Tiber Hotel Gangtok

... away at nearly the same speed as your walk. Towards the end we would reach a point where the horizon appeared 20 feet away, trudge about 20 feet, then look up to see the same horizon beckoning us from 20 feet away. This continued for a while until the edge drew nearer and the ground leveled out, revealing the prayer flags strung up at the top of the peak. We had reached the top and now had a panoramic view of the vast surrounding area ...

... morning, but we got used to it in the end. The basicness of the hotel was forgotten about though, when we opened the curtains on the first morning, to see the full snow capped Singhalia range of the Himalayas slap bang in front of us. It really was beautiful, with a clear blue sky, and was an awesome and peaceful way to start the day every day. It kind of set the ambience for the whole town, it was fairly busy, lots of traffic - the hills really were ...

... all the money goes back into the camp. I bought a cute wool blue jacket that is lined with the traditional Tibetan print (450 Rs/9$ US) and a natural color knitted wool scarf (130 Rs/5$ US). I was interested in buying an area rug but they were 300$ and had a waiting list until June, but they were really beautiful. I went back to Goodricke to find Andrew still studying. I bought some tea to take back home. You buy them by the oz. and the price varies ...

... feel." He mentioned the fact that various groups in Iran are backed by other countries and I asked about the conflict between groups within the same religion. "We're all human beings. Killing is senseless, regardless of religious differences. There's an ancient Persian leader who once rescued Jewish people." "I've heard Iran is beautiful. Some friends in California showed me some great photos of their home city. I'd love to see it someday." "Don't go now. It's not safe for you ...

Hi guys, Sorry I've been so slack but I'm in Kolkata now the land of the living with lots of internet everywhere. I need to think back to Sikkim and Gangtok. Gangtok the capital of Sikkim was not the most exciting place I've been to. It was strange as it was easy to get bored there very quickly (not an offensive place or interesting either) we went on the Ropeway (cable car) and then to the ...

... guardavano: erano assenti, come dire, guardavano dentro. Ed io sentivo che erano il contrario di distratti: erano completamente concentrati sui suoni che avrei emesso. L'aria era molto densa, si sentivano solo le gocce che intensificavano il ritmo sulla lamiera ed il cuore di Lenka che faceva "tum-tum - machecazzoglidico - tutut-tutum -staifrescosetiaspetticheiodicaqualcosa - turututum - maddòmiportastomarito - aritarat-ttatum-stratum ..." Poi, ho detto cosa ...

... came up. As we could not continue to the final hut, we started our descent which was a bit of a wake up call the knees and quads; we dropped by 1km in altitude over 10 kms...which apparently is quite a lot. I was quite relieved in a way that we couldn't continue as it was so windy and that days hike would have been along an unprotected ridge which I can imagine would not have been particularly pleasant! The walking that day was great and pretty relaxed; we walked and stopped ...

... complex crowning the hill opposite the town. It was really cool. Colorful rocks carved and painted with Tibetan writing. Big buddhist Chortens, or monument-type-grave-things. All sorts of fun painted buildings, carved piled stones, just a lot of cool stuff. It was worth staying the night. I caught the only jeep to Yuksom - caught, meaning, ran after until it stopped, then got shoved into the back with 4 other people and one talkative Nepali kid who learned his ...

... stretched nearly 180 degrees across to the north. And Khangchendzonga (say that 10 times, or at all - Khan-chen-junga), which is the third highest peak on the planet, glowed, floating above a layer of fog, mystical like a dream, to the north. Also, you could see the tiny orange blob of Everest glowing in the sun about 100km, at least, northwest. You could see Everest! When Khangchendzonga was itself barely oranging in the dawn light, so was Everest, so far away ...

... Oh God, spare us, these chaps were giving us the feeling that we were at home even at these extreme Himalayan heights. The never-say-die boys from Nainital were back again. One of the kids claimed he spotted wildlife all along the path up-to dzongri including a red panda. It looked like he had inherited his dad's bluffing skills very well. Spare me, man! I hadn't even seen a mountain crow on the way. But his story that bears, deers and tigers roamed freely in the dense forests down ...