Trip to the mountains!

So I know we live in the mountains, but we technically only live in the hills. The for real himalayas are about 3 hours north of us by car. We are planning to go there every once in awhile to take a break from our town, and to eat some good western food. We started out at 6am and caught a taxi north. Along the way we got to see a lot more of our district, which was great because we are planning on making trips out there soon.
Once we got out of our district we noticed a big difference in culture. It's interesting because a lot of white people live in the town we went to, but the original culture is still preserved, despite the two very different cultures living next to each other!
The first difference was the huge amounts of goats and sheep that we saw along the way. The second was the Yaks that we got to ride outside of a famous temple, and the third were the HUGE bunnies, also found at the temple. Seriously the bunnies were the largest I have ever seen. The pictures don't even do it justice. I have now decided that we are not in need of a donkey, but a gargantuan bunny is a better mission for the next two years. I would seriously consider taking it back home with me, if I could get my hands on one of them!
The temple was kind of like a small carnival outside. There were bunnies, yaks, snakes, snake charmers, candy floss (cotton candy- for americans), baked corn, and all kinds of things to buy and look at.
You had to pay 10 rupees for a picture with the bunnies, and I think another 10 for a picture with the snakes, but I sneakily took pictures of both, without too much of a fuss. One man did run after me shouting "bakshish, bakshish (tip, tip)", but I pleaded ignorance, and just kept walking! Although when we first arrived I was most interested in riding the yaks, after looking at the big bunnies, I think I would have been happy to just play with them all afternoon. For those who don't know, I LOVE bunnies, especially big ones like we saw. We spent the remaining couple of days relaxing with friends, eating American/Israeli food, and walking around being real "Tourists". I think we blended in well with the other tourists, maybe a little too well. I was offered some Marajuana while walking by myself one day.
After resting, we then took the trip back down the mountain, on the over night bus, to the capital, to pick up my mom. I have to say the first 5 hours of the bus trip down the mountain were a nightmare. We were lucky both April and I didn't fly off of the top bunk (we were on a sleeper bus) into the aisle! It wasn't the most comfortable of bus rides, and I'm not sure I'd do it again, given the choice (it took a total of 17hrs and 30mins), but nonetheless it was worth the experience, and worth the journey to get my momma from the Airport!
The journey back up the mountain wasn't the most enjoyable either...booking a NON AC taxi for 10 hours in over 100 degree weather, wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done, but then I think I have learned my lesson!
What a trip! We have a couple days of rest here before we will leave again, to another part of our district to check things out! More traveling ahead!