An Unfrequented Highway Through Sikkim and Tibet to Chumolaori |
Contents
GANGTOK | 14 |
KARPONANG AND CHANGU | 27 |
THE NATHU LA | 38 |
THE CHUMBI VALLEY | 47 |
PHARI DZONG | 62 |
THE GOUTSA GORGE | 77 |
YATUNG OR SHASHIMA | 92 |
THE DZALEP LA | 103 |
SEDONCHEN TO PESHOKE | 121 |
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Amadis of Gaul Amo Chu bamboo barren beast bend Bhutan Bhutia pony Bishop bleak blue boulders British built bungalow Calcutta canter caravan Chinese chowkidar Chumbi Valley Chumolaori climb cloud colours comfortable courtyard crest crossed Dalai Lama Darjeeling Depön descent Dzalep Dzong Dzongpön early earth face front Gangtok Gnatong Goutsa gorge Gurkha Gyantse hand head hill hour huts journey Kalimpong Kapup Karponang kazi khud Lhasa Lhaten Lucifer malwa McGovern miles miserable specimen mist monastery morning mountain side mule train muleteer narrow Nathu Nathu La night passed path Phari picul plain prayers rain reached rest-house ride river road rock rode Rongni Chu round Rungpo scramble seemed servants Shashima Shigatse Sikkim Sikkimese Siliguri Singtam snow stone stretched summit sweeper syces Tchugro Teesta thousand feet Tibet Tibetan took trees tronka turned village wind wooden wool Yatung Younghusband Expedition