Rigul, Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th.

On wednesday we went to visit the villages of Kana and Kara Gon
respectively 80 and 60 minutes walking time away from Rigul. In Kana
we were invited to Khenpo Senge's house. He actually came to pick us
up in Rigul with his car. He served us with food and drinks (what a
surprise!) and offered some gifts to everyone of us. We were also
invited to a couple of other people's houses before driving to Kara
Gon. There again we were invited for (too much) food and drinks. In
both places I enjoyed handing out printouts of pictures I took last
year.
Around 1 p.m. Karma Senge drove the girls back home in Rigul while I
decided to enjoy the great weather and walk back there after another
invitation for some more food and drinks! When I arrived in Rigul,
the girls and I were invited (yes, for food and drinks) by Yungsu
Tulku, one of the high lamas or rinpoches living in Rigul. There was
not much room left but in the evening we were invited for dinner at
one of the school's teachers'. He lives with his wife and their cute
daughters but also with four school kids from Kara Gon and Api so
they don't have to walk back home for two hours everyday. After that
Tenzin had to walk back home with stomach cramps. Zoe went with her.
Cheukyi and I went then to visit Palyang's house where luckily, only
tea was served. Palyang is one of the two school cooks and a close
relative of Ringu Tulku. She had a two months old baby daughter.

On thursday (already our last day in Rigul), we did some laundry in
the cold river water. I had a meeting with the school staff that
ended up with everybody being happy. I walked trough the village with
my camera to make sure I had pictures of everything. It is quite
important to show our sponsors our things are evolving in Rigul. I
personally think that it is going extremely well!
Around 5 p.m. our car arrived from Kandze. Despite the very bad road
between Shechen and Rigul, the driver who brought us here had
proposed to come and pick us up. He will sleep here tonight, we plan
to leave at 8 a.m. tomorrow. After the school hours, the girls went
to play with the school children and took more pix and videos of them.