Hotel Golden Pagoda Gangtok

... about the price, and before I start bargaining it's $30/day - the difference is quite significant. I decide to "hold the horces", and coming back to Himalaya's say I couldn't have get the money - I have some conscious issues, but after all I think a free market, and I select a different product - taking no cook, no yaks.
I explain to Reut the situation, we go to Altitude - the final price is ₨1100 - a half of the price I got from Himalaya ...

... and occasionally a decent one. And I met much of the undesirable aspects of my trip with much aversion, and frustration. The hardest part of all this was watching myself react to all of this. I didn't react in the brave and triumphant way that I had hoped I would. I was confronted with my neurotic tendencies, at times not feeling in control of my own safety, and many times wondered what I was doing in India. In reality I wasn't glad to be sleeping in a hot room ...

... are obtainable require a minimum group size - since my group size was one, I fell below this minimum). Finally, to do an organized trek seemed expensive to me, and so I opted to return to Darjeeling to begin planning some treks in Nepal. This decision was probably for the best, because on the day I left, it began raining, and the clouds have remained for the last five days - definitely not the best trekking weather.

... spectacular. Tomorrow we plan to head a bit north to Gangtok and do the "Buddhist Monastary Trek" for about 5 days then head back to Delhi. Once I get back there I'll update properly (I've been keeping a journal) and post pictures! Just thought I'd let you know we were still alive! PS (a day later...) we made it up to Gangtok today (Monday) and I have to say... it might take the title away from Darjeeling as my favorite place in India so far. It has a ...

... m břehu zapalují vonné tyčinky. Kouř z tyčinek se pak povaluje po hladině a atmosféra je o to mystičtějsí. Po jednoduché snídani (zato neuvěřitelně drahé) se vydáváme na dalsí sestup k dalsí řece - tentokrát lesem plném pavouků. Kdybychom potom vzali tu správnou pěsinku, asi bychom do cíle nasí dnesní cesty - vesnička Yuksom - dorazili o něco dříve. Místo toho jsme si vyslápli jeden kopec, abychom ho p ...

... m "Hat" je uzamčen ve skříňce - aby neuletěl. Nase odpoledne v Sikkimu se dají popsat následovně: leje jako z konve. Alespoň se vyprsí na lepsí časy. 28. duben Vyprselo se a druhý den v pět hodin ráno od klástera pozorujeme východ slunce za vzdálenými kopci jestě před tím, nez je na celý den zahalí mlha. To uz někteří mnichové vítají nový den svými modlitbami, někteří sedí na zdech klástera, na schodech před ním, na ulici nebo si kláster obcházejí a točí válečky po jeho obvodu. V osm ...

... and go to Dhaka, Bangladesh c) Fly to Bangkok, Thailand d) Hong Kong to Vancouver, BC e) Sold on going to Morocco by the Canadian gal f) Lord knows where else will pop in my mind in the near future... Then I realized to myself, how freaking insane is it to be faced with these being the decisions on where to go! How crazy and fortunate am I to have these things to ponder in life! Like I am not deciding on what to wear (same clothes for weeks on end) or ...

... to the Happy Tea Plantation. A slightly eccentric lady with a big grin (definitely 'happy') gave us a 3second tea demonstration. No it wasn't a **** demonstration, it was really high quality tea that only takes 3seconds to brew. Becky supped it up and Luke (not being a tea lover) said it was 'nice-ish'. Next we headed to the zoo come Himalayan mountaineering institute to check out red pandas, snow leopards and a history of the climbers of the Himalayas. The ...

... We then walked 2 hours up to Dzongri La, which was supposed to be at 4550m but was actually around 4350m, according to one Indian trekker's spiffy altimeter watch. A brief aside about the trekkers outside my own small group. There was a large group of highly successful Indian men. The altimeter watch guy was an Ears, Nose, Throat surgeon, there was an Arizona State-educated employee of Intel, and two dudes who worked for Linux Red Hat in India. Some of their older brothers ...

... he won the last game. Wow! Aiming to maintain a 100% success rate and an unblemished career, he retired immediately and so did we. Day4 -> Siliguri to Yuksom After a sound night's sleep, one thought scared us stiff! What if the bus journey the way back to kolkata was delayed same way? Then, we may miss the Kolkata-Bangalore flight way back. We went to Siliguri railway station to book some train tickets. The systems were down there. Computer reservation was not possible. Some ...