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सफ़र सिक्किम का भाग 8 : फूलों की तरह लब खोल कभी, खुशबू की जुबाँ में बोल कभी…

By Manish Kumar

दुनिया जहान की छोड़िए हम तो बात सिक्किम की कर रहे थे। क्या आपके लिए ये आश्चर्य की बात नहीं है कि सिक्किम जैसे अत्यंत छोटे से प्रदेश में भी इस फूल की 600 प्रजातियाँ हैं। दरअसल सिक्किम का कुछ हिस्सा समुद्र तल के करीब है तो इसके कुछ हिस्से कुछ 17000 फीट से भी ऊँचे हैं। इसलिए इस पूरे इलाके की आबो हवा इतने तरह के आर्किड्स की रचना करने में सहायक होती है।

सफर सिक्किम का भाग 7 : बर्फ की वादियाँ , छान्गू झील और कथा बाबा हरभजन सिंह की !

By Manish Kumar

पिछली पोस्ट में आपने इस श्रृंखला में मेरे साथ यूमथांग घाटी की सैर की थी। शाम को हम गंगतोक लौट चुके थे। रात भर…

Goecha La (Sikkim) Trek

By Ashish

After spending a day in Gangtok, I proceeded to Yuksom, a small town about 150 km away from Gangtok which can be reached via Rwangla or Rangpo. This is the place from where the trek to Dzongri, Goecha La and to the base camp of Mt. Kanchenjunga begins. The way to Yuksom is absolutely gorgeous with marvelous mountain views with green/blue watered Rangit river flowing in the middle of this Himalayn Kingdom. I started of on 27th September for Yuksam via Rumtek and Rwangla. At Rumtek, we gave lift to a couple of people from Rwangla.

सफ़र सिक्किम का भाग 5 : चोपटा घाटी और लाचुंग की वो निराली सुबह..

By Manish Kumar

पहाड़ के ठीक सामने का हिस्सा जिधर हमारा होटल था अभी भी अंधकार में डूबा था। दूर दूसरे शिखर के पास एक छोटा सा पेड़ किरणों की प्रतीक्षा में अपनी बाहें फैलाये खड़ा था। उधर बादलों की चादर को खिसकाकर सूर्य किरणें अपना मार्ग प्रशस्त कर रहीं थीं।

सफ़र सिक्किम का भाग 4 : वो तेज़ हवा, बेहोशी और गुरुडांगमार झील…

By Manish Kumar

पर ये क्या बाहर प्रकृति का एक सेनापति तांडव मचा रहा था, सबके कदम बाहर पड़ते ही लड़खड़ा गये, बच्चे रोने लगे, कैमरे को गले में लटकाकर मैं दस्ताने और मफलर लाने दौड़ा । जी हाँ, ये कहर वो मदमस्त हवा बरसा रही थी जिसकी तीव्रता को 16000 फीट की ठंड, पैनी धार प्रदान कर रही थी । हवा का ये घमंड जायज भी था। दूर दूर तक उस पठारी समतल मैदान पर उसे चुनौती देने वाला कोई नहीं था, फिर वो अपने इस खुले साम्राज्य में भला क्यूँ ना इतराये । खैर जल्दी-जल्दी हम सब ने कुछ तसवीरें खिंचवायीं ।

Above Sea Level – Bike trip to Gurudongmar Lake (Thangu to Gurudongmar)

By tanny

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…

Above Sea Level – Bike trip to Gurudongmar Lake (Lachung to Thangu)

By tanny

Act III, Scene 1: 7th October No special plans, we were to visit Yumthang. Fuel rationing being a very important issue in this trip,…

Above Sea Level – Bike trip to Gurudongmar Lake (Siliguri to Lachung)

By tanny

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,…

Namprikdang Of Dzongu, North Sikkim

By Col Mani K Gahatraj

Having grown up amongst the same type of houses and among Lepcha neighbours and friends in Kalimpong, it was indeed heartening to connect with the ancient times at Namprikdang. Of course there was the official reception of VIPs in the traditional ways, the forgettable speeches after speeches, with clear and present hints to “vote for me”.

Contemplation and Khangchendzonga

By Shoma Mittra

Khangchendzonga at 8586m is the third highest peak in the world. It is not a calm and serene mountain as it appears to be when viewed from Darjeeling or Sikkim. Both ice and rock avalanches of incredible dimensions are frequent occurences.Hurricanes of incredible force are one of the deadliest of Kanchenjunga’s weapons which plays havoc with any intruder who ventures “to walk the heights of gods.” This is an article which I wrote sometime ago but Kanchenjuga remains ageless.

Hotel Shire in Gangtok

By Nandan Jha

There is a big prayer room, a kitchen garden, few ducks, parking space, tress and lots of fresh and clean air. You don’t feel like being fitted in a small hotel room, rather it gives you a feeling of a mini resort. The air is pretty casual and you can walk up to Tempa (the man who runs it) for anything and everything. Tempa’s dad and mom, both had a very illustrious career with government of Sikkim and if you are lucky then you can get to see all those old photographs and award plaques of his father.

Gangtok in the summer of 2007

By Nandan Jha

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