Around the Mountain

A collection of pilgrims, in town for Losar.

The ten-year-old girl who was translating for me...

...and me with the origami animals I folded for her.

She took a photo of me with one of the three dogs....

...and one of me in the kitchen where I was staying...

...and one of me in the main shrine to Guru Padmasambhava. (A photo of the Dalai Lama is to my left.)

If you get the impression she was fascinated by my digital camera, you are right. ;-)

Rewalsar Lake, behind the cows grazing in the trashbin. (I really must suggest this to the Palo Alto City Council when I get back...why, just think of the reduction in solid waste management...)

The construction site for a giant statue of Guru Padmasambhava.

A heap of stones at the construction site. Look closely: every stone is hand-carved, with hammer and chisel!

The interior of the kitchen where I slept. Take a closer look at the pots hanging on the wall: they're handmade! and the pots are hand-hammered, too.

A shrine next to the kitchen. I still don't know who it's to...

A wind-powered prayer wheel. Pretty neat, eh?