Sikkim: ATMs /money changing?

Sarah55 · Mar 14th, 2008, 06:04

Please could someone tell me if there are ATMs in Gangtok and Pelling? And if not, whether there are money changing facilities in each place?

Thanks.

asicola · Mar 14th, 2008, 11:22

There is NOTHING in Pelling. My wife and I were there in Oct 2007. It is by far the worst town I visited in Sikkim. They did have an ATM, but it was never open, maybe that has changed by now.

Gangtok has many ATMs, mostly on MG Marg which is probably where you'll be staying anyway. If you go to Gangtok look for Masala Restaurant...it is divine. It's pure veg, but oh so good!

Have fun!

fsg · Mar 14th, 2008, 12:32

SBI HAS an ATM in Pelling, one is even coming soon to Mangan

prash81 · Mar 20th, 2008, 19:26

Dont worry abt ATMs in Gangtok, almost all major banks has atleast an ATM in gangtok. I remember about Axis, ICICI, SBI & Bank of India.

blackbird · Mar 20th, 2008, 19:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by asicola

There is NOTHING in Pelling. My wife and I were there in Oct 2007. It is by far the worst town I visited in Sikkim.

Wow, it's only a small village.... what were you expecting... a metro railway? skyscrapers?

Didn't the spectacular view of the Himalayas being lit up by the rising sun even cheer you up slightly?

Sarah55 · Mar 21st, 2008, 04:31

Is that certain fsg? I just looked on SBI's website, and it only indicated ATMs in Gangtok.

tacita · Mar 21st, 2008, 07:26

atm's are ubiquitous (relatively speaking) in gangtok. pelling's another matter. at least when i was there a year ago, there weren't any. so when the credit-card-processing system was down at my hotel (norbu ghang)--a seemingly frequent occurrence--i had no way to pay. what we agreed was that, upon arrival in darjeeling, i would get cash from an ATM and give it to my driver who, on his next pass through pelling, would deliver it to the hotel. (they ply those routes with regularity and everyone knows everyone else.) we wrote it all up with our respective signatures and proper stamps (it being india, after all, we had to have "official" stamps). it all worked out, as seems to happen in india, in its own time, in its own inexplicable way.

asicola · Mar 21st, 2008, 11:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackbird

Wow, it's only a small village.... what were you expecting... a metro railway? skyscrapers?

Didn't the spectacular view of the Himalayas being lit up by the rising sun even cheer you up slightly?

Nope, just an ATM!

BTW the mountain never came out when we were there...a few days later at Yuksom, but not Pelling.

fsg · Mar 30th, 2008, 19:34

Sarah.

Pelling ATM

Yes, I saw the ATM, used it, and even got money out 03/08
The ATM is located at the crossroads in Upper Pelling where the jeeps go to Geyzing.

BTW if you can manage it go to Geyzing on a Sunday for the market, share jeep from Pelling20/- one way, Sat market in Darap is not worth the trip , sadly my opinion only

Mar 14th, 2008, 06:04	#1
Sarah55 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK Posts: 31	Sikkim: ATMs /money changing? Please could someone tell me if there are ATMs in Gangtok and Pelling? And if not, whether there are money changing facilities in each place? Thanks. Last edited by machadinha : Mar 21st, 2008 at 06:12. Reason: adjusted title

Mar 14th, 2008, 11:22	#2
asicola Vagabond Alchemist Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Catskills, NY Posts: 30	There is NOTHING in Pelling. My wife and I were there in Oct 2007. It is by far the worst town I visited in Sikkim. They did have an ATM, but it was never open, maybe that has changed by now. Gangtok has many ATMs, mostly on MG Marg which is probably where you'll be staying anyway. If you go to Gangtok look for Masala Restaurant...it is divine. It's pure veg, but oh so good! Have fun! __________________ We are vagabonds, we travel without seatbelts on.

Mar 21st, 2008, 07:26	#7
tacita Maha Mutant Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gotham Posts: 1,413	atm's are ubiquitous (relatively speaking) in gangtok. pelling's another matter. at least when i was there a year ago, there weren't any. so when the credit-card-processing system was down at my hotel (norbu ghang)--a seemingly frequent occurrence--i had no way to pay. what we agreed was that, upon arrival in darjeeling, i would get cash from an ATM and give it to my driver who, on his next pass through pelling, would deliver it to the hotel. (they ply those routes with regularity and everyone knows everyone else.) we wrote it all up with our respective signatures and proper stamps (it being india, after all, we had to have "official" stamps). it all worked out, as seems to happen in india, in its own time, in its own inexplicable way. __________________ Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ~Helen Keller

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fsg Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: U.K Posts: 238	SBI HAS an ATM in Pelling, one is even coming soon to Mangan

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prash81 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 33	Dont worry abt ATMs in Gangtok, almost all major banks has atleast an ATM in gangtok. I remember about Axis, ICICI, SBI & Bank of India.

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Sarah55 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK Posts: 31	Is that certain fsg? I just looked on SBI's website, and it only indicated ATMs in Gangtok.

Mar 30th, 2008, 19:34	#9
fsg Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: U.K Posts: 238	Sarah. Pelling ATM Yes, I saw the ATM, used it, and even got money out 03/08 The ATM is located at the crossroads in Upper Pelling where the jeeps go to Geyzing. BTW if you can manage it go to Geyzing on a Sunday for the market, share jeep from Pelling20/- one way, Sat market in Darap is not worth the trip , sadly my opinion only

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