It is incredible cold here. Actually not outside because in winter in Germany or France it is also cold, but you don't get a rest here as they don't have inventions like heaters. Actually they even love everything open: open windows in restuarants, and right now I am sitting in an open internet cafe!
Anyway the country itself is a big gift back: today I have been walking 15 km from Tashiding to Legship as we could not get any jeep. The Sikkimeas Democratic Front had a party meeting today and all vehicles were blocked, so we walked. I got later a jeep than to Pelling and tomorrow I want to visit two of the oldest monasteries in Sikkim . One was founded by one of the kings that founded Sikkim itself.
Tashiding and its monastery was also very impressiv. It is a Gompa of the Nyingmapas on top of a mountain. Founded in the late 17th century it has even two gompas over each other, all painted beautifully and the atmosphere is special there. When we came there ( I met some very nice guys drom the US, Canada and England) they just staretd a puja for 6 days on Guru Rinpoche.
For the next days I want to walk and visit a whishfullfilling lake with another Monastery and later I want to go to Yuksom, normally the start to some mountain trekking. But for me it is just another monastery:))