Shekar was kind enough to show me around the next day, taking me to the Sechen Monastery, where they have a great vegetarian restaurant (the picture here is of the restaurant garden, and the Sechen guesthouse is there surrounding the garden), the stupa, some internet cafes, and the school I’ll be attending, and left me her phone number in case I might need to ask something. Despite how scary everything seemed from the car, walking around was no problem. People are extremely friendly here.