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for her pains. We finally got him to go on down the hill with his three burros
and we could only hope that he exacted no reprisal on the burro.

Slowly we descended the trail ourselves and then were content to wait at

the cafeteria for Micki and Kelzang. They were pretty shocked when they

saw how beaten up Kay looked but she was really all right despite the

trauma and the shock of her meeting with the burro. So we all completed

the hike back down listening to Micki’s triumph on the trail up to the Tiger’s
Nest. We were very proud of her and happy that she had made the entire

trek. The Tiger’s Nest is a beautiful monastery with a breathtaking view of

the Paro Valley another reward for the climb.

The next day, Kay was pretty sore but surprisingly quite well. In the ensuing

days, we were very pleased to see that she never suffered infection in any of

the sites and her camera seemed to be functioning normally. Quite an