After a long but beautiful journey during the day, I was finally in Lachung. It is a small village in the lap of the Himalayas and also the last village in North Sikkim before Yumthang.
Ours was a small lodge with only the basic amenities. The rooms had wooden walls with neither t.v. or internet connection. Initially, I was a little troubled but after loosening up in complete solitude for sometime I realized this is what I wanted from a holiday in a small little hilly village. So, I started enjoying the silence. After unwinding for a while, we came out for a stroll. The outside temperature was less than 10 degrees and after walking for a bit, we saw a small river. The water was freezing cold and in order to guess this I didn't have to go near by & touch it. If one takes the 360 degrees view of the place, there were hills all around with little sparkling waterfalls streaming out. It was so silent there and only audible sound was of the outbound water streams.
Then, we went to a shop for some snacks. It was a small covered wooden hut with a little entrance door. It could seat around 5-6 people at a time and was managed by an elderly couple. After inquiring, we found that they can offer us veg. maggi and tea. What more could one expect, it was the perfect snacks that could complement the misty surroundings.
Those people could understand Hindi a little and that started a small conversation between us. They told us that mostly all the cooking was done on woods as lpg supply was quite scarce there. It was one of best maggi I ever had. After having a good time with them we came back to the lodge.
As the night started taking over, the temperature was dropping down. Suddenly the current got cut and there were no lights. A strong wind was blowing outside which we could feel it by the intermittent flapping of the windows. I kept staring at the window glasses which were completely covered by mist and after sometime water droplets started flowing down the glasses. It was raining. Deeply engrossed in nature I fell asleep.
By the time I got up in the morning it was around 6 am. I went directly to windows to get a feel of the surroundings. At the very first glance, I was just amazed by the beauty outside. It seemed like the lofty peaks of the mountains were touching the horizon. One needs to endlessly look upwards to measure their altitude. It seemed like these mountains were embracing the valley in its lap with lots of love. There was a thick cover of clouds over various parts of the valley and it was an explicable experience.
I will stop here and take you through the amazing experience of the valley of flowers, Yumthang in the next piece.
For more beautiful skies from around the world, visit the Skywatch Page..
Ours was a small lodge with only the basic amenities. The rooms had wooden walls with neither t.v. or internet connection. Initially, I was a little troubled but after loosening up in complete solitude for sometime I realized this is what I wanted from a holiday in a small little hilly village. So, I started enjoying the silence. After unwinding for a while, we came out for a stroll. The outside temperature was less than 10 degrees and after walking for a bit, we saw a small river. The water was freezing cold and in order to guess this I didn't have to go near by & touch it. If one takes the 360 degrees view of the place, there were hills all around with little sparkling waterfalls streaming out. It was so silent there and only audible sound was of the outbound water streams.
Then, we went to a shop for some snacks. It was a small covered wooden hut with a little entrance door. It could seat around 5-6 people at a time and was managed by an elderly couple. After inquiring, we found that they can offer us veg. maggi and tea. What more could one expect, it was the perfect snacks that could complement the misty surroundings.
Those people could understand Hindi a little and that started a small conversation between us. They told us that mostly all the cooking was done on woods as lpg supply was quite scarce there. It was one of best maggi I ever had. After having a good time with them we came back to the lodge.
As the night started taking over, the temperature was dropping down. Suddenly the current got cut and there were no lights. A strong wind was blowing outside which we could feel it by the intermittent flapping of the windows. I kept staring at the window glasses which were completely covered by mist and after sometime water droplets started flowing down the glasses. It was raining. Deeply engrossed in nature I fell asleep.
By the time I got up in the morning it was around 6 am. I went directly to windows to get a feel of the surroundings. At the very first glance, I was just amazed by the beauty outside. It seemed like the lofty peaks of the mountains were touching the horizon. One needs to endlessly look upwards to measure their altitude. It seemed like these mountains were embracing the valley in its lap with lots of love. There was a thick cover of clouds over various parts of the valley and it was an explicable experience.
I will stop here and take you through the amazing experience of the valley of flowers, Yumthang in the next piece.
For more beautiful skies from around the world, visit the Skywatch Page..
Very nice post and photos for SWF!
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ReplyDeleteGood start buddy... Readers would come back to these blogs again and again if it can also answer "What's in it for me?" for the reader. You could suggest stays,time of travel, hangouts, must see place/people etc.. Looking forward to many more...
ReplyDeleteThanks Raj. Will surely incorporate your comments in my next blogs.
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