WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME

TREKKING TO SANDAKPHU

A brief map of our trek route

Approx 61 kms in 5days. Seemed to be a tough job when we planned the trip, but was confident enough to jump ahead. The highest point of West Bengal, 'Sandakphu' at 3636 m altitude was calling.

I wanna run
I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I wanna reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

I want to feel
Sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear
Without a trace
I want to take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name

U2 (The Joshua Tree: 1987)

'The Kingdom of Far Far Away '

'You ask what makes me sigh, old friend,
What makes me shudder so?
I shudder and I sigh to think
That even Cicero
And many-minded Homer were
Mad as the mist and snow.'
- W.B. Yeates

A temple (yellow) and a monastery in Manebhanjang, the starting point

আমার লিখন ফুটে পথ ধারে

Stairway to heaven

Enlightened

Manyabhanjang Village (Walking starts from here)

On you mark... get set...

Up up and away

Winding

Rosy cheeks, Dimple chin

Solitary grazing

Not I'm one, not I'm two...

All that's left behind

Pearl Jam

Disappearing Mist

Warmth

Roadside Pilgrimage

Inclined

Smiling

Lonely goat herd

Surprise corner

Wild Orchid

Singalila National Park Entry

Azul

Still to go

Light n' Shade

Seasons in the sun

Colors of life

Silhouette

Landscape

Landscape

Bikheybhanjang Village from top. Last stop before Sandakphu.

Toward the unknown

Viewpoint reviewed: SANDAKPHU AT LAST

Darpan Rocks

Lady BIRD

How far can you go?

Sea of cloud

Lhotse (left), Mt. Everest (middle), Makalu (right)

Kanchenjangha

Sleeping Buddha [Kumbhakarna (left: head), Kanchenjangha (middle: torso), Pandim (right: foot)]

Climbing down

Sandakphu from below

Crossing

Through the jungle

Forest Burnt

After 11 km. still 2 km. downhill to Gurdung

Gurdung

The Rider

Landscape

Sikkim at night

Buddha Poornima

Full moon in Gurdung

Here we are, on the road again

Water water everywhere

Where the streets have no name

I wish I could fly

I want to feel, Sunlight on my face

I see the dust cloud disappear without a trace

Mr. Sunil Chetri(Our honorable guide), blogger.this and Mr. Darpan

blogger.this

The Darpans

Srikhola Hotel

Srikhola Trekker's hut

Hanging Bridge

Fishing Peter

Fishing

Tweeter

Hanging Bridge

Last day

Final Fantasy

Men may come and men may go...

Couple of hours more

Towards Rimbhik

Rimbhik

Jungle flavor

Roadscape

Roadscape

Roadscape