Our First Tea House

As we were walking down in the valley bottom beside the river, the land was very fertile. There were a few flowers - and a very pretty sight they were too - but given the remoteness of the area, and the fact that the nearest road was a week's walk away, most of the land was given over to vegetable growing.

You can see from our picture how well the vegetables were growing. What a backdrop for your vegetable garden! We knew gardening bear, Tommy, would be envious when he saw our pictures.


We learned from our guide that we would be eating lots of vegetables over the next week, and probably no meat. For most wild bears this might be a problem, but not for us. We are domesticated bears and we love vegetables. As you know, Tommy, grows lots for us in the garden and we all devour them gusto.

Before we were ready for our first leg of the trek to end, we came to the entrance of the village where we would be staying.


As we looked at the loads that some of the porters ahead of us were carrying, we knew we wouldn't have enjoyed our afternoon anything like as much, had we been carrying heavy loads.

The village was called Phakding and it was only a couple of minutes walk further to the first of many tea houses, where we would be stopping each night. We weren't sure what to expect, but as we waited outside first impressions seemed quite good.


See what we mean? And we knew we should at least be able to get a good cup of tea!

Lots of love George & Yorkie xxx