Friday, April 24, 2009

India's own Land of Enchantment - Sikkim



Our retreat - perched on the edge (in Darjeeling - not in Sikkim yet)





Man at prayer - in Darjeeling











Outside the Ghoom Monastery - just outside Darjeeling
(Yours truly, mom, cousin and two handsome monks)










Bikas, our driver and guide, mom and cousin Ajay - outside prayer wheel at Pemyangtse Monastery - Pelling, Sikkim











Pemyangtse in full view










Ajay in meditation in front of pretty Thangka - in resort (Pelling)












Completely forgot my previous trip to the Himalayas and have been thinking that
the Blue Ridge mountains looked just as high.











Sikkim schoolboy Ashish (even 3-year olds walk miles to school on mountains' edges) with dad - on steps of roadside home.

Heidi kept coming to mind.







Dubdi monastery - built in the late 17th-early 18th centuries
(Yuksam)









Dubdi - checking for leeches













Making way on mountain roads

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