The land from above
Buildings with red and grey roofs set inside standing forest, not on cleared ground.
Qinty Wasi
The place itself.
Buildings hidden beneath the forest canopy, not on cleared ground: the open-air maloka, the rooms, and the cabanas among the trees.
About the name
The retreat centre is called Qinty Wasi. We are not publishing a translation of it here. Words carry different weight depending on who is using them and why, and the meaning that belongs on this page is the one Qinty gives it, not one taken from a dictionary.
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The meaning Qinty uses, in their words
[VERIFIED MEANING OF QINTY WASI]
The spaces
An open sided platform
A wooden floor under a conical roof, open to the air, looking out into palms.
The paths
Kept clear and marked for safety, not cut wide. This is conservation land Qinty treats as sacred territory, so only the path itself is touched; everything beside it is left standing.
The gardens
What is grown on the land, and where the plants around the buildings come from.