Picture 1 Visiting the 'Hundred Rupee Lama" - cj
gets blessed for safe passage over the pass,
and beyond. The lama was 84 years old, and had lived in this cave, 1000
feet
above Manang for the last 50 years, with his 83 year old wife. He was very
friendly and hospitable, and hey, his blessings work!
Picture 9 Chris and Heera, our porter,
went off to climb to Milarepa's cave
on the third day of out stay in Manang. Chris took this pic of Heera, looking
back down, on the way up the mountainside.
Picture 9a Chris and Heera, our porter,
went off to climb to Milarepa's cave
on the third day of out stay in Manang. Chris took this pic at the foot of
the snow line, in the eerie silence, thousands of feet up into the
mountains.
Picture 10 sunset over Manang, from our
bedroom window at the popular Yak Lodge
Picture 11 Tibetan prayer flags fly, as we ascend
to a tea shop 1000 feet up, on the
other side of the river, near the glacier.