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A Guide To Tarku In Sikkim: What To Do, Experience And More

A couple of days spent cut off from the world among the rolling green of Temi Tea Estate is the perfect way to unwind

Temi Tea Estate in Tarku Photo: Shutterstock
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"Tripathy Babu, want to stop here", asked Tamang, my cab driver, waking me up from my brief trance. I was so engrossed in the sweeping tracts of the resplendently green organic Temi Tea Estate, deep gorges and spellbinding views of the Eastern Himalaya that I didn't realise that the vehicle had almost stopped moving. We had entered the obscure village of Tarku. I was on my way to Ravangla, and not only was Tarku not on my itinerary, I'd never even heard of it.

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