Is now the capital and where we spent last night and tonight. The day was steady, with one thing planned after another. 2320 meters for those who suffer from Altitude sickness.
Stulpas
Memorials, shrines –
we saw this set along the river yesterday
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- three styles along the highway
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- memorial to the third king
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- prayer wheels
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- statue facing the stulpa
Buddha on the hill
this apparently will be the worlds largest sitting Buddha. A result of contributions mostly from China and Hong Kong
Looking down on the town
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- government complex
The Art School that wasn’t open
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- gates
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- four friends
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- elephant, monkey, rabbit & bird
Takin
The national animal. Only about 200 left. Actually an antelope, but looks more like a water buffalo
The Saturday Market
And fiber tools
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- spinning wheels
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- backstrap loom
Paper Making
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- raw daphne
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- soaked
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- cooked
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- ready to be shredded
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- shredder
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- capturing on screens
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- removing from screens
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- layering paper
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- stack of paper
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- pressing the paper
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- drying sheets
(complete aside, I had been finding the food extremely bland. As it turns out, the restaurants and hotels which cater to the Westerners received so many complaints about spicy food that they toned it down. Hello? Travel to a part of the world where chili is considered a staple then complain? Oh, never mind…. )
