Chule-Nile to Mu Gompa and Back 1 November 2019

Eggs and omelettes are a major feature of our diet for the first days Others of us have latched onto porridge with apples Starting out in the morning The tractor is moving about, on an errand? The yak fleet is getting ready too
What a bruiser this guy is Looking back as we head up the trail toward Tibet A pika! Mingma, yaks and rocks Chocolate yak
Air is getting thinner up here Blue sky above Bri is scanning for wildlife Another big white yak IMG 1750
IMG 1751 Some more standard black models ...and us This looks a lot like a road made by a tractor, perhaps? IMG 1754
Climbing higher IMG 1758 IMG 1759 Mu Gompa entrance On the peripheral wall of the monastery
From the main courtyard, Christine proposes that we go yet higher The valley we have come up Mingma and Christine Juniper groundcover Brave flower
Panorama of the trail to the abandoned monastery Fall colors and blue sky Across the valley Mantras Always go to the left
IMG 4070 IMG 4071 Mountains and mantras Art Mountain path and torrent
Nearly to the oldest buildings A great place for prayer flags IMG 0316 We all went to the top-3800 m-even the porters Now headed back down
IMG 8201 Cool! Very fuzzy beasties Yak and trekkers Steep enough?
Cotoneaster? Returning to the inhabited monastery Brigitte and Kaji panorama Still some plants are blooming
The temple at Mu Gompa The kitchen is rustic But has a slate roof Very strange book found by Brigitte CNN? Uninterruptible power supply?
N(n+1)/2?? Brigitte tries to decipher this strange book in the very dusty and cold dining hall of the monastery What a Tibetan tea house kitchen looks like We opted for a lunch of hard-boiled eggs and chapatti on the steps of the temple IMG 1793
The monk showed up and let us in to visit the temple There are plexiglass plates covering the statuary ... many bowls of water offering The prayers in their boxes Kaji making a offering
Venerated people The lama explains to Kaji Outside other guides and trekkers appear "Relax- it's all gonna turn out okay" Mid-day half way to heaven
Pack trains from Tibet And the local yak fleet bring back the winter's fuel Pack train crossing Down into the broad bottom of the upper Tsum Valley the clouds are rolling in again IMG 1809
Past a long mani wall Passing the yak train IMG 1814 Chule-Nili comes into view Back at our lodgings
Proprietor's house Storage room The traditional kitchen Thenthuk for dinner Beginning to get a grasp on distances, especially re: the day over the pass