Journey from NJP to Gangtok

We had to go offline for a while. Our connection got cut due to some silly reasons.

New Jal Paiguri is the nearest railway station to Sikkim. From Jalpaiguri onwards my eyes wandered for the Himalayas. We had to wait for an hour more to see them. They were not snow clad. We travelled along a beautiful river called Teesta. The river was not deep. Some tourists were kayaking in the river.





We saw a massive dam under construction. There were monkeys sitting on the side of Sevok road waiting for food given by the passengers.



Rangpo is a border town between Sikkim and Bengal. The Bengal side of the town had many pan shops and the other side had many wine shops. Pan is banned in Sikkim and the state is famous for alcohol. In twenty minutes we reached Singtam and in 40 minutes came Gangtok. We could see two breweries on our way. We saw terrace farming there.




It was such a relief to see a good road not too steep and without any hair pin turns usually seen in hilly areas. I am very much afraid of them. The border road organisation is doing a very good job there. These roads face a lot of erosion due to landslides, monsoons and small streams that springs when the snow melts plus it’s their only road to Siliguri. It’s a commercial centre close to NJP. Anything needed for life in mountains can be purchased from there at a cheap rate.

We reached Gangtok around 1:30pm. The journey was good, had some pleasant moments with Rinchen and her brother.