Ngawang Choephel was 2 when he and his mother fled Tibet, the place of his birth, after its occupation and control by the Chinese. The two traveled by yak across the Himalayas to India, where they lived in a Tibetan refugee camp in southern India.
Punching Yaks and Sour Butter
They make the women tough round here.
I kid you not, we saw one punch a yak, full in the face.
I guess the yak wasn’t doing what it was told. And it didn’t seem to take too much notice of the punch either.
We got the impression it probably happened on a fairly regular basis.
The female yak-herder just clenched her fist and pow! She gave the animal one, right on its nose.
“Rest of Everest” podcast “Yak-Tastic”
This is a terrific video from “The Rest of Everest” Podcast. It is fairly long but it rolls some beautiful Yak Footage!
Chinese cities wake up to a new superfood: Yak Milk
Link to a video and article from the guardian.co.uk that shows how Tibetans really use the yak and how the Chinese are looking to grow the market for yak milk. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO LINK!
