I got up fairly early in the morning and found a bus to Kushalnagar and then used a autorickshaw to get to Bylakupee. This place is the largest settlement of Tibetans outside of Tibet. Plus I heard they have an internet connection there.
It was a peaceful place, a nice change from the rest of India. I visited the Namdroling Monastery. Now it was technically illegal for me to be there without a permit to this special area, so I just stayed a short while. I got connected to the internet for the first time in India here too, it figures where the foreigners are, I can do it. Plus I had a new plan, not ask about the laptop, but just walk in and plug it in myself. It worked.
I headed back to Kushalnagar, the nearest city, and found a room. Probably my favorite place to stay so far. A few restaurants near by and lots of cybercafés (popular with the Tibetan monks). I tried one restaurant and ordered the standard South Indian food. Rice and a lot of little curry type bowls. Luckily, one had a spoon in it, so I could use the spoon for most. Tasted good. Still hungry, I went to another restaurant and tried some tomato curry and bread. Really good. So far all the Indian food I’ve tried has tasted good, no complaints. Plus everything has been vegetarian, but it seems to taste better than food with meat!