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| When we had tea, I asked Lamala if it would be OK if I walked down from the mountain and he said it would be OK if I guaranteed that everything would be alright. After a pause to consider, I gave him my guarantee. So, Karen, Chuck and I hiked down the mountain on the trail (the road taken by the cars would be awful to walk as the cars often zoom around one lane blind curves, honking first. Before leaving I pruchased a green tara charm from this kind monk for my brother, Michael. The views on the way down were wonderful with the trail mostly stones placed to make steps. There was the sound of hammers working stone (video). |
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| We were accompanied by a local Tibetan electrical engineer who walked up and down the trail each day for exercise and also to get fresh vegetables from a little plot of land he had up there. There was one stretch of the trail which was hard to follow and a little rough as there had been a landslide (above). A boy was leading three horses up the trail. We also got a chance to look at the local crop, wheat just ready to harvest. The wheat will all be harvested in April / May and then they can plant rice when the monsoons come in June / July. We also saw some water buffalo (which are pretty common in this region of India and I made a video of them. |
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| As we were getting into the town proper There was a cow with a very young calf. Then, just above the town on the left was the entrance to the new (not yet completed) Guru Rinpoche Shrine. From a not very impressive entrance there was a most daunting set of steps up. |
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This page was last updated on March 22, 2012.
