Sikkim
Top: view of Ratong Valley from
Gingay Dara (pass), including Ratong Glacier.
Just above: panorama of the range and glacier in Sikkim near Kanchenchunga,
third highest mountain in the world (28,000 feet).
Kanchenchunga is the sharp peaked mountain to the right in the image.
Images on this page were taken in October and November, 2007, in
West Bengal and Sikkim, India.
The camera was a Canon S5 IS
(a small number of photos were taken
with a Canon Digital Rebel XT).
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Quote from the Dalai Lama,
posted in the Tibetan Refugee
Craft Institute, Darjeeling.
Images From The Trek:
Ratong Glacier. Himalayan Mountain Institute
(for Indian Army) training area.
Setting memorial fire at Gingay Dara
Rock rubble below Kanchenchunga near camp at Lamuney
Glacial moraine below Kanchenchunga
Saddling pack horses.
Panorama of Kanchenchunga (composite of 6 photos)
Returning from Kanchenchunga with pack horses
Rhododendron (12 inch leaves)
Pandim Range (21,952 feet)
Jamling Tenzing Norgay taking photos of
Kanchenchunga shrine
Trail hut, sign.
Tibetan refugees craft works, Darjeeling, India
Tibetan refugees artists, Darjeeling, India.
Tibetan refugees/artists, Darjeeling, India
Tomb of Tenzing Norgay, Darjeeling, India
Snow Leopard, Darjeeling Zoo.
Main square, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Craft sellers, Darjeeling, India
Tea plantation, Darjeeling, India
Rice paddies, Sikkim, India
Monastery at Pemayantse, Sikkim
Road worker, Sikkim (after clearing a rock slide)
Leprosy health notice, Sikkim.
Monastery, Yoksum, Sikkim.
Bridge on trail to Kanchenchunga, Sikkim.
Crafts for sale, Choka Village, on trail to Kanchenchunga.
Hiking through rhododendron forest
Vista through cypress forest.
Camp at Dzongri
Sunrise at Dzongri
Sunrise at Dzongri
Camp at Dzongri, Sikkim
Camp at Dzongri, Sikkim
Wake up tea.
Jamling Tenzing Norgay breaking camp.
Ratung Valley
On trail to Kanchenchunga
On trail to Kanchenchunga
Cypress and rhododendron forest
Snow in rhododendron forest
Forest along trail
Stream below Kanchenchunga, Sikkim, India
Pandim Peak.
Dinner tent scene.
Ridge at sunset near Pandim Peak.
Camp at Thangshing
Camp at Thangshing
Vista of Pandim Peak
Buddhist prayer tablets, Lamuney
Pack horses near Kanchenchunga base camp
Kanchenchunga after dark
Frozen Samiti Lake
On trail to Kanchenchunga viewpoint.
Jamling looking at photos from shrine
Shrine at Kanchenchunga viewpoint
Guide and sherpas
Frozen Samiti Lake
Ice on trail from Kanchenchunga
Boy at Choka
Rooster at Choka
Sunset from Bakhim
Pack horses, Sikkim Trek.
Car washing, Yuksom
Carrying a boy, Yuksom
Buddhist students returning from school, Yuksom
Bamboo, Sikkim
Separating rocks along river.
Working through the border between Sikkim and
West Bengal, two Indian states.
Dogs at New Elgin Hotel. Darjeeling.
Food market. Darjeeling
Chickens for sale. Darjeeling.
Movie poster. Darjeeling.
Waiting for the train, Darjeeling.
Food seller, Darjeeling.
Fixing electricity, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Railroad station for the Toy Train. Darjeeling.
View of Ganges Delta, Bangladesh.
End of the trail, New Delhi Indira Gandhi Airport
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Host and guide: Jamling Tenzing Norgay,
with wife So Yung.
The Traveler: B. K. Richard
60th Birthday, complete with prayer scarves, ...
and with flowers and a phone call to Yuksom
from Kelly!
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