Hotel Norkhill Gangtok

... In exchange we'll need to take our bags (with some food - the most of the food could be fetched on the way, in the vilages) ourselfs. Also we don't do that Dzongri La exploring. The Goecha La is also under question - the weather could not allow for it. And the last but not the least the trek will take some 6-7 days, this is instead of 10 days planned with Himalaya's. Eventually Reut has to decide about her plans - by tomorrow morning. I hope she's ...

... of the hike we were at our destination for the day. It was a government dormitory. It had excellent views of snow-capped mountains all around us. We hiked around and enjoyed all this in the freezing cold mountain weather. We went inside and bundled up. Our guides got us some soup and some other food from the place we were staying, and then we went to sleep. It was one of the coldest and worst nights sleep of my life. I was sick, and spent the night buried under ...

... 400 Rs! It had a nice big TV, hot (bucket) showers, and really clean sheets. Andrew was tired so he took a nap, bt I went out to walk around. Little did I know that I would stumble upon MG Marg, I was so impressed! It was a cobble stone street blocked off from traffic, lined with gardens, streetlamps, and fountains! I walked around and was taken aback by how clean and friendly everybody was. I could have been in Tahoe ...

... about us! The hotel is nice but the walls are paper thin, and for reasons I can't figure out, our 'neighbors' had their door wide open at 4 a.m. as they carried on in a very loud manner. Neither of us had been able to sleep and Gabe ended up going out at 4:30 in the morning, managing to see some beautiful sites that he'll have to describe. All I know is that I will be joining him tomorrow morning & hope the sun will be out. He came back about 9:00 and I went out to buy a shirt as ...

... isli tři lámové (kněz, guru) a setkali se právě na tomto kopečku nad Yuksomem v roce 1641. A právě tady potom korunovali prvního Sikkimského krále. Před korunovačním trůnem vystupuje se země kousek skály, ve které je otisk nohy. Prý je to otisk jednoho lámy a směřuje přesně k trůnu. Otisk je vázně otiskem nohy - kdybych to neviděla, neuvěřím. Spíme v rodinném domku, kde pronajímají jeden, mozn ...

Sikkim Rumtek, Phodong, Singhik a Gangtok 26 - 30. duben PRSÍ PRSÍ JEN SE LEJE,.... Jsme v Sikkimu, v oblasti, kde je skoro kazdý kopeček obdařen budhistickým malovaným klásterem a s krásnými nekonečnými výhledy na úzasnou přírodu - to ovsem nesmíte přijet na začátku destivého období jako my. My o destích samozřejmě věděli, ale i místní se tu shodují na tom, ze letos prostě destě přicházejí dříve nez obvykle. Sikkim patří k Indii teprve od roku 1975. Před tímto rokem oblast patřila ...

... flower beds and casual strolling people inhibit this plaza. Cute is the only way to describe it. On either side of the plaza rise buildings with all sorts of shops, restaurants, bars, you name it. And they are all painted green, giving the entire place a special feeling. Tibetan monks stroll around in their robes. Bengali tourists pose in front of fountains and buy clothes and jewelry and dodge passersby to play badmitten. Porters carry bags of cement ...

... our cockles, before a taxi to the little town of Ghoom nearby. We wandered back to Darjeeling visiting the local monasteries along the way. Sunday lunchtime we caught a shared jeep to Siliguri (to get a bus to Kolkata) and let's say it was rather squished. How many people do you think can fit inside a jeep? ......a fair few. 4 in the front, 4 in the middle, 6in the back (yes that's where we were). Oh and the guy clinging to the spare wheel mount on the outside. xxxxxx

... knapp 500000 Einwohner (verglichen mit Bhutans 700000) und Gangtok 40000 (verglichen mit Thimpus 70000), aber irgendwie kommt mir Sikkim voller vor. Jedenfalls ist es lauter und Gangtok ist geschaeftiger als Thimpu. Die Strassen in Sikkim werden aber von der gleichen Armeeeinheit wie in Bhutan gebaut (Dantak). In meinem 2 Euro Zimmer hatte ich leider keine Dusche. Dafuer war ich italienisch essen, war sehr gut, auch wenn die Rezepte an den indischen Markt angepasst waren ...

... mountains shot up all around us to over 6000m. The Khangchendzonga range in front of us, catching the sunlight, dramatically spiking up. And behind us, still in the blue darkness as it was obscuring the sun, was Pandim, 6691m, piercing the sky. Awesome, absolutely awesome. Best mountain views I have ever experienced. I ate a white powdery Snickers in frozen celebration. Then it was decision time. I was debating whether to go to the actual Goecha La pass or not, some 300m above ...