Kangchenjunga 02 07 Phole Gompa

Kangchenjunga 02 04 Log Bridge on the way to Chirwa

Kangchenjunga 02 05 Typical Nepalese Terraced Village Near Chirwa

Kangchenjunga 02 08 Phole Gompa Maitreya

Kangchenjunga 02 07 Phole Gompa [15 of 16]

Easy! Just a gentle uphill at the rate of the river - no ups and downs. With a new trail along the same side of the river, we arrived in Phole 20 minutes ahead of schedule. Phole (3210m) is long scattered village of Tibetans who fled here in 1959 following the Chinese invasion. In Phole I visited the Tashi Chombel Gompa, which currently thrives with six monks.

Kangchenjunga 02 07 Phole Gompa Easy! Just a gentle uphill at the rate of the river - no ups and downs. With a new trail along the same side of the river, we arrived in Phole 20 minutes ahead of schedule. Phole (3210m) is long scattered village of Tibetans who fled here in 1959 following the Chinese invasion. In Phole I visited the Tashi Chombel Gompa, which currently thrives with six monks.

DATE: 2004-10-18 09:03