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Caption: Date: 1967 Location: Hile, Dhankuta Description: Dwelling of Tibetan family who ran a tea shop and allowed only Peace Corps volunteers to spend the night in their home. They had left Tibet four or five years earlier, come over the pass at Olangchung Gola along with other Tibetans, and established the small village of Hile on the top of the ridge two hours above Dhankuta. Keywords: Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, Peter Von Mertens, home life, house exterior