We had lunch in the small village of Melamchi Goan and said Good Bye to most of our porters and cook Rinji. We headed down to Melamchi River and at the bottom of the valley we crossed the river over a slightly swinging hanging bridge.      At this point we had descended 1600 m since this morning and now we had only 600 meters of climbing before reaching Tarkegyang. It was a relief to climb again! We passed a monastery and a stupa. Here Tendi told us about the birth of Buddha. He was actually born in the south of Nepal. We are now sitting in the kitchen of the tea house without electricity. Here as well as in many other places in Nepal they only have electricity for a few hours every day.

Monastry of Tarkegang