We stopped at Tashi View point which is supposed to give a very beautiful view of the Kanchenjunga Mountain.
But as luck would have it, the clouds hid the Kanchenjunga ranges.
Our next stop was “the seven sisters”.
They are not exactly sisters but water-falls coming down in seven stages.
You have to climb up to see all the seven. sisters.
We could climb up to see and photograph only five.
The rest of the journey was uneventful.
We had lunch at a place which was at the entrance of Mangshila and then proceeded to Lachung, reaching at around 6.00 pm.
Lachung is situated in a valley at around 9000 ft which is surrounded by snow-capped peaks.
We had a wonderful evening of singing old songs in the hall.
It was biting cold outside.
We were surprised in the morning to see the snow-capped peaks.
After breakfast we set of for Yumthang valley.
As we rose higher we met more and more snow which thrilled us as most of us were seeing snow from so close for the first time.
The sight which met us at Yumthang valley took our breath away.
This is a valley at 12000 ft.
The valley and all the surrounding mountains were covered with snow.
The younger amongst us made snow balls and threw them at each other.
There was a river which flowed through the valley.
We went up to that.
Trudging through the snow made our stockings wet.
There were a few small shops where they served Momos and other Fast Foods.
There was a small fire place where the tourist could warm themselves.
A chimney on top of the fireplace was made up of a 4-inch pipe.
While we were warming ourselves, I opened my socks and tied them to the pipe to dry them as I was feeling cold because of the wet socks.
One of the local boys there warned that the socks would be damaged but he warned me too late.
When I removed the socks from the chimney, the nylon had already melted and one of the socks was permanently damaged to make them unfit for wearing.
I mention the above to help others gain from my experience.
We returned to Lachung taking photographs of some avalanches and some water falls.
That night our boys tasted a new local drink called "Chang" which is made of millet
Some more photos have been sent by Amarnath Banerjee which may be viewed at http://picasaweb.google.com/112110933482661969423/Sikkim2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCNiY_IvMgbPR6QE&feat=email#
Mrs Ranjan Mazumdar,Mrs Ratnakar Roychowdhury, Mrs. K D Gupta, Mrs. Rudra Roychowdhury, night before leaving Lachung
K D Gupta, Mrs KD and Mrs Rudra. The picture behind shows the hotel we stayed in covered in snow during some years ago when there was more snow.
Some streams behind our hotel
Another view of the same stream
Mr & Mrs Ratnakar Roychowdhury playing in the ice cold stream in Umthang Valley.
Mr & Mrs Ratnakar Roychowdhury standing behind the towering mountains in Umthang Valley.
A view of the snow covered valley
A K Roy and self in the valley
J K Ghosh and A K Roy at the same place
A cottage on the way to Umthang
Avijeet Roy, A K Roy, Anthony Gasper, Mrs Ranjan, Mrs Ratnakar, Amarnath Banerjee, sitting, Mrs K D Gupta, Manosh Chowdhury, K D Gupta & Nelson Flavien
A K Roy, Mrs Rudra, Mrs Ranjan, R S Sharma, Ratnakar,Anthony, Mrs Ratnakar, Amarnath Banerjee,Mrs Gasper, Mrs K D Gupta,Avijit Roy (mostly hidden), J K Ghosh, K D Gupta, Manosh Chowdhury, Rudra, Nelson, Mrs. Flavien
J K Ghosh & self
A view of a stream
A K Roy & J K Ghosh
Yours truly
A fall
Another view of the fall
Entrance Mangshila
Seven Sisters falls
Seven sisters falls - another view
Seven sisters falls - another view
Seven sisters falls - another view
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