Himlung Expedition - Day 7

Another rest day in Phu Gaun. We walked up to the very old monastery on the hill and got a short introduction of the only living monk from the monastery.
On the way back down we were lucky and could watch how people from the valley slaughtered a yak - a sacred ritual. Vultures were already circling over the place. The yak were killed by people from the lower valley as the people from Phu Gaun, who are the owner of the yak, wouldn’t never kill there own yaks.Read more