Monks Monks Everywhere: In the Middle of the Main Market, Leh, india

This was our last day in Ladakh. My husband had to buy something from the local market called Moti Market. I was too tried. I sat on the steps opposite this monastery with other Tibetan people. I was reading a book and inside a prayer meeting was going on. The place was vibrating with chants. A food mess was set up and they were cooking something delicious inside. Soon, something was being served. I was asked if I would like to have some of the liquid. I said yes and started drinking the white looking stuff and it was like nothing I ever tasted before. Soon, a young girl asked if I would care for a refill? I agreed and she started chatting with me.

She is a Tibetan and has studied Library Science at Pune. She would like to work in a school at Leh. I asked her what the drink was and she told me it was Tibetan tea, made of butter and special tea leaves. Enjoyable, is what I have to say.