IDNO

DG.144884.SHP

Description

"Looking over Gye Che (Bhutan) from high ground, at about 17,000 feet north of the Tremo La. 14 August '38."

Place

S Asia; Tibet; Bhutan; Gye Che; Tremo La Pass

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Shepheard, Ken

Collector / Expedition

Date

14 August 1938

Collection Name

Shepheard Collection

Source

Shepheard Rogers, Patricia

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: Noted in Shepheard's diary 'Some Notes of Ken Shepheard on his expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, in September - October 1938' pp.16,
"14 August 1938
Stayed in Phari and spent morning on an expedition to Bhutan border at Tremo La with H.H. and Gould looking for flowers.
Clouds and mist and views disappointing but little rain. Back for lunch.
Eidelweiss in mass for first time (between 15,000’ and 16,000’) and hundreds of other flowers.
Saw no game -- only yaks.
Had a look at Phari town and went over the Jhong (empty). Surprising collection of stuff including Yardley’s brilliantine, Italian cloth and English biscuits in tiny shops -- also meat, potatoes, tsamba and v-hard lumps of flour covered “cheese” sold as sweets.
Streets incredibly filthy and often above house level -- due? to accumulation of filth in paths raising their level.
No sanitation of any sort -- tiers often built out from houses and proceeds drop through hole in floor into street!
Barley and mustard under cultivation (about 20 acres?) but said not to ripen and used only as fodder.
Sufficient water for a division but runs in many small rivulets through and around the village -- needs canalising.
Many sites for landing grounds from Kampareb onwards throughout “Phari Dzong”.
Plenty of grazing but no fuel except yak dung." [JD 26/01/2020]