Now, where was I? For my second day in Sikkim, the guy at the hotel had arranged a trip to Khecheopalri (pronounced Catch a Perry) lake in the afternoon, so in the morning I decided to walk to the second main monastary in Pelling (or walking distance of my hotel, anyway), Sangachoeling Gompa. This, again, is about three km from where I was staying. I found out later that there is actually a road from Pelling to the Monastery. It's currently under construction, but walkable. However, the guy at the hotel decided to give me the alternative directions. I'm sure that to someone with a degree of spatial awareness and no capacity to fall down a lot, these directions represented some sort of short cut. However, they involved walking through woods slippery and wet from the
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