Friday, December 14, 2007

Baby when the lights go out...

... which seriously happens once every 5 mins but whatever. We are in the wonderful and windy Wangsu Prodshan. We left Thimpu this morning and travelled through some steep, frosty mountains. On our way we saw some of the Himalayas covered in snow. As it was a nice, clear day we had a good view of them. We went on to have morning tea at a very rustic cafe and i tried some traditional butter tea. After lunch we visited the Dragon nest Zong (temple) which was built in the sixteenth century and is made of stone and wood products. We learnt a lot about the monks and Buddhist Wheel of life. Monks are dedicated to their life when six or seven years old! The temple was full of roosters that the monks looked after for farms. We spent some time at the local shops and saw some Fosters beer for sale. We spoke with a young girl and met her family who all helped run the shop and she gave us bubble gum.
We're eating big meals including some with chillies.
Bye for now Eliza and kathie.

10 comments:

Sarah said...

awesome!

I saw the Siberian circus last night, it was incredible. you would have loved it! I'm back from townsville now... Honey has grown heaps. In a few weeks we're going to get another puppy, probably a king Charles cavalier or cocker spaniel. yay!

i am so jealous, everything sounds crazy awesome!

love sarah

zip&blake said...

good to hear your getting to know the locals, how are your cold ears going? or have you brought head gear yet. love mark and blake + pets

Anonymous said...

Hey Kathy & Eliza,
Sounds like you are having fun!!Hope the hotels are living up to the reviews with wall to wall carpets and hot water bags!!.
Missing you yawning outside my doorway Kathy!! Take Care Sally

Anonymous said...

Kathy hope you are surviving and the diet is ok? What a trip. This is the first time for me doing a blog! Hope I can figure out how to do it!!

Love
Sue

zip&blake said...

did u get a bunch of random stuff from flight center

Anonymous said...

Hi Kathie and Eliza. What are the 'hotels' like? All sounds fascinating.Take care. Rita.

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Anonymous said...

Hi Kathie & Eliza

I'm a computer wiz now! (Thanks to Tam). All fighting fit and well and looking forward a big christmas lunch. Putting scones and jam on for Trenordens morning tea. Will send another message later.

Merry Christmas and love

Dad & Mum (& Tam)

madeliza said...

Thanks everyone for commenting!!

Thanks boys weve sorted everyting out with our itinerary. The hotels are interesting! although there are definatwely different hygeine standards here. anyways we will write a new blog now so yay!!

Thanks everyone though :)

Anonymous said...

Happy Christmas Kathie and Eliza in Kathmandu!!! Have a great day. Thinking of you. love Rita