next report     June 4 Scaring the Tourists   Walking on Sunday, June 4, was a lot of fun because we had some good friends with us and the last leg of the walk took us through this little tourist trap of a town called Solvang. It¹s supposedly modeled after Copenhagen, but it was a bit cheesy to say the least. You can imagine the kind of tourists that we found in that town. I think we scared them have to death. They won¹t forget the Tibet walkers anytime soon. We invited some of the tribal members over for dinner, but I think on such short notice they weren¹t available. The big hit entertainment for the night was a Tibetan game, which Yishe introduced to us at lunch time. The game is simple as can be, but a whole lot of fun. Basically you need a small ball, two people and a coin. Each person stands about 10 feet away from the coin and you try to hit it with the ball. The ball bounces back and forth between the two people­simple. Scoring is simple too. If you hit the coin it¹s a point and if you hit it and flip it, it¹s two points. The first one to five points wins. We had another great Tibetan-style meal that evening, called tenmo (large, bread/dumplings). All vegetarian, too.
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