TIBET HIGHWAY LHASA KATMANDU - HARVEST - BUTCHERING SHEEP HD

October 2009. Fall harvest. One of the boys asking for money had an extreme condition that looked like full body eczema. His skin had black scales covering all exposed surfaces. I did give them money. When I walked alone down the road a bit, 2 young men in their 20's stopped, showed me a bloody knife from butchering the sheep, and asked for my camera. I pointed at the knife and starting baa-ing like a sheep. They kept pointing at the pocket I put my camera in. I kept thinking the Chinese would fry these kids for lunch if they murdered a tourist. I explained to them that I was an old lady, 61, and they should keep killing sheep. That was when I learned the were 26 and 27 years old. And in the middle of my gibberish I called out and waved down the road like there was someone watching, and left the men and knife behind. I have been mugged, assaulted, attempted pick pocket, cheated all over the world by taxi drivers of every make, mind, culture and creed, fooled and fibbed, but this was the first time a bloody weapon was put inches in front of my face.

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• LHASA
• KATMANDU
• TIBETAN
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