The Journey to SIKKIM in the Himalayas of India
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Traveling by jeep and bus from Kalimpong in West Bengal to Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim state in northeast India, between Nepal and Bhutan.
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Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!
Its quite amazing to see how India is changing so fast ! A country to watch out for in almost every spheres probably in the next 25-30 years... Lots of love from Philippines 🇵🇭
@@mayurkanth6987 he is not talking about Pakistan 😂
@@mayurkanth6987 these are State not country...even the lowest literacy rate bihar has higher literacy rate then you best Providence 😂 it's such a shame.😪you guys should export more porks and terrorist to earn some money
Islam is not 1400+ years old,
Islam is the Oldest and First Religion,
Islam means "Submitting our Will to God"
Islam is their since First human (Prophet Adam)
And Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is Not the Founder of Islam, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was just a Last Prophet Of Islam !
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“God is One and Only without second.”
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“He is Allah the One and Only.”
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“There is only One God, not the second”
[Brahma Sutra]
“There is only One Allah”
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“There is no image of Him.”
[Yajurveda 32:3]
“There is nothing like Him.”
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“There Is No Likeness Of Him”
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“And there is none Like unto Him.”
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“of Him there are no Parents"
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“He does not Beget nor is He Begotten.”
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“His form is not visible, the eyes cannot see Him.” [Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:20]
“No vision can see Him, but He see’s all vision.” [Quran 6:103]
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*Dear Hindus,*
*You should worship only One God (Allah) and you should Stop doing Idol worshipping !*
@@HasanUnknowna religion dreamt up by a pedophile dealing in sex slaves is no religion at all
@@HasanUnknown Camel sh*t.
I just loved that there was comparatively less honking on the roads of Sikkim. It is true in all of the North East Indian States. I hope other states and it's people learn from them. Absolutely loving this series. Cheers from Mumbai, Western India ❤️💜💚
And learn about the cleanliness, can’t forget the cleanliness. But I think that’s a pipe dream as far as some Indian cities and towns go.
@@TheHairvids Agreed. But first thing i noticed was how quite everything is in Gangtok and overall in Northeast India and of course it is much cleaner than rest of the big cities and towns.
@@TheHairvids well, cleanliness is all about education, sensitising and changing attitudes. Just govt programmes alone cannot do. All stakeholders hv to be involved. Just look at the case of Indore ( Madhy Pradesh) and u'll get what I mean...
@@som3107 thank you... one of the things I am proud of about our state...
I was studying and working in Mumbai for 5 years until the virus hit us. All I can say is that my mental health improved after moving back to my humble state of Assam. Mainland India is just plain filthy and people in general have no manners.
You are riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave right now Gabriel. Amazing energy in your Himalaya series! All the best from Norway 🥳
My country my state India Sikkim 😍🇮🇳❤️
You've been tagged as foreigner by high officials of India?
@@aa6eheia156 it's before 2014zi don't think it's happened now also
your country is Sikkim which is a member of the union of India (like EU)
@@ARNABOSS 🤣🤣 uneducated fool there is big difference between them .
@@ARNABOSS Gone mad?
Who said Sikkim is a country?
Hey respect please...
Classic “Tall Westerner in Asia” moment with that lady trying to squeeze in next to you with her huge bags!
It's been 4 months since we visited Gangtok and Sikkim it's one of the best places I've ever been . And the MG road has given me Korean vibe . ✨❤️
Loving your Indian videos
Great, glad to hear it.
Amazing to see Gangtok so clean and well organized! Thanks Gabriel
@@sauravkumarchand9691 Sikkim was generally much cleaner and organised
Because Sikkim was another country and was annexed by India in 1973.
@@alokm1233318 Get a job Nepali
@@alokm1233318 Idiot to tum ho. I'm not uneducated....videshio ke talve chatne waale tumlog
@@alokm1233318 what do you mean by annexed? It was never annexed.
Gangtok looks amazing! It's probably the only capital city in India so clean, quiet, and no beeping. BTW, it's snowing all over the mountains now.
