July 7, 2013
Dumplings and Shopping Today we visited the Thimpu markets where locally produced grains, rice, vegetables, fruits and dried fish are sold in clean stalls under an open-air, two-story pavilion. Across the river we purchased other goods where sellers displayed antiques, metal goods, and handicrafts. A few of us snuck into a tiny momo shop for […]
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July 7, 2013
On the way to Thimpu today we passed through another high pass where the custom is to hang prayer flags. The thick fog at Dochu La Pass made it feel like being in a set from a Tim Burton movie. Between the spanish moss draped trees hung thousands of prayer flags, their color muted to […]
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