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SUMMARY:
A hot spring called Nye Chachhu lies below Dunkhar, and the village where the party is staying belongs to Dopala, the Trashigang Dzongpon; a few butterflies were seen. On 8 May at Mashina, in very hot weather with afternoon thunder and rain, they refused Ngudup’s request to stay and marched about six miles via the Panyong Chu to Phumpe, crossed a cane bridge, passed Chaksum and Chusa, and climbed steeply toward the Sergon Chu, walking without ponies while Ngudup’s foot improved with M&B 760 pills.

CONTENT:
a mile or two up a side valley below Dunkhar are hot springs, called Nye Chachhu. The actual village we are at ourselves, belongs to Dopala, Trashigang Dzongpon. It is very hot here, and it will be nice to be over the river on our way up tomorrow. Mashina is obviously not at all high, but nearly high enough for us to stay at. Caught a few butterflies today, almost the first we've seen since Kunga Rapden.

8th May. Mashina. 6 miles. Ht 7675 A fine, very hot morning, up till 2.0 pm when we had thunder and heavy rain. When I was just setting up at 4.30 Ngudup came and asked if I would stay a day! I said certainly not, unless absolutely essential. There is some trouble with the locals, which I have not got hold of completely. Anyway we came on here. 5.15 to 10.0. The path goes up the L bank and into the Panyong Chu, a big side valley at m 1, then on to Phumpe at m 2, where Tashigang Dzongpon has another house, and there is a picturesque little lhakang on an isolated hillock. Then straight down 500' to the river and across by a cane bridge. And so up the R bank, through Chaksum and Chusa, 2 small villages of a couple of houses each. Then straight up the hillside, as only a Bhutanese path can go, for 2000' or so. There are no houses here, and just a small clearing in the forest. The slope is very steep, and continues so to the Sergon Chu, just ahead of us. Ngudup's foot has improved in a wonderful way with copious M&B 760 pills. He has had to walk, as I have too, as there are no ponies this side, and no pony could get up.

SUMMARY:
In heavy rain at Yonpu La, the party travels and, at Yusu’s request, writes to Neoli Basu to arrange bullock carts if vehicles cannot reach Darang Mela; they are lent mules to Darang and find lodging near a new lhakang built by Dopala. Local requests for medical aid are noted, and Betty falls ill with stomach trouble, likely food-related.

CONTENT:
we may be able to send paludrine later on. They also want injections for syphilis. Tobgye sent someone to Darang Mela once that was very popular & they say did a great deal of good. I doubt if it did permanent good, but it was much appreciated. We are being lent 3 mules to Darang, & everything else we suggest is done at once.

3rd June Yonpu La Heavy rain all night again & rain most of the day today. Left 7.30: in at 10.30. Yusu apparently thinks the rains have started, as he asked us to write another letter to Neoli Basu asking for arrangements to be made for bullock carts if the lorry or cars cannot get through to Darang Mela. This we have done. We were surprised to find up here a big new Hlakang, built by Dopala 3 years ago. We are housed in a small but clean quarter inside the compound, with another as cookhouse. It is very convenient. Betty has fallen sick with some pretty bad tummy trouble, worse than she has had since we started the trip. I hope it was only caused by some hot chang regg - a special dish made for us - which she had last night. I hope it is not any kind of infection from the millions of flies of the last week. Here there are few flies anyway, & we have got rid of good many bugs, fleas & ticks. If she gets better quickly we should not have much trouble till we leave Dmanjin now.