All places in India with mostly ethnics, rather than Indians, look very pleasant.
Come to southern india
@@gsomethingsomething2658 what do u mean by "ethnics" vs "Indians"? All are Indians! It's just that cultures and attitudes vary...
It has to do with the learning you get in your childhood. If kids are taught not to litter and spit, if their parents and every adults around them follow the very basic rules, only then india can become clean.
@@saitama9387 Yes, sorry, and Southern India also looks very pleasant.
Gangtok is definitely a much nicer place than most you have videoed in India. Enjoyed it tremendously. Thanks!
Sikkim also known as a organic state of India. All vegitable and fruits products ar organic. And sikkim state also very clean. State capital city is gangtok.if any foreigners comes to sikkim they need ILP(Iner line permit)just come to India and come Siliguri SNT office in West Bengal to get ILP. It's very easy process. you can reach Siliguri Bagdogra airport by flight from Delhi international airport Mumbai international airport Kolkata international airport or by train. Nearest international airport is Kolkata international airport. You can direct flights from Kolkata to Dubai Doha Abu Dhabi Bangkok Singapore Kuala Lumpur etc.
is it needed for indians as well or only foreigners?
@@ARNABOSS only for foreigners need this to enter sikkim state not for Indian.
You can also get a jeep to Rangpo from Siliguri. I took a train from gaya (has an airport) to Patna and then Patna to siliguri, and you can book those online.
Did you see that sign around 9:18- "No horn zone ". ...... Gangtok - My kinds town !
It's TRUE there's no honking, no overtaking, no stopping any where on the roads here. Only at stoppage points. Also plenty of other rules here like no spitting, smoking in public (there are designated smoking zones), waste segregation - wet and dry, no littering and no open defecation !!
It helps that it's a completely safe place to travel solo whether you're a male or female here. No touts or scamsters, no public nuisance or useless men harassing you or staring you down like in other cities. Cheap booze available at every second shop and high on our non veg diet especially beef
I would of traveled all that way for the Thukpa too, it looked great, hope the clouds clear and you get to see the mountains soon…thank you for a great series, loving this one ❤️ 🇮🇳 from 🇬🇧
Hi Gabe, For some remote places/treks/visits in sikkim, if you find an another foreigner then you can get the permit to go. All you need to do is just go to any trek/trip organiser shop and tell them your plan and they will help you with everything. I really want you to go to the best places of Sikkim and enjoy the beautiful and almost Tibet like state. The shop will help you find a foreigner and also a guide and the best part is they also allow you the freedom and the guide is not like just sticking to you. Please enjoy and have an amazing sikkim trip.
So they only give permits for 2+ people, not solo travelers?
@@gsomethingsomething2658 solo traveler if u r Indian . If you are not indian den you need to have a guide and one more foreign national. This is my understanding. Rules keep changing but as of now i believe this is what it is.
@@kkumar888 Okay, thanks :)
The reason why there is strict rules to foreigners especially they go for indo Tibet china border if anything happens to them it will be an international issue ..... it's quite sensitive as India and China don't get along and it's constant on war.
Another great video. It's good that you show us a bit of the sausage factory... 48 clips needed editing into this! It makes your rate of video production all the more amazing. Glad that you can work with a warm soup and a glass of wine. It's pretty shocking how Pizza Hut and all the other chains are so visible in Gangtok. Glad that Tibetan classics are still offered, though.
An even 50 actually, with the two clips of dinner filmed on my phone. A nice round number.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos You should give us more glimpses into the huge amount of work you clearly have to do to make such fascinating videos at this rapid rate. It is amazing how you can knock out one video per day and others complain about making one per week or less. You are a consummate pro, Gabe!
Thanks for this beautiful video, after watching this video I can't stop my tears 😭😭I'm missing my hometown. I'm watching from Jerusalem.🙏🙏
looks very clean city
Gabe with the effin content. The whole NE India is such a cool and unknown region.
