Lho Gaon to Samagaon 6 November 2019

Dawn in Lho Goan, we have the first view of Manaslu IMG 4165 First sunlight hits Lho Gaon buildings The hideous place we did not stay on the the left Sunlight is so nice!
IMG 2003 IMG 2004 Panorama in the common space Most pleasant space we found on the trip Checking the GPS while awaiting the coffee
Breakfast porridges steaming in the cool morning air CP feeling a bit better so she treats herself to treat (she bought at the German bakery in Namrung the day before Apple pie loaded with cinnamon and walnuts, while porridge and Tibetan bread await Greg and Brigitte before I started feeling poorly, I felt pretty good! preparing to move out
hotel district Lho Gaon departure photo vertical panorama looking down valley to the village from the monastery temple surrounded by monk housing IMG 2017
we were so ready to buy a bunch of butter lamps we were all about "dispelling stupidity", but they were out of stock! door detail inside the temple ceiling art
Wow! IMG 8268 IMG 8270 IMG 2022 IMG 8271
IMG 2023 IMG 2024 heading up the valley sometimes we had to go down to go up new snow on the heights
close to the river we crossed the stream and entered the local pack animal station with a dysfunctional transformer a slow grind up the slope through the forest lots of people on the trail
ground cover settlements in the woods more chorten art we arrive in Syala and now it is my turn to feel bad Manaslu towers above us
different architectural styles leaving Syala one chorten on the way out of town IMG 2049 another chorten along the route
approaching... with art inside kitty pups and where we are going
IMG 2027 the trail Christine doing okay, me not so much so glad there are bridges mountain women
IMG 4174 IMG 4177 moraine vegetation the moraine from afar IMG 8192
IMG 8174 looking ahead to Samagaon IMG 2055 IMG 4176 many tracks to the same place
IMG 2054 in no time the moraine is far behind us and we are entering the school and yak staging area Samagaon looks like a big place enormous mani walls
IMG 2064 we spent a lot of time getting all these turning chorten in the middle of town Buddha stones nice stone buildings, but maybe not so safe
didn't try this place different styles arrival photo intimations of a different way of traveling Bri got a nice room
spacious looking out the dining hall window our neighbors up the "street" laundry time lunch time
IMG 4188 dal bhat then a walk around the temple district through the deodar cedars a very different looking forest
all the local power brokers get in the act only partially completed where did this statue come from? It's made of plastic. looking back over the temple district billowing flags
granite building stones