Our accommodation in the Haa valley was the Risum Resort run by the Haa ladies! Haa is quite remote so we were really out in the wilderness! The rooms were individual cabins and they were huge… if you fancied an ole shuffle in the bathroom this was the place! (Miriam O’Toole – Italy flashback!)
We started our Haa adventure at the white temple also called Lhakhang Karpo.
We had to wait for a monk to open the place up for us!
I spotted a photograph to the side of the main statue of a young child in full Lama gear sitting on a high throne.. he looked like little Buddha so I asked Kinlay who it was. He told us that this child was found to be the reincarnation of Tenzin Rabgay (founder of the Tigers Nest monastery) and that he’s now 25! Another thing for me to google and find out more info on!
Haa is small but it’s very picturesque so we had some time to check out the small village along with the cows roaming the main street.
The local kids were happy to say hello and smile for their photo!
A house on the Main Street:
More yak spotting from the bus:
Next we made our way upwards to over 3,800 metres to the Cheli La pass. It was a beautiful day so we got a great view of the Himalayas
The prayer flags all along was really amazing to see
Onward to the main attraction in this neck of the woods – The Kila Nunnery. The bus could only get us so far and then we got to hike a good portion up the mountain
The obligatory prayer wheels:
There were incredible views of the mountains and surrounding valley
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