We had a few flashes of lightning and some showers last night, unfortunately the showers continued throughout the day, but it was an improvement over the rain of the last few days.
After breakfast we settled down to the luxury of reading our e-mails! Isn’t WiFi wonderful. It seems to work pretty well here. I managed to get all the pictures added to the previous blog entries, so I am now up to date.
Mid morning we headed out to get our weekly shopping, and also to refill one of the propane tanks. When we asked at the office we were told one of the gas stations had started up a small convenience store, but if we wanted a better selection there was another store just 30 miles south! I think the nearest “real” stores are about 85 miles away. We got to the store, and it was pretty good, a little lacking in fresh fruit and veg, but the necessities were there, and at a reasonable price.
When we got back Lyn headed over to the laundry and I put the propane tank back in the trailer (I got the better job!).
After lunch we headed out for a walk, coincidentally there happened to be a geo-cache about ¾ mile away. Lyn found the walking a little harder than usual, we thought it may be due to lack of exercise over the last couple of days, then we twigged… altitude! We are 6700 ft above sea level, so I am sure that may have something to do with it. We’d better get in training as Tibet is 12,500 ft above sea level.
We really are quite isolated here, as the picture of the camp ground shows. (The campground is where the little blobs of white are behind the trees)
Below is a view from the campground
and a view of the lake behind the camp ground.
