Part 223 - Halt near Sangacholing with dances, photography, and transport delay

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SUMMARY:
The diarist struggles to collect flowers due to a shortage of paper, sending Tenduk to seek supplies, and observes local dances with animal costumes while taking limited film and a color photo. On 1 July, departure is delayed by lack of transport amid movements of people from Lhasa and Dzongpens, so they explore up the valley south of Sangacholing, finding it dry and unpromising.

CONTENT:
very serious, as I cannot collect many flowers with that. And when 80 are collected, I can do no more. I have sent poor Tenduk to worry people all day long but cannot manage to get people to find the paper now. Watched the dancing for half an hour in the morning and again in the evening. The evening's one was one I had never seen before - an eagle, leopard and two unknown beasts all prancing about, being led by strings, quite amusing in parts. Took some cine film and one Dufaycolour only as the sun went in. It is hot here in the day, too hot for photography really. The girl came again resplendent in her finest, and asked for a photo, so I took a coloured one, but it is not good. I shall be thoroughly glad to get away from here again, and hope all will be ready for tomorrow. It will not be an easy job getting people to move from here in the morning.

1st July. Halt. As I feared, we were unable to get off today. So many people from Lhasa, Dzongpens and so on were to move today, that transport was not available. So I went off up the valley to the South of Sangacholing in the morning. There was not very much to be seen there, it is rather too dry. But we