Part 16 - Route from Kampa Padze to the Dzong via TAB LA and the Tsangpo

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SUMMARY:
The diary describes traveling from Kampa Padze down to the right bank of the Tsangpo, along cultivated land, then ascending 500 ft to the TAB LA pass. After a similar descent and a flat plain, the route returns to the river at mile 10 and reaches the Dzong on a rock at mile 11.

CONTENT:
From Kampa Padze the path descends to the R. bank of the Tsangpo, keeps along it for a mile or two, gradually leaving it & continuing over cultivated land. At m 5 it begins to ascend to the TAB LA, a climb of 500 ft over a bad path. Descent similar for one mile, then over flat plain to the river bank again at m 10 & to the Dzong on a rock at m 11.