Friday photo: Windows
by As Bangalore reels under the vicious attack of an early summer, my thoughts are in the cool, cool hills. Sikkim, Ladakh, Himachal, anywhere at all …
Category: Sikkim
The perfect Sikkim itinerary
The small northeastern state of Sikkim was once rightly dubbed ‘the hidden kingdom’ after a book (1971) by the same name by Alice Kandell. The …
Friday photo: Sikkim
At Pemayangtse Monastery near Pelling, one of the oldest monasteries in Sikkim, dating back to the 17th century. Pelling and its surrounds are famous for …
Stranger in my country
Published in Mint Lounge (September 04) as Stranger in a strange land… *** Nancy is the local school teacher at Lachung village in North Sikkim …
Sikkim’s valley of flowers
The trip planned for the day is to Yumthang valley and we have moved to Lachung village from Lachen the earlier evening in preparation. After …
…and popcorn at 17000 feet
Continued from: Breakfast at 14000 feet… And so duly momoed, Maggied and acclimatized, we begin the second part of the drive towards Gurudongmar lake. Just …
Breakfast at 14000 feet
4.30 a.m. and it is bright outside our tiny hotel room in Lachen. At just less than 9000 feet, Lachen feels pleasant; my teeth are …
For a glimpse of the Kanchengunja
“Why do you want to go to Yuksam? There is nothing there”. I have lost count of the number of times we hear this in …