Cities of my favourite food and view. Momos and mountains.❤️

We reached the hotel around 2pm and had our lunch. We took a nap and then walked down to the local markets. You can look for beautiful woollens at Chowk Bazaar or take a walk in Rock garden. You can enjoy almost all kinds of momos such as veg, chicken, beef. They also serve momos with clear soup. Chicken momos are 40 - 50rs a plate and we get 8momos in a plate. There is nothing much to see in the evening Post 6pm. We went back to our hotel and it was already dark outside. We booked the hotel right next to the mall market so we had an option to go and watch a movie at Inox- Rink Mall. There are many travel company offices so you can take book a package for the sightseeing.

Day 2

Tiger hill

Once when the tiger lived freely.

Tiger Hill (2,573 m) is located in Darjeeling, in the Indian State of West Bengal. It has a panoramic view of Mount Everest and Mount Kanchenjunga together. Have you ever imagined ahold piramid? The Mount Kanchenjunga looks the same when sunlight falls on it. We woke up at 3.30am abs took the cab to tiger hill. The place is too crowded so we unfortunately miss the sunrise

2- ghoom monastery

Located below Ghoom railway station, the external structure of the Yiga Choeling Monastery or the Ghoom Monastery was built by the monk and a famous astrologer Lama Sherab Gyatso in 1850

3- toy train

Just like the movies, toy train is the best part or Darjeeling tourism. We took a train from ghoom and back worth ₹3500. It is a journey of 2 hours and takes us through the mountains and the beautiful tree

MIX POINTS-

1- Japanese Temple

2- Peace Pagoda

3- Tea Garden

4- Tenzing Rock

5- Rope Way

1- Japanese Temple

It is basically a Buddhist temple which is built in the Japanese style , hence, it is called as Japanese Buddhist temple. You can visit the temple anytime between 9am to 6pm. As we entered the temple, there are two lions at the entrance to welcome the visitors. It took about 2 hours to cover all the spots of Japanese Temple and it's neighbour, Peace Pagoda. On the first floor we were invited to a prayer. We were asked to sit on the knees and were handed a small drum and a stick that makes resonant sound with chanting prayer. At the end they give us Prashad. You can enter and leave the prayer anytime you want.

2-peace pagoda

The Peace Pagoda here showcases four avatars of Buddha. This is the tallest free standing structure in Darjeeling. It's height is 28.5 meters and diameter is 23 meters. As you climb up the stairs in the Pagoda, you will see two concrete models of lions on two sides at a lower level. The avatars of Buddha are all large statues carved in the walls and polished in gold color. The Peace Pagoda was designed by Dr. M Ohka of Japan and took three years to construct.

Tea garden

When you hear Darjeeling the first thing comes to you mind is Darjeeling tea, isn't it? Tea is widely exported from Darjeeling throughout the world. And it is the best gift you could get for your friends, relatives etc. There is a rule we have to follow when we go to the tea garden. There are tea shops on the main road and they offer tea only if your vehicle is parked in front of their shop to reduce the unnecessary traffic in front of other shops. They also gave us a sample tea to taste.

4- Tenzing Rock

The trekkers and the climbers will definitely know about this place. This place is famous for practicing climbing and rappelling. They provide 100% safety and we have to wait for our chance. It is a very good opportunity for the beginners.

GANGTOK Sikkim is the cleanest little state in India and Gangtok is the largest city of Sikkim. It is also the headquarters of the East Sikkim district. We reached Gangtok at around 4Pm. And took a cab to MG marg. We booked a hotel near MG marg, hotel Orchid. We freshened up and left out to enjoy the nightlife in Gangtok. There are so many massage centres, Pubs, shopping centre. You can either spend the night in a party or street shopping.

We left for Baba Mandir which was about 3 to 4 hours away from Gangtok and the view is magnificent. Changu lake would be following you along with the beautiful mountains. Changu lake is also known as Tsongmo or Tsomgo Lake which is a glacial lake in East Sikkim.

Also, Smoking is prohibited in Gangtok. :)

We left for Baba Mandir which was about 3 to 4 hours away from Gangtok and the view is magnificent. Changu lake would be following you along with the beautiful mountains. Changu lake is also known as Tsongmo or Tsomgo Lake which is a glacial lake in East Sikkim.

There's cafe, washroom, everything in there so we had our lunch and left for our back journey.

Distance between Gangtok to NJP is 120km and takes 4 hours. We woke up at 6am and took a cab to NJP as we had a train at 2pm. You will be again seeing the Teesta river on your way back.

This was one of my best trips with low budget. Along with all the famous sports like enjoying a ride in toy train, rope way, river rafting, climbing, etc it costs around 30-40k per head including 3start hotel, transport etc.

Frequent searches leading to this page:-

Darjeeling 4 points sightseeing package , Darjeeling 7 point name, Darjeeling 7 point tour map, 7 days Darjeeling trip, Darjeeling chapter class 8 summary, Darjeeling tour packages 8 days