Sikkim - Gangtok and mountain views

Gangtok and Himalayas

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