Photos taken by Michael Melbourne
on a visit to the Darjeeling area in November 1977

These photographs where taken on a day trip from Darjeeling to Kalimpong
the party travelling in jeeps.
We arrived in Kalimpong midday and returned to Darjeeling in the late afternoon.
The road is the National Highway 31A to Sikkim.

Many thanks to Sushil Dikshit for giving me more details of where these
photographs where taken, any further comments, please e-mail to darjmpm@dhrs.org

View up the Teesta Valley, after crossing onto the eastern side of the River Teesta

View from a Tourist halt called "View Point" on the Peshoke Road
Teesta River and the Ranjit River joining

This village and bridge (bottom left of picture) is upstream on the banks of the River Teesta,
nearing Ranipool on the way to Gangtok, Sikkim N.H.31A

Another view of the village

The old Teesta Bridge at Teesta Baazar
This Military Suspension Bridge built after the 1968 devasting floods which
destroyed the old concrete bridge crossing the Teesa at Teesta Baazar.
 (the remains of the support towers and suspension cables still there in 2004)
The bridge was replaced later by a concrete bridge downstream to the right.