Sikkim

1. avoid monsoon season (June-mid Sept)
2. March & April (orchids) (Sept through Oct)
3. Delhi connect to Bagdogra via Indian airlines http://www.indian-airlines.nic.in/ or jet airways http://www.jetairways.com/
4. from Bagdogra 30 min drive to Kalimpong & 50 miles drive to Gangtok (Sikkim's capital)
5. driver Ellison Poe http://www.poetravel.com/
6. a 2nd innerline permit required to go to Sikkim (from consulate or tourist office)
7. www.himalayanhotel.biz/ in Kalimpong $65
8. Netuk House $96, Tibet Road, Gangtok, Sikkim
9. rhododendron trek, trek to Kanchenjunga
10. see Dubdi Monastery & Tashiding Monastery
11. see karmaquests.com (re: rhododendron trek, snow leopard quest)

pelling. The elgin mount pandim
gangtok. Mayfair gangtok