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Sikkim is a state blessed by Nature’s Marvels. One can find this mountainous region blooming with flowers in the spring and frozen lakes in winter. Gangtok, the capital city is a modern hill station with all amenities. The weather is pleasing most of the year and its Buddhist... Read More

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Namprikdang of Dzongu, the Lepcha Country of North Sikkim What “Shangri-La” is to the world, “Mayal Layng” is to Lepcha Tribe, It is believed that good Lepchas, when they pass from this life, go and live in Mayal Layng for ever. It seems t... Read More
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So finally we will be visiting Sikkim. It seems in Manish’s office this is a “To Visit” place. When I started to read about Sikkim, there were many surprises in store. How less I knew about my own country? Sikkim was a separate country till 197... Read More
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Manish returned after finalizing plans for next day to reach Yuksom. We set alarm in the mobile for the early morning show of “sunrise on snow-clad mountains “, read a rare book on North-east India that was gifted to us by the owner of the hotel ... Read More
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I had set alarm in mobile-4:30 am and went to sleep. I dreamed that we could not wake up on time and Kanchendjonga has disappeared forever. It woke me up at somewhere around 3 in night and after that I was not able to sleep at all but was not feeling... Read More
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It was fourth day of our W.Sikkim trip in May 2007. First three days were well spent at Pelling and around. We reached Yuksom by 3rd day evening and visited coronation Stone there (about which I have written in my previous post). We awoke early morni... Read More
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This is my yet another post on Sikkim. This one is about second day of trekking in Yuksom which is our fifth day in Sikkim. As earlier told in my previous post there is only one thing to be done in Yuksom – Trekking. Between Yuksom and Dzongri, ... Read More
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Sikkim is a state in East India in the Himalayan foot hills. We started our journey from Delhi, where we took Deccan Air flight to Bagdogra, which is the nearest airport to Gangtok and is around 4 hours drive. At the airport, we took a local cab serv... Read More
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This post is about my recent trip to Goecha La, a 5000+m pass in Sikkim, gateway to majestic Kanchendzonga, world third highest mountain peak.. In 2009, at the end of September I planned a trek to Goecha La, a pass (La means pass in local language) ... Read More
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Scraps of memory remain. Travelling for five days through the land of mountains and valleys. The Teesta and Rangit meandering through the hills and meeting us at every other turn with their pristine white waters and swirling eddies that beckoned us s... Read More
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If I tell you that this time as well I was able to get a inexpensive ticket, probably you would look at me as some kind of budget-air-ticket-freak :), but yes that's what the truth is, of course with its own share of twists and turns. Read a related ... Read More
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पिछली पोस्ट में आपने इस श्रृंखला में मेरे साथ यूमथांग घाटी की सैर की थी। शाम को हम गंगतोक लौट चु... Read More
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Act IV, Scene 1: 8th October, 2010 Gurudongmar Lake is situated at an approximate altitude of 17,100ft, which is a high altitude mountain lake and needs special precaution. We had thus made our climb gradually and were pretty fit and steady to hit... Read More
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Hotel Shire is more like a big family house which is gradually being converted into a Hotel. The Kitchen very well looks like a big home kitchen and the lady of the house-cum-hotel runs the kitchen. Its not a best located property for an average ... Read More
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How does one start after a sabbatical of week...months...or rather years. I found it difficult and had to force myself to at least finish the chronicle of Sikkim trip. Manish encouraged, supported and kept pestering to complete and finally succeeded... Read More
