The highlight of the descent was Tengbouche Monestery. We attended a chanting ceremony in the evening, thought we could make it through the whole thing, but 2-1/2 hours later, it was dinner time, getting dark and we had no lights to get back to camp, and our feet were freezing (you have to take off your shoes). It was very beautiful, but I had wanted to take pictures and you can 't take pics during the ceremony.
Before leaving the following morning, we got lucky because morning chants were on a break, and the monestery was opened for a short time and we met a young monk Mingme (who chatted with Tammie and I for 45 minutes and gave his e-mail address!).
Here are a few pics from the monestery. Exterior gate with monestery beyond, and an interior.
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