October 6, 2010

Wednesday October 6, we woke up at 4:45am to see the sunrise on the Himalayas. The walk was about 10mins however it was slippery because it poured the night before. There was also an earthquake the night before but I was asleep. We stayed there until 7:15am and went back for breakfast. After breakfast I went back to sleep for two hours because I was tired from waking up at 4:45am. Around 10am I worked on my pictures and rested. I was going to go to a monastery but I was tired from the 5 hour hike we had yesterday and I wanted to rest for the next day since we were going to visit other monasteries. After lunch, me, Cate (director) and Patrick walked to the nearby village and bought some gifts. We walked 2KM back to Yamsung Farms.

The farm is so beautiful, and the cooking is really good. The man in charge took over for his parents and he and his wife and three young children work on the farm. They also have other workers such as Kishin our guide from the day before. He is studying to be a teacher. They have a dog, Rocky and a kitten Mick-Mick. The dog is old however he went on the 8km walk with us yesterday. The two get along very well. Rocky went another 4km hike today with some people who wanted to go to the monastery.