To make the best of our stay in Kolkatta by exploring nearby places, we zeroed in on Gangtok as the ideal destination to beat the summer heat. After an overnight train journey from Howrah to New jalpaiguri we hired a cab to Gangtok. It was a four hour upward drive parallel to the snaking Teesta River which originates from at altitude of 17500 and finally merges into the Brahmaputra River. On our way we stopped to have a steaming plate of Momos (a wheat-flour dumpling stuffed with vegetables or meat) and green sauce for breakfast. (more…)