Across South Sikkim.

It was my second time visit to sikkim after a gap of some 12+ yrs....Basically,  we intended to visit North Sikkim ie Gurudonzmar lake ,to be precise ,which we missed out last time as that time it was total trek route only but now a days 4 wheel drive vehicles taking tourists out to those forward posts in sikkim too but since the weather turned bad and all routes to north sikkim closed down , instead of sitting in our hotel room at Gangtok,  we thought to finish off our trip to South Sikkim , which have opened up with famous locations like Ravangla,  Namchi  ,for tourists..... it was some 8/10 hrs round trip  from Gangtok...we informed  our driver about our plan and pushed out early in the morning to avoid traffic congestion across the hilly roads of Gangtok city.......

Our first stop was Namchi,  which is a planned miniature  complex which houses all famous temples( Duplicate) across length and breadth of India in one location itself .....Its lay out is very beautiful  and maintained  very well ...Tourists comes here , enjoys strolling around its beautiful  gardens , praying at its innumerable temples including the replicas  of Char Dham .....

 Next stop was The Buddha park,  at Ravangla  , which is absolutely  beautiful  and shouldn't  be missed out ,during a trip to sikkim.....Mostly it remains covered in clouds and if lucky can gets the glimpses of mystical Buddha ......The drive from Namchi to Ravangla  too is full of trills ....narrow  road across high mountains surrounded  by pines and covered in clouds ....I simply loved it as we drove thru'......Needless to mention , even the drive from Gangtok  to Namchi was beautiful  but had a different flavour to it ....

After our visit to Ravangla 'a Buddha park   we had a short stopover at a Rose Garden close by ,which houses innumerable varieties  of Flora 's from sikkim....its really a lovely walk across the large garden and ger to see such exotic flowers........

Though, the distance we covered in a day trip was bit more  but it was all worth .....loved to see a different  side of Sikkim's flavour..