Gangtok Archives | Travellenz https://travellenz.in Sat, 16 Jan 2021 13:37:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.9 https://travellenz.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-TravelLenzFavicon-512x512-32x32.png Gangtok Archives | Travellenz https://travellenz.in 32 32 At Gurudongmar Lake – one of the highest lakes in the world https://travellenz.in/gurudongmar-lake/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gurudongmar-lake https://travellenz.in/gurudongmar-lake/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2015 12:14:21 +0000 http://travellenz.wordpress.com/?p=2038 There is a lake up there in the Sikkim Himalayas. It’s not easy to get there. Nor is it, mercifully, impossible. But content with the fact that this emerald, bluish-green or icy white droplet (depending on the month you visit it) of incredible beauty lies at 17,100 feet (5148 m) and over 16 hours and [...]

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]]> https://travellenz.in/gurudongmar-lake/feed/ 16 Sikkim Diary: The Five Treasures of the High Snow https://travellenz.in/sikkim-diary-five-treasures-high-snow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sikkim-diary-five-treasures-high-snow https://travellenz.in/sikkim-diary-five-treasures-high-snow/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2014 07:07:57 +0000 http://travellenz.wordpress.com/?p=1983 I awoke gently, sensing a silent presence beyond the wall of our hotel room. It was just short of 5 in the morning, still dark. Opening the balcony door, I stepped out into the cold Sikkim morning. Outside, the prayer flags kept fluttering in the wind – waving gently at times, raging uncontrollably at other [...]

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