Our Local Living Lunch

This story may seem unbelievable but it is the truth. Our guide, King Dragon, told us that we would look for a family willing to prepare lunch for us when we were out for our walk through town. It is a way of supporting the locals and giving us a chance to visit a home and get a real glimpse of their life. The people of Tibet are always friendly and often want to touch our bare arm as our skin fascinates them. A woman was looking out her window and smiled at us and King asked her if she would prepare a simple meal for us in 1.5 hours when we returned from our visit to the monastery. She looked so excited and agreed. There is not a world where I would agree to feed 16 people on such short notice and open my home to strangers, but thankfully our worlds are different. Her home was beautiful, the food and drinks were delicious and a good time was had by all. We sat in what is known as the inside courtyard and there was a small kitchen, a parlour kitchen, 3 bedrooms, a bathroom and a small chapel inside. Her home was on the 2nd floor and on the first floor was her weaving equipment. It turned out that she was the town weaver and her husband was working in the fields and her two children were away at school. She sure will have a story for them when they get home tonight!Read more