Category: gangtok
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Rains in Gangtok.
It rained and silenced the entire neighborhood, later that evening… The barking dogs eased on their rattling nerves and fell silent. The Bengali lodge opposite to my house was playing Bengali music in order to entertain their Bengali tourists in Sikkim, were muted by the downpour roar. The hustle bustle…
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The Walks.
Been walking on the streets with headphones ducked in or sometimes not, since have been living alone in Gangtok. I get some company sometimes if i bump into a friend or someone from my fitness studio or someone from my Architecture studio. Generally i take these solitary walks after dinners…
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Self Reflections/ Part 3 -The TRAVELER..
Every living being is a traveler. A traveler is anyone who mentally or physically, is not stationary in one place. He/ she keeps on changing his or her place of stay every now and then. The relocation generally depends on either work or leisure or for some people both. Travelers…
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Self Reflections/ Part 2 – FOREVER – waxes and wanes..
The fluttering leaves, in the breeze, taste a sense of freedom when held by the branch of a tree by its one end… By autumn it deserves the time of travel and detaches itself from the one who nurtured it, into the ever changing world. It floats in the air,…
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The Sandakphu Ridge – where borders are arbitrary..
Centuries ago, the collision of 2 primitive sub-continents gave birth to the supreme Pantheon, The Himalayas..! The evolution of these peaks has created our very own and still not discovered geography of the world. Bestowing on India and its neighboring countries, the diverse and pristine topography, seasons and climates,…
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GOECHA-LA (PASS) TREK (5500mts) : scale of distance,with a unit of time, 31st Dec 14′
This pass is not just a destination to be conquered to satisfy the adventure thrill, but bears a unique history which Sikkim believes in whole heartedly. Besides being a pass for the Tibetan Nepalese to enter India during the primitive times, Goecha-La is said to be the gateway leading to…
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TEMPORARY TRAILS.. Mt. KANCHENJUNGA..
SIKKIM, also known as MAYEL LYANG, the Hidden Land or more appropriately, MAYEL MALUK LYANG in Tibetan, meaning , “The land in which the hidden treasures will rise” in its true sense, being closest to Mt. Kanchenjunga is believed to be the most blessed land to live in.
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