April 19th Half day trip to Tashiding Monastery

From Our Balcony

Monastery Door

Tashiding Monastery

Pelling is in the Himalayan foothills. There is no flat land anywhere, therefore there are no straight roads in Sikkim. We left at midday for a trip to the Tashiding Monastery. It was a 2 hour drive because we were constantly going over mountain passes or circumventing deep valleys. We had a nice visit at the monastery but on the way home a storm happened. We had thunder and lightning, rain, hail, and fog. The driver really earned his keep but Joan is a little grayer today.