Kolkata and Sikkim
Everybody should visit Sikkim once in his/her lifetime. It is an amazingly beautiful place. I made a 7 day trip 4 days in Sikkim, 2 in Calcutta and 1 in Chennai/Mahabalipuram. I am attaching a few pictures from my trip. I would say it has been the most pleasing trip I have undertaken so far. Here are some snaps from the trip.
I visited all major places in Kolkata and made a mini pilgrimage to Eden Gardens too. Esplanade, Park Street, Millennium Park all are cool places to hang out.
The drive up the mountains to reach Gangtok is breath taking. One follows the course of theTeesta river for over 2 hours. There are picturesque bridges which cross the river below.
Gangtok is a pretty town with beautiful view points (of the majestic Kanchenjunga) and monasteries among other things. It is also closest to Nathula pass (current India China border and the famed silk route). We made a trip to Nathula and stopped enroute at Changu Lake.
It was a beautiful site. Snow covered mountains, a lake and a small village/settlement. Things cannot get more prettier. Words definitely fail me in describing the place and how I felt being there. I am sure I cannot even think of attempting to describe the beauty of something that has to be witnessed.
4 comments:
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completely agree..should go there next time hopefully.
i remember going to sikkim/darjeeling/other places i don't remember when i was really really young.
i still remember throwing up in the train on the way to calcutta, and being in that same state of health throughout the trip.
i remember going uphill all the time in sikkim, and seeing some icy peak being pointed out as kanchenjunga.
i wanna go again.
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