Gangtok - a Governor and a Palace

                                  The place where three rivers meet from the road to Sikkim

Today has been the most amazing day - I don't know I can do it justice,  but I'll try.  First there was the visit to the Raj
Pavan, where we met some government officials and security officers, all of whom were fascinated by the photos and
the tour diary of my Grandfather that we had taken along to hand over.  Finally the Hon. Governor came in, and we were
presented with ceremonial shawls and gifts and had our photos taken several times.  Very impressive!!  Having handed everything over to him, we went outside and had more photos taken! The best thing - he said that if we wanted to see the Palace he would send a driver to take us there!  Would we ever!!

Visit done, we went up to The Ridge, where we thought the photo of my father on the lake was taken - the giveaway is a bandstand -  and sure enough - there it was!  The lake itself is no longer - an orchid house sits on the flat land that was the base of the lake, but everything fitted!  Again, we found such interest in our quest, and handed out photos of the lake to the young men who worked in the orchid house.  I cant get over the enjoyment and enthusiasm of people.

And then, in the afternoon, the car arrived to take us to the Palace.  Its ruined now, nobody lives there, and it had been renovated in the past, so it doesn't look exactly the same, but it is the Palace, nonetheless.  So much history, so many connections have been made on this trip, I feel immensely privileged to have made it.