They have this big program that Mom would be interested in where they teach women how to weave. They’ve got these looms that look a lot like Mom's that the women work on for about 8 hours a day. They weave stuff from Tibetan sheep wool. Mom, it's cool because they have this little launcher for the boat to make it rocket through the threads from one side to the other. I took some videos so you can see it in action. It's cool because from your loom I already know a lot about how it works and I was impressing people with my explanation. I think you would be in heaven here!
It's in a really awesome location; it's on a hillside with an awesome view of the Himalayas about 30 miles away. You can even see this mountain called Nanda Devi which is the tallest one in India. It's been perfectly clear and sunny without any wind every day so you can see the mountains whenever you look up. I'd really like to hike near them but it'd be about a 3 hr taxi ride because the roads are so rough. To get to this place here we had to take an 8hr taxi from a train station in Kathgodam. To get to Kathgodam we had to take an overnight train from Delhi that was very interesting. The Nepal border is only about 30 miles away but it would also take too long to drive to unfortunately.
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