After our climb to the Everest viewpoint, with an interesting visit to a museum of Sherpa life on the return journey, we had lunch, including chips (yippee!) back at our tea house. We finished lunch off with copious quantities of lemon tea before setting off on another local walk. It was optional, but there was no way were going to miss out: we wanted to pack as much into this holiday as we could.
Once we'd climbed out of the town again (at the other end) we took a rest by these mani stones. We blend in a bit with the rocks, but hopefully you'll have spotted us. Mani stones were quite a common sight along the trail. The rocks are inscribed with a Buddhist mantra, usually the famous 'om mani padme hum' (hail the jewel in the heart of the lotus). The stones are a way of offering prayers, a bit like the colourful prayer flags we saw many times and simply loved. We think they're a great idea. Not enough prayers get offered outside of churches in the west we think.
The walk was a lovely one: not too far, fairly flat as the path followed a contour line high above the valley floor and the views were truly mangnificent.
Despite the fact that we were at a very high altitude, there were still some lovely little flowers to provide a splash of colour. Sadly our picture doesn't do them justice. You had to keep your eyes peeled to see them, as they were very small bear sized blooms. It's definitely true that small is beautiful.
Lots of love George & Yorkie xxx
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We enjoyed seeing your tiny flowers as there are not many around in England at this time of the year. Nevertheless our bulbs are comming through fast and furiously now, so hopefully we can look forward to spring flowers.
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