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Gangtok :- Capital of Indian state of Sikkim, located among the long ranges of Himalayas and on the eastern edge of the country. When we were entering into Sikkim, a routine check was performed and we were allowed the entry into the state. Our taxi was changed, we were given local taxi and a local driver according to a law of state transport authority. Due to clean roads, disciplined traffic and cool weather, Gangtok looked like an European city in appearance. Our stay was for three days, after taking enough rest, next day we started for 'Tsangpo Lake' very early in the morning. The narrow road goes through the high mountain ranges, we were not aware how far and high we were going. Suddenly when I looked out of our car, I saw the roads were covered with the snow and we were now among those high snowy mountains. There was a considerable traffic of vehicles of Indian Army, off course Indo-China  border was close. In few minutes we reached near the lake. It was awesome view, every...

   Kalimpong:-        We were not feeling like to leave Darjeeling, but our driver come guide suggested us that if you stay here another few days then you will get bored hence better pack your bags so that we can move ahead to Kalimpong. We packed our bags obediently and started for our destination.   Frankly speaking before planning our tour, I wasn't aware of the name of this town. I was not willing to include that town in our list but it was the only town which was feasible and suitable on our route. Similar to Darjeeling, Kalimpong also lies in a Indian state of West Bengal. This town is of moderate and pleasant climate. After reaching the town I found this small town very calm quiet.  I did not find much interesting things in the town. There was a private garden of cactus, numerous types of cactus were present there, I was watching some of them first time in my life. We got bored of them very soon and left the garden and visited the 'Z...

The year was 2008, I was getting married and me and my wife were searching for honeymoon destination. We wanted some unique place to visit, with moderate weather and with a little bit different cultural flavor. The month was March, hot and humid Summer was about to start so we had a very few options in our hands. Goa and Kerala were out of question because of the humid weather, Uttarakhand was not accessible due to harsh weather, Himachal Pradesh was so common and we had plans to visit the Kashmir in future. Then I looked with hope towards the east and felt like east is calling us. So we finalized Darjeeling and Gangtok as our destination on the eastern edge of our beloved country.      3 hours from Pune to Mumbai, 3 hours from Mumbai to Kolkata by air, overnight journey of 12 hours from Kolkata to the place called New Jalpaiguri  and we were at the feet of the great Himalayas.  Now our next journey was by car. There were 4 places which were going to visit, Mir...