West Bengal billboard - Thermex TMT Rebars |
 One of the more impressive temples we saw on our drive |
 Hindu Temple, NH27, West Bengal |
 Hindu Temple, NH27, West Bengal |
 A pothole-less section of National Highway 27, West Bengal |
 Hindu Festival, West Bengal |
 Hindu Festival, West Bengal |
 Measure India in hours, not km |
 Oncoming traffic crossing a horribly maintained one-lane bridge, West Bengal |
 The Mountain Kingdom of Bhutan begins beyond the Bengali plains |
 A rainbow over our destination, Bhutan |
 A rainbow over our destination, Bhutan |
 Chimneys of brick factories on the River Torsa |
 Chimneys of brick factories on the River Torsa |
 Public transport in India |
 Jaldapapa Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal |
 Statue of an Indian one-horned rhinoceros, Jaldapapa Wildlife Sanctuary |
 Arriving at the Frontier Check Post in Jaigaon after nightfall when it was already closed |
 Jaigaon Tours & Travels |
 Jaigaon at night |
 Jaigaon on the India-Bhutan Border |
 Jaigaon at night |
 Jaigaon, West Bengal, India |
 Jaigaon, West Bengal, India |
 Jaigaon, West Bengal, India |
 Jaigaon, West Bengal, India |
 Jaigaon, West Bengal, India |
 Jaigaon, West Bengal, India |
 Jaigaon, West Bengal, India |
 Jaigaon, West Bengal, India |
 Jaigaon, West Bengal, India |
 Jaigaon, West Bengal, India |
 The Gateway of Bhutan - a border as drastic as San Diego/Tijuana with Jaigaon playing Tijuana and Phuentsoling, Bhutan, as SD |
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