Happy Back to work!

Once arrived in Kathmandu, we hopped on a jeep for a 14h ride to Burtibang, westbound from Pokhara. One good night sleep later, we’re back on the jeep for 4 more hours to eventually reach Dhorpatan.

At 2,900m of altitude, time seems to go by slower, and so do we ! After a few days of getting used to it, we started participating in the village’s daily activities :

• Milking of the cows at 6:30 am, then at 7 am, taking the herd to graze in the mountain,
• Then we have to churn the milk to make butter, cream, yoghurt, cheese (for the village but also for the mice ! Yes, in Dhorpatan they are fed by the inhabitants). We could hear them every night coming to visit us. Dondhup would say : “They are at home…”, and Isabelle would answer : “Yes but let’s hope they keep their distance !
• We also have to feed the cows, every evening around 5:30 pm: apples, potatoes, banana, cheese, milk and hot water, they are not being left out,
• And then of course, the potato harvest ! At last, after 10 days of incessant monsoon,
• We also harvest oats for the horses,
• Finally, we make stampa, made of barley flour.

You might have gotten it by now, the pace is intense !
But by 6:30 pm, life slows down…
And by 9 pm : Lights out !

As a picture is worth a thousand words, we let you discover some videos of our stay. We will tell you more very soon, we promise 😉