Snow laughing matter

Today we went out and about visiting Tibetan herding communities who have been part of our work here.

Such are the distances here that it was a 5 hour drive each way, essentially just having time for lunch (of raw dried yak leg).

The scenery was amazing and the wildlife good - vultures, marmots, foxes, gazelles...

The lowlight may have been getting stuck at the top of a 4800 metre snow-covered pass. Some passing monks helped to push the car out. At that altitude the slightest exertion leaves you with a pounding head and heaving chest.

All in a day's work!