October 15th Sakya (10-21 logged in)

It's been awhile without internet, so even though today is not the 15th we thought it would be easiest to follow to enter logs/photos for each day. Using Jeff's notes which he was able to write in the bouncing Land Cruiser and the Lonely Planet, here goes...

Actually before Sakya after writing in Shigatse, we took our Tibetan "Show" game to a park and ended up playing, more like getting our butts kicked, with a few Tibetan kids. It was fun and we drew quite a crowd. Afterward we walked the Cora around the monastery which was very picturesque and gave a good view of the city below.

Sakya, elevation 4280 meters, used to be Tibet's capital. Today it is a small town. Although we had planned to visit the monastery it was closed when we got there and all of us were a bit "monasteried-out" to wait. Instead we saw a Protector Chapel that had wolves (full body) hanging from the enterance. Poor taxidermy! We also watched a few local people separating the barley grain from the straw which looked like time consuming work. Afterward we went for a walk along a hillside, past a few Stupas to a nunnery. About 10-12 school kids followed or rather in some cases, were leading us to show us different things. Some sections of the walk were narrow with about 12" room bfore cliff face drops. On the way back to town, we saw an old Tibetan door with a Mickey Mouse on it - very out of place.