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monkeys, monkeys everywhere

It is so beautiful up here. Yesterday I went to 9000feet where you can see across to Afghanistan,   Pakistan and Kashmir.  I could look across to the Kyber Pass where our grandfather was killed and presumably buried there.   This is yak country but it is the monkeys that rule with temples to the monkey god.  They are very aggressive though,  like the barbary apes in Gibraltar.  There are also many tibetans and nepalese in this region. Today i take the trains back to Delhi ready for my flight tomorrow.

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