It's a wash out!

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Last night we had a huge thunderstorm.  This morning we awoke to a fairly bright morning and we could see the tips of the high mountains had had some snowfall.

By the time we ventured out to our favourite cafe for breakfast the clouds had started to come down.  During breakfast the clouds came right down into the village and a while later it started to rain again.

We spent the morning in the cafe chatting with our friend the weaver and a student Tibetan monk.  We chatted about all sorts of things.

Once the rain stopped we wandered back to our accommodation so Christine could mend her backpack and do a few little jobs.  It still looked grim outside so we watched a few short videos.  

We decided to pop back out for a cuppa but almost as soon as we got to the end of our road the rain came again, so we ducked back into the cafe for more tea!! 

As a walk was not looking good due to the rain, we headed back again and watched a movie.

In the evening we headed to our usual cafe for dinner...today we were joined by a Bhutanese monk and meditation teacher.

Tomorrow, the rain will have passed!

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