Tatopani – Just a Perfect Day

After the trauma of the buses we are having a rest day in a decent guest house in the centre of beautiful downtown Tatopani. With a ‘not bad’ view up the valley. 

There’s something magical about an English breakfast that includes grilled spam, potato curry and cheesy baked beans. Outside on Main Street, just over 10 feet wide, were parked some classic motor bikes.

Our first mission was to go down to the local hot springs, with a solid stream of very hot water pushing out of the earth into lounging baths. Fantastic. Me and Jetty soaked for an hour, in and out as it was too hot for ‘in’ for an hour. We’d taken down our dirty washing too and a lady there scrubbed it clean and dried it on the fence. 

For an hour in the springs for the two of us and all our washing done, including a tip for the lady, it was £6.50.

Warning friends, the next paragraph and photograph contain details of the slaughter of a sheep.

When we went through the entrance to the baths there was a sheep guarding the way. When we got out of the baths, showered, dried and dressed, the sheep was being wrestled by three men. They pinned it down on its back and one bloke squatted astride it with a small kukri, seen on the ground in the picture below. He cut a small hole in the sheep’s skin, by it’s stomach, inserted his arm in the animal and located its heart with his hand. He then squeezed it until it stopped beating. The men then immediately set about butchering the sheep. Fascinating.

OK it’s over. 

Just a short blog today. But to make up for it here’s a picture of a good looking bloke. 

And some wild goats.

And a good looking bloke.

Night night.