Hi Gabriel. I am David from Sydney, Australia. Love your clips. Just wanted to tell you that I was in India in Dec 2022 - Delhi, Orchha & Khajuraho. I have been watching your clips with much intertest and noticed that when you stayed in Khajuraho, that you stayed in the Hotel Isabel Palace. After seeing your clip, I realised that you infact stayed in Room 212. The same room that I stayed in, back in Dec 2022. With the lovely verandah, surrounded with banana trees, the little room off the verandah with lovely designs in the dividing walls and 2 twin beds pushed together. I am really blown away by this. I loved Orchha the most. Please keep up your most interesting journeys. Keep safe. Best wishes, David.
That's awesome. Great choice of places to stay. Orchha is indeed really nice. Enjoy the travels. ✌👍
Thanks for another fascinating video. I just want to say your camera work on your travels is exceptional. Your camera work always makes sure your viewers are the first to discover what you are seeing by giving them the first view, and then you taking the second view for yourself. You have always done this on your videos. Also, thank for sharing the local cost of meals, taxis, snacks, hotels, and travel items. I may never have an opportunity to visit the places you travel, but by watching your videos, I feel I know something about what it might be like to actually visit or live in each place, including what it must be like to pay for things there, communicate with the locals, order a bowl of soup, and use a bus or taxi. Also, you always seem to find the best bowl of soup in town!
Assam 🇮🇳 (biggest state of northeast population wise [3.50 core], Arunachal pradesh 🇮🇳 (biggest state area wise) Sikkim (smallest state), Meghalaya 🇮🇳,Manipur🇮🇳,Tripura 🇮🇳,Nagaland 🇮🇳,Mizoram 🇮🇳 (beautiful hills) ❤❤
Had to laugh halfway through where gabe is talking & a horn sounds just as he's walking past a no horn zone sign, 'bout time they made the whole of india a no horn zone.
greetings from Kuala Lumpur! you're so obviously in your element Gabe (love the wallpaper on your laptop) ❣️
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That hill is going to keep you fit!
Wowww it's like a BAGUIO City here In the Philippines 🇵🇭 Sikkim Himalayas, of Northern India I love goodvibrant of this places, and Breathtaking Views, thank u so much sir Gabe, for your wonderful walk around tour stay safe Godbless from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Marvin ♥️♥️🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🙂😍
Wow, what a breathtaking view! The videography is simply amazing and captures the beauty so perfectly. Thank you for sharing this piece of natural wonder with the world. I'm in love with every shot and can't wait to visit in person. Keep up the great work! Love from Canada 🇨🇦 !💌
You got the soup fast wi fi and are in the high country! Blessed you are. Thanks for taking us along....May the Divine guide your way.
An interesting thing to note about Gangtok, unless it's changed since I was there in 2017, is that you are not allowed to smoke there but if you look down the alleys and side streets you will see butts on the ground ..
Smoke is only prohibited in the main walking street of gangtok(mg Marg) but after dark some people do smoke there
Loving this series!
Sweet. 👍
The High Roller is on a roll . Excellent videos of late !!
I really appreciate how you just keep moving forward to find what you are seeking💫💫💫 You are an inspiration to us all Gabriel.
I can t figure out what he s seeking. I think he is trying to escape from FBI !!
India looks great. Thanks for the video.
please visit Northern Sikkim. it is heavenly beautiful.
Gabe, you should get stickers with a QR-code that goes to your TH-cam channel, easy for people you meet to scan, also easy to leave your own "trademark" like "Kilroy was here everywhere you have been!
You always show the real ground up view in India and that is very interesting Gabriel, even for us Indians! In the Indian buses, you shld try to sit as close to the front end as possible as it's very bumpy in the rear, because the vehicles have truck axles and suspension, unlike bus ones that are much better shock absorbers! I guess the window seat towards the mountain edge was ur main consideration...best of luck...
Sikkim is a organic State, thukpa is my Favorite soup.
