Interesting moments

While in the Tang valley we stopped to talk to some ex students of Tashi and her husband. They had just returned from Tibet, a smuggling run. They walked at night and let during the day. They sold wooden bowls and the belts one wears with a gho or Kira for immense profit.

Leaving Tang, we were in a caravan, with 5 cars following us, some teachers, a couple of kids, wives and even the principal and his wife. They were seeing us off. We stopped a couplr of kilometres from the school in a clearing on a height of land. Rugs and foamies came out to sit on and we were served tea and biscuits. There were two types of suja and milk tea with ginger in it. Yum. It was a special way they say good bye. We were told it was a school tradition, but later heard it is white common to see special guests off in this way.  Everyone (the Bhutanese) took  lots of pictures and laughed a lot. It was actually quite touching.