DAY 10
We trekked 18km today up to Jhari La (4,750m)...about a 6-7 hour day. It was a nice ascent - clear day, unlike yesterday. On top, I tried to lift the bamboo that was holding the Buddhist prayer flags...had to balance the pole between rocks but it kept falling down because of the winds. The shocking thing about this pass wasn't this pass - it was seeing Sinchey La (5,005m) across in the far far distance...we had to reach there, climb that by tomorrow. What the hell?!
We started descending into a cedar forest...just amazing life inside...you can listen to the life. I wondered how it would be to hug an old old tree...instead of hesitating further, I simply did. I tried to listen...it wasn't saying anything. But it just felt nice...even in a very real way to be one with Nature. The forest opened up into a vast meadow...a yak meadow. We received a message on the walkie-talkie (someone had) that there was a mad mongrel out there and we must be careful...it could attack. But how do we be careful? We saw the mongrel...we simply kept walking. It was fun-scary. It simply went away on its own after some time. I remember lying on the dung-filled meadow with Candi and posing and taking pics.
I saw a dzong there...a fort. Who would build it here I thought? Then again...that's exactly the reason why it's here.
Sonam told me about the Takin...Bhutan's national animal. He said it was the divine madman's creation. It had the head of a goat and body of a cow. Apparently Druka Kunley ate a big feast and clapped his hand and created the Takin.
We trekked 18km today up to Jhari La (4,750m)...about a 6-7 hour day. It was a nice ascent - clear day, unlike yesterday. On top, I tried to lift the bamboo that was holding the Buddhist prayer flags...had to balance the pole between rocks but it kept falling down because of the winds. The shocking thing about this pass wasn't this pass - it was seeing Sinchey La (5,005m) across in the far far distance...we had to reach there, climb that by tomorrow. What the hell?!
We started descending into a cedar forest...just amazing life inside...you can listen to the life. I wondered how it would be to hug an old old tree...instead of hesitating further, I simply did. I tried to listen...it wasn't saying anything. But it just felt nice...even in a very real way to be one with Nature. The forest opened up into a vast meadow...a yak meadow. We received a message on the walkie-talkie (someone had) that there was a mad mongrel out there and we must be careful...it could attack. But how do we be careful? We saw the mongrel...we simply kept walking. It was fun-scary. It simply went away on its own after some time. I remember lying on the dung-filled meadow with Candi and posing and taking pics.
I saw a dzong there...a fort. Who would build it here I thought? Then again...that's exactly the reason why it's here.
Sonam told me about the Takin...Bhutan's national animal. He said it was the divine madman's creation. It had the head of a goat and body of a cow. Apparently Druka Kunley ate a big feast and clapped his hand and created the Takin.
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