North Sikkim Travelogue Part 3
For the last leg of
our 2014 trip to North Sikkim, our travel agent suggested that we try the Mayal
Lyang homestay in Dzongu. Bordered by the Teesta River in the south-east,
Tholung Chu River in the north-east and by rising mountains in the west, Dzongu
is a forested mountain valley that is a reserve for the Lepcha people. The
Lepcha are the indigenous people of Sikkim, with their own language and script,
distinct culture and cuisine and are mostly Tibetan Buddhist. Our hosts were
Gyatso and Samsay Lepcha, and their family.
