We arrived to Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim a few days ago, the ride from Darjeeling was one of the most beautiful rides we ever seen. it took us 4 hours by a Jeep to get here and we liked the scenery very much.
Most of the population here are Nepalese and Tibetan, which makes the trip here easier, they are such of nice and friendly people. A good example for that is when we arrived here, We forgot our Camera bag in the taxi-jeep, it took us 30 minutes until we noticed that one of the most important things is missing, Yoni ran like a mad-man straight to the taxi station, well ... it turned out that the driver was waiting especially for us to give back the lost (expansive) bag... you can not find it in the other side of India.
At a View Point outside of Gangtok:
We found out that we don't have enough time to spend here in Sikkim (remind you, we have a flying tickets out of here to Bangkok), and because of all the bureaucratic procedures of issuing permits around the area, we found ourselves putting more efforts in figuring out how to do it instead of enjoying the tour.
Eventually things turned out to be OK, we found other partners to travel in the city and the area (monasteries, view points, waterfalls ...) and 2 other Israeli guys which will join us to a 4 days trek in west of Sikkim.
To view Gangtok Slide show, click here
To view Gangtok Photo Album, click here
Miss you all,
Efrat & Yoni.
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