By :     1,859 views    Comments :  10
गुरुडांगमार से वापस अब हमें लाचुंग की ओर लौटना था । सुबह से 70 कि.मी.की यात्रा कर ही चुके थे । अब 120 क... Read More
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शायद ही सिक्किम जाने वाला कोई व्यक्ति ऐसा मिले जिसने गंगटोक ना देखा हो। हमने भी सिक्किम की अपनी ... Read More
By :     1,717 views    Comments :  7
जिंदगी में कितनी ही बार ऐसा होता है कि जो सामने स्पष्ट दिखता है उसका असली रंग पास जा के पता चलता ह... Read More
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Act III, Scene 1: 7th October No special plans, we were to visit Yumthang. Fuel rationing being a very important issue in this trip, we were not very sure if we were heading towards zero point. However, the biggest obstacles were the two lazy asse... Read More
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"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over civilised people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is like going home; that wilderness is a necessity" Having burnt sufficient calories while trekking to Bodha caves, we re-fueled ours... Read More
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above sea level a trip to the world’s highest motorable road to a mountain lake   Huff...pufff...huufff...puff... Two tired bikers pushing a 140kg FZ, up to the last 200mts from the Gurudongmar Lake!! Avik : Chharo Tanny, bike ta ekha... Read More
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लाचुंग से यूमथांग घाटी मात्र पच्चीस किमी दूर है। लाचुंग की उस अनोखी सुबह का रसास्वादन कर जब हम य... Read More
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प्रकृति कभी कभी अपने ऐसे रूपों को हमारे सामने ला देती है कि हमें उनके बारे में कहने या कुछ लिखने ... Read More
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एक पर्यटक के तौर पर हम सब किसी ना किसी जगह जाते हैं और कुछ दिनों के लिए हम उसी फिज़ा और उसी आबोहवा ... Read More
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What could be the meaning of the title of this post Hundred in Gangtok ? This is about visiting Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, in a group of around 100 persons one year back in May 2011. It was an office group trip with families included. In the ... Read More
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I wrote about our journey of  around 30 hours to reach Gangtok in the last 2 posts. Next day we leave our beds around 6 am after a good and healthy night's sleep due to much tiredness in the journey. It was a nice morning with a temperature of aroun... Read More
By :    66 days ago   Comments :  12
Going to Himalayas every year is a stress buster for both, me and my husband. Every year, we try our best to take atleast a week off from our hectic schedules to escape to the hill towns situated in the mountain ranges. February is the most preferred... Read More
By :    322 days ago   Comments :  19
I ended last post of the series on talking about the surprise item. Please forgive me if you were expecting something big and it ends up in much ado about nothing. When we were leaving for the city visit from the hotel in the morning, head of our cul... Read More
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After experiencing a painful night's sleep I was feeling comfortable next morning, though not completely fit. Major part of this day was scheduled for roaming around. During the planning we had explored many options to utilize the day in the best pos... Read More
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I wrote about our journey of  around 30 hours to reach Gangtok in the last 2 posts. Next day we leave our beds around 6 am after a good and healthy night's sleep due to much tiredness in the journey. It was a nice morning with a temperature of aroun... Read More
By :    339 days ago   Comments :  18
You read about the planning of trip and train journey in first post of the series. We sat in our buses at New Jalpaiguri railway station to move to Gangtok. New Jalpaiguri is the major railway station of Siliguri city in West Bengal state, and it is ... Read More
By :    345 days ago   Comments :  35
What could be the meaning of the title of this post Hundred in Gangtok ? This is about visiting Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, in a group of around 100 persons one year back in May 2011. It was an office group trip with families included. In the ... Read More
By :    1 year, 165 days ago   Comments :  11
"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over civilised people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is like going home; that wilderness is a necessity" Having burnt sufficient calories while trekking to Bodha caves, we re-fueled ours... Read More
