Sarah is traveling around the world as I am, and her time in Asia was wrapping up in Darjeeling while I was ready to bust up to Sikkim for closer Himalayan views. Cameron would stay with Sarah through her last night, while Natalie joined me in a share jeep a day earlier for the four-hour mountainous drive to Sikkim's capital, Gangtok.
We occupied the back seat of the jeep, though it wasn't overly crowded. After a few hours, we made our first stop, which lasted thirty minutes. Oddly, it seemed to be more for the purpose of washing the jeep then allowing the passengers some rest.
We grabbed dinner in a hotel restaurant overlooking the main pedestrian mall which was filled with Indian tourists strolling around in the cool evening.
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Kango Suz
Monday 9th of June 2008
A fire? They had a FIRE? Wow... that kinda worries me. It never occurred to me to ask about the fire suppression system at my web hosting center (and I did ask about just about everything else!). Ah well, now I'm in a contract, I guess I won't be too neurotic about it.
Glad to see you back!
Kango Suz
Monday 9th of June 2008
A fire? They had a FIRE? Wow... that kinda worries me. It never occurred to me to ask about the fire suppression system at my web hosting center (and I did ask about just about everything else!). Ah well, now I'm in a contract, I guess I won't be too neurotic about it.
Glad to see you back!
Liz
Monday 2nd of June 2008
i was worried when I couldn't get you blog to load this weekend. glad you're back.
Dave
Thursday 5th of June 2008
Yea, I was worried too! My web hosting company experienced a fire at their data center. Luckily, none of the servers were damaged.
Liz
Tuesday 3rd of June 2008
i was worried when I couldn't get you blog to load this weekend. glad you're back.
Dave
Thursday 5th of June 2008
Yea, I was worried too! My web hosting company experienced a fire at their data center. Luckily, none of the servers were damaged.
nomadic matt
Monday 2nd of June 2008
lonely planet is never wrong! :)