After waking up from his morning recovery nap, Kaia was feeling much better. We had a little breakfast and then headed out to enjoy the amazing weather—70 degrees, no humidity and only a trace of dust to tickle the lungs. The hotel has domestic birds (turkeys, ducks, geese) roaming the grounds, apparently for the very reason that we enjoyed them—for small children to chase and generally harass. They also have a nice grassy playground area with a slide and swing set, and with the weather being so perfect, it was very enjoyable to be out together.
In the afternoon we made our way down to the lake and did some ‘stall shopping’ and noticed the large number of Tibetan vendors. We bought a yak wool shawl from one kindly man who looked a lot like a old-school Japanese artisan and Kaia made friends with the different vendors who just couldn’t accept that I was from the US and not China or Japan. For many, it seemed like they were actually disappointed!
Why I Love this Time: Many of the slides here are made with concrete and very steep, therefore, kids can slide down at warp speeds. I don’t think that Kaia will be able to find comparable slides in the
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