Spinning prayer wheels at the Do Drul Chorten Stupa - Gangtok Sikkim

Wanderings in India - 11 - Sikkim

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March 19th 2014
The road to Sikkim sees us driving up and down steep mountain roads with more pot holes than road and many long stretches of dirt and loose stones where the original metalled surface has been washed away by previous monsoon rains. The roads are narrow with just enough space for two vehicles, steep hillside on one side of the car and sheer drops on the other - incredibly challenging driving but for ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more