Tomichan Matheikal's blog

Below is a handful of snaps selected from the two dozen that my camera captured from the perennial flower show in Gangtok. For the text related to my travels in Sikkim, please log on to: www.matheikal.wordpress.com

The Ban Jhakri waterfalls Below are some scenes from Ban Jhakri Park. The initiation of a boy by Ban Jhakri A fisherman below the waterfall [statue] Ban Jhakri heals a sick person The ropeway in Gangtok The Bakthang Falls A view of the M.G. Marg, Gangtok For the text on these places, please log on to: http://www.matheikal.wordpress.com/

Do-Drul Chorten, or the Stupa, encircled by 108 prayer wheels. The prayer wheels around Chorten Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, adjacent to the Chorten For the full text on my Sikkim travel, please log on to: http://matheikal.wordpress.com

A view of the National Highway from Siliguri to Gangtok. The day we travelled it was congested due to a landslide. Landslides are quite common on this highway which is considerably narrow in most places. . Another view of the Highway, taken from the cabin of the ropeway in Gangtok. The Rumtek monastery The Lingdum monastery Little monks being instructed at the Lingdum monastery For the full text on my Gangtok travel, please log on to: http://matheikal.wordpress.com