Mass Cleanup

With Je Kempo (spiritual leader of Bhutan) arriving this week we had a mass cleaning from the guest house to the Dzong.  Each class was assigned an area.  My class is notorious for escaping such work so I assigned teams with the most notorious "bunkers" as team leaders.  We had to clean to roadway from the school through town to the other side of the market.  It was a hot, dirty job. 

One of the shopkeepers gave my students juice and cookies. 

A team of girls - love the smiles 

Still smiling shortly into the day

Cleaning out the drains that run along the entire roadway

One drain was grown over the boys dug it out for 1 1/2 hours 

The merchants swept town for us

This car is still dressed up from yesterday's celebrations - the southerners celebrate a day where they have a sort of puja to the God of mechanical things and construction.  I worked all day and did not get out of the school property, but have seen some great photos of dressed up vehicles.