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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