12 December 2008
We left Chamje at 8am and had another long walk on very rocky trails. We passed a lot of small villages with no idea how these villages get supplies or survive in the winter months it is an extremely hard existence, although they do grow vegetables in every available space plus have small herds of goats, chickens and cows. Everything that gets to these villages must come on donkeys or by being carried on your back.
We stopped for lunch before heading off – almost straight away going uphill for a hard long slog. We crossed several long suspension bridges and gorges with some lovely scenery. All the fields are terraced and have a good variety of vegetabels and crops, in fct all the hillsides are terraces, in itiself an amazing feat of human engineering and are either hoed by hand or buffalo.
The trek finished at3:45pm and I jumped straight into a warm shower, clean clothes and relaxed. Scott is finding the going much easier than me. Oh well.