We arranged with Janice, Wayne, Muriel, David, Laura Neill to go on a day trip to hike. We got two drivers to take us to two different places supposedly 6 and 8 kms hikes. We didn't really know more about the hikes, other than what was written in Lonely Planet, before we got to the first place.
The drivers didn't speak many words of English but they managed to explain us with few words and sign language that we had to walk to one village and then onto a next one to meet them again. We could see the villages from the hill top from where we started the first hike.
The first hike was beautiful. We hiked up and down green rolling hills and accompanied by lots of sheep with twisted horns and yaks in the distance. We came through two small villages. One of them had a small temple with prayer wheels where some of the locals where doing their prayers. We easily found our drivers and then we drove to the starting point for next hike.
The drivers once more showed us the way this time with the help of three rocks and hand signals. First step was to go up a very steep hill to some Tibetan prayer flags. It was challenging and a tough walk up but very rewarding when we saw the view from the hill top. After a bit of food we walked on the ridge for a while, then a bit downhill and uphill again before we got to the second place with Tibetan prayer flags and prayer wheels which were spinning in the wind. This was almost the end of our hike. We could see the drivers in the village in the valley.
The village was very interesting. There was a nice monastery we could take a closer look at and we were also offered a guided tour in the monastery. But before the guide tour we were told that we had spun the prayer wheels in the wrong direction. In this monastery they spin them counter clockwise and they also do their prayer walk around the monastery clockwise. Many apologizes from our side. Hopefully we didn't disturb their prayers too much with this. Afterwards we read about this in the Lonely Planet, well too late.
The guided tour was very nice. We were shown 5 temples but weren't told anything, the monk's English was just as limited as our Chinese.But it didn't really matter. The temples and Buddha statues were incredible.
After two great hikes we got back to town, we enjoyed a lunch with the hiking group and we also went to a cafe to have coffee and incredible good cakes.
Malene walked around a bit in town afterwards and then we just rested in the hotel room the rest of the evening.
The drivers didn't speak many words of English but they managed to explain us with few words and sign language that we had to walk to one village and then onto a next one to meet them again. We could see the villages from the hill top from where we started the first hike.
The first hike was beautiful. We hiked up and down green rolling hills and accompanied by lots of sheep with twisted horns and yaks in the distance. We came through two small villages. One of them had a small temple with prayer wheels where some of the locals where doing their prayers. We easily found our drivers and then we drove to the starting point for next hike.
The drivers once more showed us the way this time with the help of three rocks and hand signals. First step was to go up a very steep hill to some Tibetan prayer flags. It was challenging and a tough walk up but very rewarding when we saw the view from the hill top. After a bit of food we walked on the ridge for a while, then a bit downhill and uphill again before we got to the second place with Tibetan prayer flags and prayer wheels which were spinning in the wind. This was almost the end of our hike. We could see the drivers in the village in the valley.
The village was very interesting. There was a nice monastery we could take a closer look at and we were also offered a guided tour in the monastery. But before the guide tour we were told that we had spun the prayer wheels in the wrong direction. In this monastery they spin them counter clockwise and they also do their prayer walk around the monastery clockwise. Many apologizes from our side. Hopefully we didn't disturb their prayers too much with this. Afterwards we read about this in the Lonely Planet, well too late.
The guided tour was very nice. We were shown 5 temples but weren't told anything, the monk's English was just as limited as our Chinese.But it didn't really matter. The temples and Buddha statues were incredible.
After two great hikes we got back to town, we enjoyed a lunch with the hiking group and we also went to a cafe to have coffee and incredible good cakes.
Malene walked around a bit in town afterwards and then we just rested in the hotel room the rest of the evening.
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| Ready for a day trip |
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| Wayne, Laura, Janice, Malene, Muriel, Neill, Mikkel and David |
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| Mountain goats |
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| Getting the good pictures |
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| Neill in one of the small village with prayer wheels |
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| School children dancing |
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| Mikkel and our driver |
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| Next stop is the top |
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| Fantastic view from the top |
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| At the first top |
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| At the second top - Mikkel is tired |
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| Wayne and Janice |
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| Janice aiming for the prayer wheels |
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| Village with monastery and temples |
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| Prayer wheel which can spin from the air |
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| Prayer wheel |
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| Malene and Neill outside the monastery |
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| Temples |
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| Prayer wheels |
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| Great doorbell |
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| Pillows for the monks |
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| David resting |
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| Us with the monk |
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| Prayer wheels on the hillside |
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| End of hike |
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| Oops didn't go that well. About to drop it |
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| Enjoying a great apple cake |
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