From one of our hotels I did a short steep climb to this isolated monastery located at a dead end on top of a mountain. Amazingly it was the best pavement I encountered (probably because one of the Queen's homes is located on this road) I was used to being an object of interest, but to these young Monks I may as well have been from Mars. They swarmed over me and especially the bike and were having fun, laughing and joking like all kids do. For the picture (taken with an i-phone) however, they all felt compelled to put on their 'monk' faces. After the photo, they went back to the joking. It was one of the most memorable moments of the trip.
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