This morning we had breakfast at Helen's Cafe and then we went off with a guy in a mini van with Helen as our English speaking guide to do a couple of farm visits We ended up being taken to the driver's property where we partook of some Yak butter tea which is a traditional drink, along with yak cheese (quite tart), yak yoghurt, Tibetan traditional bread and ground barley.

We weren't too fussed on the yak butter tea and the ground barley is usually mixed up into a ball with the yak butter tea The house is three storied with animals being kept under the house in winter, living quarters in the middle section and the upper story is used for storing hay.

The walls are made of mud brick and lightly plastered and the inside is lined with wood They have very few windows in their houses, in order to keep warm in winter The living area in the house we visited was quite large and the walls were quite ornate with carving etc.

as you can see in the photographs Our driver was the grandfather, daughter served us the food and Grandma and son-in-law were out doing the farm work.