4/19/2011 We had planned an overnight trip to Northern Sikkim. My friend’s family dropped out because of fatigue and concerns about kids tolerance for the journey and the altitude. The first day’s agenda was to just drive to LaChung and stay there overnight. The second day we were to visit Yumthang Valley. We had a leisurely [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Northern Sikkim trip – LaChung and Yumthang
Posted in fun, summer, travel, tagged Lachung, North Sikkim, Tumthang on May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Day trip to Nathu La Pass and Tsomgo Lake
Posted in fun, summer, travel, tagged Nathu La, sikkim, Tsomgo on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
4/18/2011 Nathu La Pass is around 56 km from Gangtok and takes about 3 hours to reach. We had an early breakfast and left just after 8 am. After picking up the required permits, we were on our way. The roads are mostly bad and there is a lot of construction going on all through the way. [...]
Visit to Pelling
Posted in fun, hiking, summer, travel, tagged khecheopalri lake, pelling, pemayangtse, sikkim on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
4/15/2011 We arrived in Bagdogra airport at about 1.30 pm. We were kinda hungry, but we were eager to get going on the long drive to Pelling (~4.5 hrs, the driver said) and we anyway didn’t find any proper restaurants around. It took about 20 minutes to load our luggage on the roof rack and we [...]
