Gangtok is a superb place! It is almost like a little tibet and most of the people here are more tibetan in appearance than indian. We went to a tibetan restaurant last night and had some great dumplings (momo) which were excellent. Although we loved konica's cooking it is really pleasant to eat different things!
This morning we had a walk up to the top of the town and found a nice park and some great views into the valley. It is stunning here. Sikkim is actually geared up for tourists and even has an information centre. We got hold of a map of the city amd decided to head down to a set of falls which seemed pretty close. After walking for 20minutes we figured that we must be going in the wrong direction so asked for help. Apparently the map we had was not at all to scale and we needed transport to get there. We got a taxi down a very bad road, each minute neil and I agreeing that we definitely could not have walked. The falls were spectacular and a tourist centre had been built around then. There were beautiful bridges and pagodas. There were even some children's play equipment including a hamster wheel. This was great fun.
We met some Scandinavian medical students today (if we see other tourists we feel compelled to talk to them). They were working for the same organisation as the students we met in kolkatta. They also had had travel plans to darjeeling ruined so it was nice to talk about where to go in gangtok.
The weather has turned though so were are hoping for it to improve before we visit the temples and monasteries near by. They have nice view points but the valley is just pure fog at the moment. Our general feeling is that sikkim is a great destination.
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