Sikkim Shaadi

Like every North Indian wedding the Baraat and other functions are extremely delayed. The wedding card says the Baraat is scheduled for 7pm. We reach the venue at 8:30 pm and the Baraat happens at 9:45pm. That’s almost like a 3h delay. But nobody cares. It’s like an open secret. An unsaid rule.  The food Read more

It’s 6 am. A bright and sunny day. We’ve booked a helicopter from Gangtok to Bagdogra. But we’re unsure if it will take off or not—it heavily depends on the weather. Sikkim weather is highly unpredictable, and helicopter cancellations are quite common. We reach the Heliport (yes, like an airport) at 8:30 am. The helicopter Read more

After 11 hours of travel the previous day and a ton of memories and photographs, I wake up. The time is around 8am. Through my window I can see the snow capped peaks. The sky is clear and the peaks are glistening in the early morning sun. Everyone wakes up one by one. Today’s plan Read more

Sweet We decide to leave early for zero point. The hotel staff tell us that the checkpoint will only open at 630. We decide to leave at 530 from the hotel. Rather than waiting in a traffic jam behind 100 vehicles, we would prefer waiting for the checkpoint to open as the first vehicle. Zero Read more

We have traveled for over 30hrs in the last 48 hours.   That too on bad roads and in bad vehicles. We decide to minimise the travel today.  The original plan is to leave for Gurudongmar Lake at 5 am. But we choose sleep instead. We wake up at 9:30 am and head for breakfast. Read more

After a 10 hour tight cab ride yesterday, we got some good sleep and go ready to leave to Lachen. The plan was to halt at Lachen for the night and proceed to Gurudonmer lake.  We got permits to go to North Sikkim. We left Gangtok at 12pm. The ride was supposed to be 6-7 Read more