Stayed back in the house working on my Greater Ladakh article in the morning. I woke up by an alarm clock going off at 5.30. Some monk on kitchen duty. All night the mosque in the Indian village below had benn blaring out religious songs on high volume.
The Key Holder Herself, Mrs Dolma, was back at her desk after lunch so I went over to Camp 1 and the office to check out what was going on. On the street I met Namgyal who pulled me into a tea stall to discuss organic farming in Sweden, and as everybody knows I'm an expert on that. Mrs Dolma was very polite and there was not a sign of animosity. They know how to cover things up. But my intended working space was temporary occupied by some Indian officers so I still have to wait until tomorrow to get started.
I went back to Sera again and tried to hook up my lap-top to their internet network but it didn't work. So I talked with computer-Tenzin (is everyone called Tenzin?) about his home in Ladakh instead. He actually has a sponsor from Stockholm.
Later I went for a walk with Tenzin and Lobsang again. It's a long straight back-road that leads all the way to the end of the fields, to the jungle. Beyond that point the largest wildlife sanctuary in the world starts. Maybe some man-eaters were or elephants lurking in the bamboos?
Had dinner at Yiga Choeling Guest House where we stayed for a few days last year. Anna hated that restaurant, and it has not changed for the better.
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