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Sikkim :- Dream destination

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Photo via  Debisih Sikkim is a state in northeast India, bordered by Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal. Part of the Himalayas, the area has a dramatic landscape that includes India’s highest mountain, 8,586m Kangchenjunga. Sikkim is also home to glaciers, alpine meadows and thousands of varieties of wildflowers.The jaw-dropping beauty of the white snow-clad mountain tops, large lakes and water springs, vivacious valleys of flower and apple orchards of the North Sikkim, and the lush greenery draped hilly landscape of the south Sikkim has always been attracting tourists from all over the world. Sikkim was an independent dynasty of Namgyal kingdom from the 1642 until 1975 when it eventually joined India and became its 22nd state. During the Namgyal monarchy it has been invaded by the bordering countries Nepal and Bhutan several times when it succumbed to these external forces, but regained its control through strange turn of events.The state has about 28 mountainous peaks, about 227 high-alti