We've been asking around for public transport to the lake but we were told there isn't any so we joined a half day tour with Simvo. It included three other sights and the lake was the last stop. We turned up punctually at 8.30am only to find ourselves wait 45 mins for 10 West Bengal tourists staying at Lower Pelling to finish their breakfast. We didn't eat anything and to make matters worse, a male chauvinist pig sitting in front was ordering the driver to stop for pictures along the way when there was nothing nice to photograph. I was totally pissed off.

Rimbi Falls and Rock Garden failed to lift my dampened spirits. Everyone went down to take a look except us. We sprang to life at the third stop, where we saw a rainbow appeared at the bottom of Khangchendzonga Waterfall.


The moment we got down at Khecheopalri, we made a beeline for the lake. I was more interested to find out if the view on the ridge was "staggering" as Footprint had claimed. It looked like it would take a while to climb up there. Heck, since they made us wait just now, tit for tat. We finished the lake quickly and returned to the carpark to begin our ascent. 


View of the lake three quarter way up. It does look like a footprint. I climbed as fast as I could, reaching the top in 15 mins.


There was a small village surrounded with colourful flags and beautiful views of the Himalayas. It was a delight to watch the little monks monkeying around and climbing trees without a care in the world. An angry granny showed them the cane but obviously it had no effect on the kids as they continued with their merrymaking. A pity we couldn't stay longer. We had to urge each other to leave as we had came up for a good 45 mins.

"What happened man?!" The male chauvinist pig shouted angrily in his Indian accent when we finally showed up at the carpark. I did not respond. "We saw a gompa!" He answered irrelevantly. No further questions from the pack. We scrambled into the back of the jeep, grinning to each other, satisfied with our short adventure on the ridge.