Sikkim - Gangtok and mountain views

Gangtok and Himalayas

1 Curious bazaar covered by colored tissues	2 A young monk with prayer wheels	3 Buddhist prayer flags before the Hindu Ganesh temple	4 Ganesh Tok
5 Pagoda with statue	6 Namgyal Institute of Tibetology	7 As the day advances, clouds move in...	8 A happy clothing seller who was delighted to have her picture taken
9 A well-loaded porter	10 Butter candles	11 The Himalayas and northern Gangtok	12 Beautiful Buddhas
13 Lal Bazaar, Gangtok	14 ... the call to assembly	15 Lal Bazaar	16 Terrassed fields below Gangtok
17 Prayer flags	18 Flying to assembly	19 Do Drul Chorten	20 More statues
21 Prayer flags	22 Do Drul Chorten (stupa)	23 Hotel Tibet and the telecom tower	24 Monks waiting for ...
25 Gangtok	26 Leather good seller	27 Monks filling candle holders	28 Two of five barber shops in a row here in the Lal Bazaar.
29 The first morning, the HImalayas!	30 ... move across ...	31 Buddhas	32 and cover the mountains.
33 North Gangtok viewed from Hotel Tibet	34 Khangchendzonga closer up	35 Gangtok viewed from Ganesh Tok	36 Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
37 Closer up	38 Khangchendzonga, the world's 3rd highest mountain, 8598 meters (28209 feet)	39 Clouds and sunlight	40 Neighboring peek
41 Gangtok by night	42 Downtown Gangtok	43 Neighboring peek	44 Why does this pagoda remind me of an image from a Myst game?
45 Lal Bazaar from below