Thats all Folks

Namaste all,

How is everyone doing?

As im sure you know we have already returned home, a week ago actually.

and with all the hectics of returning to work and university i have finally found a few moments to update the blog. Especially with the main attraction - pics.

We finished our trip in Delhi - with some shopping... nothing interesting really... (if you don't count the rings ;)

We spent a wonderful time in the state of Sikkim. Before that we did a 8 day trek on the Singlila ridge near Darjeeling. Against our hopes the cloud god was not on our side... Though we did get some nice views on the morning of the second day of the walk, most of the other days were sunny but with only views of large clouds clustered around and over Mt. K.
On several days it started raining by noon and a large Ozzy group booked the whole accommodations ahead of us so we were forced to stay 2 nights at Sandakphu - which has a lovely guest house and lots of clouds... but on the next few days we had great weather and even on the morning from Phalut (the highest point in the trek) we were awarded at the sunrise by an amazing view of Mt. K. and the whole "5 Sisters" (i think they are all above 8000m) all the way and including Mt. Everest which was a lovely treat :)
The first days were mostly climbing up to above 3000m... then the rest were a more gradual climb at the crest of the ridge up to phalut (3700m). The surrounding silver fir, pine and rhododendron forests were moist and green. The trek follows the Indian-Nepal border so were constantly criss-crossing in and out of India. The facilities are a bit more simple then the ones catering trekkers in Nepal but still sufficient and we always had a place to sleep (not always a shower...) and the food was... well... its Dal Bat so... nothing you would go crazy over... Its Rice... with Dal (aka lentils) well... more like some colored water with some lentils at the bottom... and Subji... which is generally vegetables.. we got potatoes (if I was lucky) with cabbage... yummmmm...but the mornings were warmed up with oatmeal porridge and tea...

To sum it up it was a wonderful trek :) recommended to all especially in spring when all the forests will be flowering.

After returning from the trek we drove into Sikkim and spent the time in 2 lovely places: Yuksom and Pelling. We had a nice place to stay in Pelling with a lovely view of Mt. Kanchenjunga and they have very good masala chai :). We spent 2 nights in Yuksom which was a smaller town but set in a lovely countryside. Everything there is lovely... green and flowering... (and lots of types of Orchids). The time was passed just looking at the mountains drinking tea... walking to see a waterfall here and there... and well.. nothing else really... :)

So thats it.. out trip came to an end... We really enjoyed it and it felt like an extension to our previous trip in Asia. The year in Israel was like a vacation from traveling. We probably wont be returning to this area of the globe soon... but well... you never know ;)

Another note - we had a great time meeting Yogev, after not seeing for such a long time it was great to meet up. He is in Thailand now and from what i understand should be back in israel preatty soon - which is way cool since we miss him so much.

OK, so that sums up our trip and now for those of you who have not seen them yet, you can see a selection of our photos at the following link:

Pics from India

Hila & Mr. Morphhh Sleazy.