Ha ha back of the jeep, do I know that feeling , went with a speed of light via winding roads from Phalgam to Jammu after climbing into Amarnath, it’s another universe up there, scenery like no other anywhere in the world,
18:00 ahhh that's life … pure bliss and joy! thanks for sharing these moments in your adventures with us!
U got yourself a cute little booth right there to edit your video, Gabe! The thukpa looks so good. I love it how they're always generous with the portions. It really looks great- a bustling clean town that has too many pizza shops >
Indian government is spending lots of money and developing infrastructure in North East India. had you come few years earlier and now you would have seen the sea change has taken place and taking place. basically nothing was done before.
Hi Gabe: Interesting video, as always! Gangtok really looks quite clean. Would love to visit Sikkim one of these days.
Also the temple at 14:32 is called Durgabari, it's a Hindu temple.
I love travelling with you! Keep on, you're my alter ego ;)
Namaskar, bhai!!!
Gabriel’s videos are the best. I have watched you for years and your videos remain authentic 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👍🏾
Wow. Amazing looking place. Nice town square
I eagerly wait for your video in the evening...
your video made me want to visit Gnagtok soon, will plan a tour later this year, heard many things about the beauty of Gurudombar lake, want to visit there once I visit Gnagtok
Football is more popular in that part of India.
This guy has really great music and a cool vibe
Amazing camera work and creative editing. You got the formula right to a T in my opinion. Keep up the great work. 🙏
Cool and thanks.
gabriel is back 😊🙏
We went to ganktok few years back and stayed in this beautiful hotel Tashi dalek. Lovely city.
Keep travelling 👏👍
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@@GabrielTravelerVideos Such amazing lyrics. Just what I needed. Thank you! 🙏👍
Cool. 👍👍
You are the King 🤴🏻 of Grunge Travel!! 💕
Great compliment since I'm also a fan of grunge.
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Precarious conditions and great adventures go well together. Godspeed
Gangtok and Goa - the most happening places in india. Great landscapes, amazing people...super nightlife..and casinos
Mind-blowing series, request you to extend video length.
9:16 horn honks just as Gabriel walks past a NO HORN ZONE sign 🙃
Nice trip my friend !!! i 've been to India but never in the Sikkim erea .I like the way you say "Tibet " in english it sound beautiful
and amazing ! Anyway i wish you to continue to travel as much as you can you are young ! regards from Brittany .
Gabriel, thanks for sharing beautiful Sikkim. I can't even imagine the mountains. You are on a wonderful roll with the frequent vids, amigo.
buy a small portable heater for , say approx. $8-10 USD
Or electric blanket.
@@imom007 could b true dude 👍
Sikkim is so so clean and organized. I wish all the metro cities in India embrace this cleanliness culture. For this, the mentality of people needs to be changed. North East is ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Assam is not that clean
Looks like Bhutan is coming up after Sikkim.
Bhutan is a different ballgame. Rules are very strict about touring Bhutan and it is expensive as one must use govt approved tour companies and there is a minimum amount per day which get expensive very fast.
Heaven!
Lucky you, my claustrophobia doesn't allow me to sit in a cramped place. These long bus rides are death sentences for me.
would love to see you traveling through tibet!
Next time when you visit Swiss i will make you Tibetan soup thukpa ok Gabriel.😊
Excellent. 👍
Quite funny when you walked by the 'No Horn Zone' sign, someone honked their horn.
Finally you are in the foot hills of Himalayas.
Unfortunately the overcrowding of any form of transport, frequently to dangerous and uncomfortable levels, is par for the course in most Asian countries as the laws applying to public service vehicles are ignored or, where in the rare instance of a police challenge, a small bribe will suffice.
I love your enthusiasm, traveling alone and still so happy
I just ordered some tea from a small plantation in Sikkim. Also...16th Karmapa 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Darjeeling 1st flash is the best in the world. Just boil the water. Put a tea spoon full of tea leaves. Wait for 4 min and then filter it.. Have it without sugar..
