After the retreat BCF teachers headed in many
directions. Rob and I joined Andrea
Chisholm and her young sons on the ride to their home. Andreas’s husband Bob headed up the mountain
from Jakar to meet us at the top of a ridge.
He was joined by Senge, Matt and Lucy.
They had a 4 hour steep hike, pushing Bob’s mountain bike up the trial. Bob wanted a physical challenge. We taxied up to Tarpaling Monastery, had tea with
the monks and wandered up a beautiful path to the ridge with our taxi driver
leading us. Small picnic and back to Chisholm’s
where Andrea and I cooked broccoli and wild mushrooms in various cheese sauces.
The next day we walked up to a small village where an agency has funded a weaving centre for the many single mothers in order to assist them in becoming financially independent. We were asked into a village home for tea. It was suja, or the salty mountain tea. On the way up we picked and ate handfuls wild strawberries. I managed to save a bucket for someone to cook for dinner. I had a swim in the river on the way to the restaurant where we ate potato curry and poori- a deep fried Indian bread.
Rob and I took a taxi back to the River Lodge for a peaceful evening together and Himalayan pizza.
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| Sarah S threshing wheat |
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| The expert wheat threshing |
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| Modern wheat threshing - the vehicle drives over the wheat on the road |
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| Hoopoe |
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