Sikkim – The Last Leg of India
After Darjeeling we headed on to Sikkim, our last state in India and the second smallest of the Indian states. Originally founded in the 17th century and ruled by a Buddhist priest-king, Sikkim only recently officially joined India in 1975 after the Indian military deposed the Sikkimese monarchy. Once we got to Gangtok, the capital of the region, I tried to find the locally made millet beer like I had on our last hike, but was repeatedly told that none…