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I received a quick reply from Glenburn that the dates we wanted were not available – six months out from our trip. The Glenburn is small, just 8 rooms, but I had not anticipated that they would be full. They gave us alternate dates and I started working around those dates.
So the next iteration looked like this:
Day 1 leave SEA
Day 2 arrive BKK, overnight Novotel
Day 3 fly BKK-CCU, Kolkata
Day 4 Kolkata
Day 5 Kolkata
Day 6 fly to Bagdogra, ground to Gangtok
Day 7 Gangtok
Day 8 Gangtok
Day 9 Gangtok to Pelling (ground)
Day 10 Pelling
Day 11 Pelling to Darjeeling (ground) Glenburn Tea Estates
Day 12 Darjeeling Glenburn Tea Estates
Day 13 Darjeeling Glenburn Tea Estates
Day 14 Darjeeling Glenburn Tea Estates
Day 15 Darjeeling Glenburn Tea Estates
Day 16 ground to Bagdogra, fly to CCU
Day 17 Kolkata, fly to BKK
Day 18 Bangkok
Day 19 Bangkok
Day 20 Bangkok
Day 21 Bangkok
Day 22 Fly SEA
This itinerary accommodates the dates we can get at Glenburn, but I don’t like the fact that we’ll have an overnight in Kolkata on our way back to Bangkok because of flight times.
After discussing it and sleeping on it, I had a second revision:
Day 1 leave SEA
Day 2 arrive BKK
Day 3 Bangkok
Day 4 Bangkok
Day 5 Bangkok
Day 6 fly BKK-CCU-IXB, ground to Gangtok Norkhill
Day 7 Gangtok Norkhill
Day 8 Gangtok Norkhill
Day 9 Gangtok to Pelling (ground) Elgin Mt. Padim
Day 10 Pelling Elgin Mt. Padim
Day 11 Pelling to Darjeeling (ground) Glenburn Tea Estates
Day 12 Darjeeling Glenburn Tea Estates
Day 13 Darjeeling Glenburn Tea Estates
Day 14 Darjeeling Glenburn Tea Estates
Day 15 Darjeeling Glenburn Tea Estates
Day 16 ground to Bagdogra, fly to CCU, Kolkata
Day 17 Kolkata
Day 18 Kolkata
Day 19 fly BKK, Bangkok
Day 20 Bangkok
Day 21 Bangkok
Day 22 Fly SEA
I like the second revision better. It will divide our time in Bangkok, but it eliminates the night in Kolkata due to flight times. This itinerary also notes the places we have arranged to stay in Sikkim and Darjeeling.
