Recalling Sikkim!

Gangtok (which means 'hilltop'), capital city of sikkim, still lingers on my mind. A place abundant of beautiful hills and people.

We met Bheem at the taxi stand. A young (20) taxi driver with tons of enthusiam, we asked to transport us from the stand to our hotel, Golden Pagoda. We got a room with a market view for 600 rupees. Bhima was still waiting for us, he had suggested us a 7 point visit for 500 bucks. With just 1.5 days with us in sikkim we quickly agreed to and got started. Our second was well account with pictures in my other post "Heaven - 12,400ft above sea level!".

For people who wish to travel to sikkim here are some list of places to eat and stay.

(M.G. road is the hub of all activities in gangtok. All shops and life comes to halt at 8pm).

Top hotels:

Tashi Delek (has great views!!)
Double: 2500+ / Suites: 4500

Hotel Tibet (Tibetan Decor- great resturant)
Hotel Tibet (2-3 mins walk from MG road)
Double: 1100-1600
Phone: 203468 / 204962

Mid range

Hotel Golden Pagoda
on MG road, with a roof top pure vegetrian resturant
Double: 600-850
email: goldenpagoda 'at' hotmail 'dot' com

Budget stay:

Green Hotel on M.G. Road
Single: rs. 150 / Double: rs. 250-300

Places to eat
Cafe Tibet for fast food (gen. see college crowd there)
Hotel Tibet is a great place for dinner (little expensive)
Bakers Cafe, MG Road - amazing place for breakfast and cakes!

Ofcourse there is lot more to sikkim beyond Gangtok. Will write about those places when I visit them :)

Posted by shalin at June 21, 2005 08:56 PM | TrackBack | Permanent Link

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We hear that people who wish to travel to sikkim have to satisfy some mandatory criteria. Hope that the author throws some light on this issue ;)

Posted by: Celia at June 22, 2005 12:12 AM

Author, any plans to visit sikkim in the near future? Keep me posted if you are and let me see if i can join you :)

Posted by: Bijesh at June 22, 2005 12:45 PM
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