Can count the days on my fingers
In Choklamsar we stayed at the Dalai Lamas guest house for 2 nights. We were the first tourists that they had for the season and the lady's working there were so happy and fun. It was a beautiful place, not as crowded as the big city Leh. Every direction I looked there was a beautiful mountain view. There were some days when i could see a snow storm on a mountain in the distance. One day we woke up early to go see the morning Puja of a local monastery. It started with 2 monks on the roof blowing horns in set patterns with each other. Then we went down in the room and listened to the chanting. Every now and then they would blow horns and or beat drums. And throughout the young monks some around 8 years old poured tea for them all, and they sat there for at least 2 hours with one man chanting, others playing instruments, tea being drinking and poured, and the young monks in the back giggling with each other. It was worth getting up at 5:20 to see it.
Tootles Allie