• Jackie posted an update 11 years, 10 months ago

    Beautiful pics accompanied by an interesting article in the New York Times about the preservation of Darjeeling’s good name: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/world/asia/darjeeling-tea-growers-get-protection-from-european-union.html?_r=0
    [bpfb_link url=’http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/12/16/world/asia/20121216DARJEELING.html’ title=’Preserving the Darjeeling Name – Slide Show – NYTimes.com’ image=’http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/12/16/world/asia/20121216DARJEELING-slide-QNZ4/20121216DARJEELING-slide-QNZ4-thumbLarge.jpg’]An employee of the Sungma Tea Estate plucks tea leaves in the mountainous region of Darjeeling, India. [/bpfb_link]