This is an apology to all mothers and there washing machines. The festival of colours kicked of off in Gangtok today and we were in the middle of it. However fun was had by all.

Zoe P wanted to apologise to here dad about the new colour of his camera. The festival of colours was being celebrated today and her camera got a bit caught up in it.

Today we spent some time with school students in the forest. We taught them how to recognise and identify 7 different types of orchid. They were really enthusiastic and are looking forward to tomorrow when we will be spending more time with them back at their school.

As promised a morning view from our hotel looking over gangtok

After a long drive we have arrived in Gangtok. Although it is dark we have a lovely view of the city, photos in the morning of the same view will follow