Upon reaching Padum, we were welcomed by the hussle of unloading luggage in the dark (which in the midst of I forgot my sleeping bag and thankfully re-connected with it the next day) and finding a place to stay.

The next morning we took off to visit the first of the Ven. Lekshe's (Jamyang Foundation) nunneries, Changchub Choling, in Zangla. With the patience of Jos, Barbara (a sweet Austrian volunteer at the nunnery), and the nuns, we were able to communicate to the nuns what to make of our spontaneous arrival...