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- 1933-05-25 (Creation)
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CONTENT:
18
B.G. cards
wedding
scenes at
White Hall
Gangtok:
taken by
Richards
One photo. at any rate was spoilt by the bride suddenly finding two leeches crawling up her frock just as I was about to press the button. They had come out of her bouquet of roses. In the afternoon there was a garden party to all the Sikkimese officials & other guests. I had hoped to leave for Karponang that evening & sent off my kit & bedding in the afternoon. But the Maharajas didn't leave till 6.30 pm, so I stayed the night. Left at 5.0 am riding a good pony & reached Karponang at 7.30. Picked up my kit there & came straight on here. At Tsomgo it started to rain. All went well till we reached the last mile at 3.0 pm, when we found that the whole of the steep hillside had avalanched, leaving no road possible without some men to help. So we manhandled our kit to the top of the pass, sent the mules back & Ahmad Sheikh came on here for a couple of mules to bring it down. It was then dark & raining pretty hard, so we did well to reach here by 11.0 pm. Here I met two Americans, Mrs Wheeler & Mrs Prince - awful women I eventually thought. They have had awful trouble with their transport, & to add to that were caught in the thick of the avalanches two days ago.
B.G. Part underexposed - camera
not too steady. - B.G.
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P.G. extra photos
W. Bhutan
24th May. CHUMBATHANG. Had to spend the day here as the mules only arrived over the pass at 2.30 pm. It rained most of the day, & all I did was to shoot a few birds.
25th May. CHARITHANG. 10 miles. Left at 5.0 am, arrived about 1.0 pm. Cloudy & misty at first clearing up later. Rain
