Going from 1496m in Lama to 3330m in Langtang, it's definitely getting colder in the evenings. Betty and I bundled ourselves up last night to go explore Langtang Village and even more at night (in our rock hard beds) to keep ourselves warm. It's definitely a change from the desert we were in less than two weeks ago! We had another pleasant, short (3h, apparently we're quite speedy) hike today to Kynjin Gumpa. Everyone you pass here says "Namaste" or "good morning". It's nice and reminds me of the Coast :) We also saw a lot of local people on the trails, carrying food and supplies up to the villages. The size and weight of the loads carried is incredible and the people carrying them vary from as young as nine to as old as about late sixties? None of them complain and they all carry the massive loads by a single strap balanced on the top of their heads. It now makes sense why so many of the people I saw in villages on the way up had such stooped posture.
Today was our first sighting of the snowy mountains. We arrived in Kynjin Gunpa around 10:30am, had our first (and hottest yet!) bucket shower and then went to explore a nearby Tibetan monastery where we lit yak butter candles and then sat on a rock and enjoyed the view until the clouds rolled in and low and behold it snowed! It was pretty cool. Thank goodness for wood stoves and ginger tea. All of the people from the guesthouse huddled around the stove to keep warm to eat dinner before retiring up to bed.
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