Day 115, Pelling, Sikkim [Wednesday 26th March 2008]
Previous day: Day 114, Gangtok [Tuesday 25th March 2008]
Next day: Day 116, [Thursday 27th March 2008]
We get a shared jeep to Pelling, in west Sikkim, a five hour drive. We get talking to an amiable Mumbaiker, Ronnie, and his wife. She's a travel agent, up here checking out hotels and tours to sell on in Mumbai. He offers to share a bottle of beer with me when we stop for lunch.
Pelling is the start point for many treks in the region, and we plan to do some walking from here too. We get a nice room in a hotel, then mooch around for the afternoon, drinking tea and snacking. We eat dinner alone, in the hotel's cold, dark restaurant, by candlelight. There's been a powercut. Afterwards, the power returned, we watch a documentary on the Ganges on the Discovery channel, followed by two more on Uttarranchal.
Next day: Day 116, [Thursday 27th March 2008]
Previous day: Day 114, Gangtok [Tuesday 25th March 2008]