A quick post...
So I went trekking into the Tang Valley a while back, heading out from Bumthang with an intrepid gang of hikers, a guide, plenty of snacks and the bonhomie of teachers far away in a foreign country and on holiday! It was lovely. On the first night we stayed in a 16th Century home. The same family has always lived there. Up on a nearby hill there was an abandoned dzong, blown up by a merciless baron when the Tibetan army came to kick him out. He filled the basement with explosives and then left incense as a wick. When the army came in.... BOOM!
Here are the children we met in the house. They were very funny and good at making noises, as you can hear:
The next day we set off. The first corridor through the foliage was very muddy. Poor Ashley didn't have the most robust of shoes so she had to tread carefully. Her knee wasn't as robust as it could have been either, but her will was strong and nothing could stop her. In fact, she led the way most of the time, striding on through the pain. Well done Ashley.
At the end of two long days of hiking through one of the most diverse landscapes I've ever had the privilege to wander through (bamboo groves give way to rhododendron forests, give way to deciduous, then pine.. mmm), this man milked a cow for us os we could have fresh milk...
Here's the full crew - a few days earlier in Tang.
And here's the hardcore hikers making an album cover for a band with a name I cannot repeat in the blogosphere (mostly because I've forgotten it)
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