By :    1 year, 175 days ago   Comments :  18
How does one start after a sabbatical of week...months...or rather years. I found it difficult and had to force myself to at least finish the chronicle of Sikkim trip. Manish encouraged, supported and kept pestering to complete and finally succeeded... Read More
By :    1 year, 237 days ago   Comments :  17
शायद ही सिक्किम जाने वाला कोई व्यक्ति ऐसा मिले जिसने गंगटोक ना देखा हो। हमने भी सिक्किम की अपनी ... Read More
By :    1 year, 245 days ago   Comments :  7
एक पर्यटक के तौर पर हम सब किसी ना किसी जगह जाते हैं और कुछ दिनों के लिए हम उसी फिज़ा और उसी आबोहवा ... Read More
By :    1 year, 246 days ago   Comments :  8
प्रकृति कभी कभी अपने ऐसे रूपों को हमारे सामने ला देती है कि हमें उनके बारे में कहने या कुछ लिखने ... Read More
By :    1 year, 267 days ago   Comments :  16
पिछली पोस्ट में आपने इस श्रृंखला में मेरे साथ यूमथांग घाटी की सैर की थी। शाम को हम गंगतोक लौट चु... Read More
By :    1 year, 271 days ago   Comments :  10
This post is about my recent trip to Goecha La, a 5000+m pass in Sikkim, gateway to majestic Kanchendzonga, world third highest mountain peak.. In 2009, at the end of September I planned a trek to Goecha La, a pass (La means pass in local language) ... Read More
By :    1 year, 290 days ago   Comments :  7
लाचुंग से यूमथांग घाटी मात्र पच्चीस किमी दूर है। लाचुंग की उस अनोखी सुबह का रसास्वादन कर जब हम य... Read More
By :    1 year, 301 days ago   Comments :  10
गुरुडांगमार से वापस अब हमें लाचुंग की ओर लौटना था । सुबह से 70 कि.मी.की यात्रा कर ही चुके थे । अब 120 क... Read More
By :    1 year, 321 days ago   Comments :  7
जिंदगी में कितनी ही बार ऐसा होता है कि जो सामने स्पष्ट दिखता है उसका असली रंग पास जा के पता चलता ह... Read More
By :    1 year, 329 days ago   Comments :  10
Act IV, Scene 1: 8th October, 2010 Gurudongmar Lake is situated at an approximate altitude of 17,100ft, which is a high altitude mountain lake and needs special precaution. We had thus made our climb gradually and were pretty fit and steady to hit... Read More
By :    1 year, 337 days ago   Comments :  4
Act III, Scene 1: 7th October No special plans, we were to visit Yumthang. Fuel rationing being a very important issue in this trip, we were not very sure if we were heading towards zero point. However, the biggest obstacles were the two lazy asse... Read More
By :    1 year, 339 days ago   Comments :  4
above sea level a trip to the world’s highest motorable road to a mountain lake   Huff...pufff...huufff...puff... Two tired bikers pushing a 140kg FZ, up to the last 200mts from the Gurudongmar Lake!! Avik : Chharo Tanny, bike ta ekha... Read More
By :    3 years, 281 days ago   Comments :  20
Namprikdang of Dzongu, the Lepcha Country of North Sikkim What “Shangri-La” is to the world, “Mayal Layng” is to Lepcha Tribe, It is believed that good Lepchas, when they pass from this life, go and live in Mayal Layng for ever. It seems t... Read More
By :    4 years, 13 days ago   Comments :  9
Scraps of memory remain. Travelling for five days through the land of mountains and valleys. The Teesta and Rangit meandering through the hills and meeting us at every other turn with their pristine white waters and swirling eddies that beckoned us s... Read More
By :    4 years, 34 days ago   Comments :  7
Sikkim is a state in East India in the Himalayan foot hills. We started our journey from Delhi, where we took Deccan Air flight to Bagdogra, which is the nearest airport to Gangtok and is around 4 hours drive. At the airport, we took a local cab serv... Read More
By :    5 years, 253 days ago   Comments :  10
This is my yet another post on Sikkim. This one is about second day of trekking in Yuksom which is our fifth day in Sikkim. As earlier told in my previous post there is only one thing to be done in Yuksom – Trekking. Between Yuksom and Dzongri, ... Read More
By :    5 years, 278 days ago   Comments :  10
It was fourth day of our W.Sikkim trip in May 2007. First three days were well spent at Pelling and around. We reached Yuksom by 3rd day evening and visited coronation Stone there (about which I have written in my previous post). We awoke early morni... Read More
By :    5 years, 284 days ago   Comments :  7
Manish returned after finalizing plans for next day to reach Yuksom. We set alarm in the mobile for the early morning show of “sunrise on snow-clad mountains “, read a rare book on North-east India that was gifted to us by the owner of the hotel ... Read More