Pretty sure it's Temi Tea 😊
Lol Gabriel you and me both tall and long legs, northern india and Nepal didn't seem to fit into and public transport, the norm seemed to be 10 or more in a jeep. Did one from leh to srinigar had to pay for the extra seat otherwise i believe i would now be disabled. Enjoy , cheers brother. Gangtok was very cool :)
You're great bro! Keep up the good work..
You have travelled in India more than Indians 👍 keep it up.
Hi Gabriel, those bus trips are hectic. Wonder what prices are the hotels in the center of the town? It must be more expensive than where you are staying. They need a cable car going up and down that hill, does it remind you of any place you may know?
Hi Wilfredo, here you are again. So what is your favorite part of india that you have visited? Or favorite city there?
The Best Mall Road That I Ever Visited in Whole Of India . Not A Single Mall Road Be It Shimla , Manali, Nainital Can Even Come An Inch Closer To Mall Road Of Gangtok 👍👍🌹🌹❤❤😊😊
If I Can Trust My Memory If Not Wrong I Think I had My Dinner Out Here In Lazy Chef During My Vist To Gangtok In The Year Of 2010. 13 Years Ago
Neat And Clean , Smiling, Decent, Down To Earth, Straight Forward Well Behaved People Bhutia's The Best Trip To An Hill Station Of Mine In My Country India GANGTOK SIKKIM
👌👌🙏🙏🌹🌹💖💖 ❤❤👍👍😊😊
You've become apart of my daily ritual Gabriel.
Thanks for the stellar content Brother.
Love the music selection
The only thing that is so special in that North East Indian States is every school girls are having a High Distinction grade in their English speaking ACCENT and here I myself Felt surprised.
That's a Bitter Truth.
Gabe fantastic video keep them coming I love watching them
What a contrast. Much cleaner streets. I wonder why other cities in India tend to be so dirty.
Gangtok is much better than Darjeeling/Kalimpong.
Sikkim is least populated Indian state.
And do consider making a pit stop at Jaigaon on the border with Bhutan.
16:09 rolls or Kolkata Kathi roll is a very popular street food in Eastern India. during your visit in Kolkata you stayed at New Market where there is a restaurant called nizam's they invented it.
This city seems to be more clean and with better infrastructure
Gangtok def looks cleaner than most of the avg cities in India.
The Northeast is an underrated gem of India 👌🏻💯
Gabriel here in Bangalore summer already started. Hot air as I walk from office ac to public road in the evenings.
Gabe... I've been wanting to ask you a certain question... How *STINKY* is it on some of those buses and taxis? Is the B.O. really horrific? Do you put your head out the window like a dog sometimes just to get a breath of fresh air?
Really enjoyed the video. Hopefully the stirke isn't too bad. Would love to see more of Gangtok and the Sikkimese food.
Id like to see a video of puri India at rath yatra ive heard its amazing!!!
I love how interactive you get with people Gabe!!💖✌
6:05 India is the pharmacy and vaccine capital of the world.
Amazing Journey thank you for sharing....
love all Your Video why you only have 577 thousand subscribers.
10:49 is a football stadium, not cricket :) It's called as Paljor Stadium and it is beautiful. I have done a vlog in that stadium. :)
I see, good to know. I thought it might be used for both football and cricket.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Sikkim is a beautiful state. There are amazing places such as Zero Point, Gurudongmar Lake and NathuLa Pass, but it is difficult to get permits for Non-Indian Citizens. But it is possible to go to other places like Yumthang Valley, Tsomgo Lake, Ravangla(Buddha Park) and Pelling (you get amazing views of Kanchenjunga from Pelling).
Few seconds of Super slow motion after super fast can bring focus to a micro event for 'decisive moments'.
Exactly.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos once, nice one
Gabe if you are in Sikkim for longer please check out the Buddha Park, Ravangla!
Awww you missed the view of my university. It's clearly visible from the way to Gangtok from Rangpo.