Sikkim’s valley of flowers
by 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 …
Tag: North Sikkim
…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 …
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze
ten thousand saw I at a glance / tossing their heads in sprightly dance / Buddhist prayer flags… Everywhere I turn in Sikkim, the prayer …