Border Roads Organization (BRO) Signboard: Yumthang Valley, Sikkim I am a big fan Border Roads Organization (BRO). What do they do? As the name suggests, they maintain the roads that are on the border that India has with other countries. And that means tough job. With a humble beginning, with just two Projects – Project…
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India’s Highest ATM at Thegu (Sikkim, India)?
Just a little before Nathu-La (India-China border in Sikkim), at a small place called Thegu, I saw a sign saying “High Altitude ATM.” It belongs to UTI Bank(Unit Trust of India) and my hunch is that the people from the Indian army are its only users. The sign gave the height of the spot as…
Shops in Pelling (West Sikkim)
A Small Shop Selling Tea and Eatables at Night Shops in Pelling are small and colorful. They mostly sell local goods, I saw no branded outlets there (but there are a few in Gangtok). The highest numbers of shops are obviously travel related. Next comes the corner liquor shops of Pelling. The corner liquor shops…
Sikkim Redefines Green for Me
Khang-Chen-Dzon Ga (Kanchanjunga) A few months back I was inviting suggestions and when a colleague talked about a visit to Sikkim in December, I was intrigued but apprehensive at the same time. He assured me it would not be very cold. But cold can mean different things to different people. When folks have yet to…
Two New Things on Card: A DSLR and a Trip to Sikkim
Well, my computer at home is slowly limping back to normal but the problem is we were so dependent on the laptop that we never really bothered much about its power backup. Now, with the laptop in the ‘maybe not repairable’ category we realize how bad the power scene in Gurgaon is. Every day they…
Tagged Again: 8 Travel Things about Me?
I have got a nasty cold, and from the last two days I could not upload a picture to my blog, so I was not writing what I had planned. Today, I am quite down and out and yet I wanted to write something. So when Cuckoo tagged me, I decided to take it up…
Boarding a Metro
I was waiting at a crowded metro station for the train to come. It was hot and sultry, my shirt was sticking to my back. I was dreading the jostle that would follow the arrival of the metro. My companion was oblivious; she seemed not to have a care in the world. The crowd did…