After our uneventful evening in Dzogang, and after reading nothing special about Rawok (the planned next stop on our itinerary), we decided to make a change of plans, and go through Rawok, and spend the evening in Pomi (also spelled Bomi) instead. In retrospect, I’m glad we did!Today the landscape started out vast and frozen, before we headed over another high pass, at 4618 meters.
We stopped in Pasho for lunch, which was a cute little town, a welcome change after Dzogang. It was relatively clean and we met some very friendly and curious teenagers.
After Pasho, we saw some pilgrims on the road. They had sold all of their wordly possessions, and had already been prostrating (touching head, mouth, heart, and then spreading prone on the ground, after every single step) for 7 months, starting near Sichuan province!
They have over a year left to go to get to Lhasa. They were super friendly, and we felt a tremendous amount of respect and awe towards them.
We then passed through Rawok (the town we were originally going to stay in). Not much going on there - although there was a pool table!
We passed Ngan-tso lake, a holy lake with beautiful blue waters, and met some friendly kids.
We finally arrived in Pomi. This is a fine place to spend the evening, with a lot of restaurants (Chinese and Tibetan), bars, and even 2 internet cafes, in a beautiful setting tucked between snow capped peaks. We spent the evening in “Bar”, drinking beers by the 55-gallon drum turned into a wood stove, and watched VCD music videos.
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