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Street food is one of the great delights of Asia, and I have tried to replicate them on my own griddle, with little success. Achieving that round shape is much harder than it looks.
After a relatively good night's sleep at the Tingri Friendship Hotel, we woke to more low cloud and a greasy chapati breakfast.
Leaving the others to walk back up to EBC still hopeful of a Qomolangma sighting, Fran and I decided to cut our losses and to walk down towards Rongbuk Monastery.
Our stroll took us alongside the rocky glacier route of the Rongbuk River valley, dotted with yaks. At the sacred water well, we picked up Tashi, a local Tibetan man who chatted to us as we walked on towards the monastery. About 10 minutes in, he became very insistent we stop and look back.... thereby ensuring we did get a sighting of Mount Everest, peaking out of the lower cloud base. Tu-de-chay Tashi!
At Rongbuk Monastery we pottered around the monastery kora, still getting the occasional sighting of Mount Everest / Qomolangma, and then returned to the tent camp, helping a lady carry her three thermoses of water for the final stretch.
I'd been a bit woozy all morning, and spent most of the exciting off road return drive to the Friendship Highway sleeping in the front seat. Too tired to keep my eyes open to take in the amazing scenery, the river crossings, and towing another jeep out of a bog.
At (Old) Tingri we rejoined the tarmac, and checked in to the Snow Leopard Guesthouse where we had a late lunch and a lazy afternoon to wash, repack and stroll the length of town which stretches along the main highway.
As the light faded, the cloud lifted and we were treated to a very atmospheric view of snow capped Himalayan peaks, including (somewhere!) the elusive Mt Everest
After noodle soup for supper, we made the most of the evening's hot water and hit our beds for a comfier night's sleep.
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Indian cooking demo, making dough for chapatis, Orchha, India, 1 Kg of wheat flour, 2 cups of water and 1/2 tsp of salt,
Ascending the Pass. Snow starts to be really deep, it takes a lot of effort to continue. Breathing gets heavy, few steps and then stop. The surroundings are just breathtakingly beautiful as well. The light gets brighter and brighter. Near to the Top of the Pass, a cloud appears and takes all sight. We are not sure if we can continue, time is after 4PM already.
The orange chapatis or flat bread is a Lucknow speciality called Shirmal, and minced meat known as Kebabs..this is also a Lucknowi traditional fare..
A little ahead on the spread is Moghlai roti or roti made in a Tandoor , also known as Khamiri Roti..
All this coud be seen at the procession of the Dariyawala alam at Carter Road.