One's destination is never a place,
but always a new way of seeing things.
-Henry Miller
but always a new way of seeing things.
-Henry Miller
Hey people!
Hope you all are having a good day. Well without any delay I
want to get into the Part 2 of my Sikkim Trip. I know I am late but sorry for
that.
Basically for Day 3 we got ready for our visit to Tsomgo
Lake for which we had to take permits the night before. We even planned out for
Nathula Pass but the roads were closed due to heavy snowfall the day before.
So, we kind of just stick to the plan of visiting Tsomgo Lake or Changu Lake (Locals
actually call it Changu Lake despite its name being Tsomgo. I don’t know why?).
This lake is located at 12,310 ft. from sea level so you can assume how cold it
would be there.
It was going to be all snowy so we took some really warm
clothes with us. At 9 in the morning we headed for the lake which was about 2
hours of drive from Gangtok. As we were going up we all kind of started feeling
too cold and were breathing heavily, which was obvious. We even stopped at near
about 8000 ft. just because I was feeling dizzy. We took lots of picture there but
soon we left the place because we had to reach the place on time.
Soon we reached the lake which was crowded due to tourist. Still
we managed to walk around. But before all that, we rented boots as it was
really hard for us to walk on snow in simple shoes. There was lot of snow
around the lake and it was too much fun. We clicked pictures, ate popcorn (which
was kind of helping us in breathing). But seriously it was too much fun there
specially throwing snow balls on people, which mainly included Mom, Dad and my
Brother.
We were having so much fun but we had to leave the place as
it started raining. Although it was so pleasant to see the rain on those snowy
ground but no one knew for sure how the weather was going to be in the next
hour. Some said it was going to snow heavily as per the last night’s snowfall. So
even our driver advised us to leave the place otherwise we could have got stuck
in there for like three to four hours until roads were cleared.
That whole place was so freaking beautiful that I didn’t wanted
to leave the place at all but I had to. On our way back to Gangtok we stopped
at a small shop where we had a bowl of Maggi and Momos along with Tea. Overall it
was a satisfying trip. When we reached Gangtok, it was drizzling there. So instead
of just resting in our hotel rooms we strolled down the M. G. Road market, had
some snacks, did shopping and at last back to hotel.
The next very day we decided to leave Gangtok as weather
wasn’t agreeing with us. We left for New Jalpaiguri and on our way we
encountered Teesta River and it was so beautiful. We stopped there for a while,
had some tea, clicked some pictures but had to leave again as we had to board
the train which was scheduled to depart at 2:50 p.m. Even though we left early
we got stuck in traffic and it was kind of impossible for us reach the station
on time but I swear to God that driver was freaking amazing. He drove as fast
as he could and we finally made it to the station at 2:38 p.m. But God had something
else in mind and so we came to know then and there, that train is scheduled to
leave at 2:40. Now that was a challenge. It was 2:39 already and we had like 6
luggage with us and now was the time when we were like running on the station, crossing
over-bridge with those heavy luggage but anyhow we made it to the train and
jumped into whatever coach we could find. Now that was really adventurous for
me. We reached home safe and sound.
So that was my Sikkim trip. I know I missed on some really
good places to visit but better luck next time. Hope weather does agree with us
then. Well, take a look at all the pictures and if you have any query related
to the trip just comment below and I’ll get back to you. Hope you enjoyed this
blog and I’ll see you guys super soon. Till then Rock!!
Love you guys!
-Tanya
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Wow, you looked stunning. Loved the dupatta and perfectly goes with the attire. I loved the silver jwelry too . Amazing
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