for Yachen Gar around noon.
We left Rigul at 9 a.m. yesterday with all the school kids waving
katags (white skill scarf) at us. I must confess that I had "wet"
eyes and that I'm already thinking about my next visit there. On our
way back to Kandze we stopped at Sechen monastery to look at the
wonderful new temple dedicated to Guru Rinpoche. Guru Rinpoche is the
Indian master who first brought Buddhism to Tibet (go to Wikipedia
for more details).
At 1 p.m., we reached Manigango and stopped there for lunch.
Unfortunately our car broke when we tried to leave. After spending
two hours watching our driver trying to fix his car, we decided to
get another one.
By 6.30 p.m. we were in our rooms at the guest house in Kandze. Since
no rooms were left, we were given rooms in the owner's part of the
house. Luckily there is a phone connection in the room Cheukyi and I
are staying in and I'm able to connect and post to the blog.
Unfortunately, the connection is very slow and I will not even try to
send pix to the Flickr page. That will be for next week from Dartsedo
and Chengdu.
I think that the girls enjoyed their time in Rigul very much. I'm
very pleased that everything went well there. I'm especially happy
that altitude was not too much of a problem. This was my biggest fear
before departure.
Last night, after enjoying a bath at the hot springs, we gave phone
calls and send emails to let our families know that we are doing
well. Yangchen arrived safely in Lhasa, we talked with her mother as
she was out when we called.
It's a little cloudy this morning but I hope that we will have a
clear sky soon.
I was able to retrieve my email last night. Thank you very much to
all who send messages or left comments on the blog. I'll post again
soon!
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