After a long drive through astoundingly tall gorges from the Baghdogra airport yesterday, I arrived at Yangsum Farm safely. This is saying something because the crosswind in Baghdogra was so intense that our pilot did not want to land, once he did, the West Bengali officials didn't want us to unload the plane because they were moving air defense planes around and they said it was against security protocal, once we were offloaded and waiting for baggage on the conveyor belt, the entire airport lost power for about an hour and many delays due to rampant wildfires burning everywhere (they don't fight them here). So far I have been recovering from jet lag and resting. I was in complete culture shock yesterday but now I do not want to ever leave Sikkim. Right now I am the only person staying at the farm but tonight Thendup has told me that I will be joined by two people fromGreece tonight. It has been raining all night and today a little. Breakfast was tea from the farm, milk from the farm, wonderful curry rolls (made from farm ingredients), fresh farm eggs, and watermelon juice. Tomorrow will be a walking day and I will be visiting a couple monestaries. Last night when we were driving we stopped to take a break and joined in a game of soccer. The kids playing ended up piling inside of the Land Rover and on top of it and riding for a ways. They had a great time making fun of me (about half of them spoke english) and having me try different candies they had. They ended up inviting me to their school tomorrow which coincidentaly Thendup's wife teaches at, so I will also be visiting there tomorrow. The internet here is via sattelite and I can't upload pictures but I will try next time I have a faster internet connection.
-Taylor
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