More Trekking

From Namche, we trekked to the village of Thame, the home of our head sherpa....designed to be another day of acclimating.  On the way we passed more rickety bridges and many smaller villages.  As the trade route thoroughfare passes through the villages, the path is typically lined by stone walls.  Another common site the route lined with prayer stones.

Extending out from the villages are plots of land for farming.  Below is a typical way the non-mountainous areas are divided. 

High above the village of Thame (12,464 ft,) is a famous monastery....so we climbed up the mountain side to visit the site....a bit different than the cliche Hollywood representation.  However, no wisdom was being dispensed on the day we were there...but it was still a good acclimation hike.