The Bamboo Retreat
25 May 2013 | Rumtek, Sikkim, India
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We leave Gangtok walking, going to Rumtek 24km away. But after the 8km down, Valerie cannot walk anymore so we wait for the bus. Finally a guy called Renshen stops and offers to take us, and we end up staying in Martam, at the childrens hostel ran by his father for the night :)
Then we go to The Bamboo Retreat, which is a tourist resort in Rumtek where they want to introduce 'permaculture' in their garden and need a little help.
So after being students, we are now teachers and explain them some good ways of doing mulching and warm composting. Also there are lots of medicinal -or not- plants and vegetables in the garden, so we make an inventory of all these and label them properly.
It is quite strange for us to stay in that big hotel, for free, and to be treated like custormer, but it's also a good way to rest, out of big cities, and to be able to have walks in the hills and forests around, despite the bad weather and the leeches.