Sikkim. You must be lucky to see Kangchenjunga 8,586 metres. I woke up at 5.30 to cook my morning tea. Then I saw through my window above the clouds the long range of white peaks. Himalaya! The central one was Kangchenjunga – third summit after Everest and K2… The spectacle took about 30 minutes, then all was covered again by the mist…
It is good idea to make a day tour from Pelling to Yuksom – the first capital of Sikkim. I found 2 companions and it cost us 10 USD per head to go by jeep with a local driver to three nice waterfalls, sacred lake and Yuksom – little, nice village “when Sikkim was born”. At leat we saw some thatched houses on the high slopes and also nice, white rivers – we crossed them by suspension bridges. At the end we visited old gompa and photographed the stone throne of the first Sikkim’s king. Yuksom is more atmospheric then Pelling, but you will not see Himalaya from this place…
Cold evening, brrrr… But it sems that the last one in the high mountains…
