In the first week of March, I travelled to Sikkim. Gangtok, yes, but mainly I ventured into the surreal lap of North Sikkim living and travelling only 10,000 feet above sea level and higher. The Himalayas have always awed me; mountains have a way of making you reflect your entire narcissistic existence in the quietest way possible, but Sikkim’s peaks were...different. If I had better words (or any at all), I would use them to tell you what I saw and felt, but words have failed me. (They rarely do, you can ask my editor).
So, instead, here is a collection of snapshots clicked on my recent travels to North Sikkim, complete with the snow-peaked Himalayas, an icy cold Teesta river, waterfalls that melt your heart, blue lagoons that shimmer gold in the sun and in general, all-round gorgeousness.
(You can follow the photographer on Instagram @pallaviprsd to see more of her shutter-happy adventures.)
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