Bhutan - Phobjika

The road to my hotel stopped at the hotel but a short walk past the end of the road there is the farm house of the family pictured above.

The girl holding the baby is the family's neighbor and best friend of the girl on the left of the family photo.

Both girls go to Gangtay middle school ( see below ) and like so many of the valley's children, the girls walk many miles, rain or shine, to and from school.

Having given the girls a ride home from school, I was invited to visit their home. It was lunch time and the men had not yet come in from the fields. In the house I was offered yak butter tea and shown the family altar room. I will post a picture of the altar next as well as a few more pics from the visit.