Date: 1964-02
Location: Pokhara, Kaski
Description: Porters having a mid-morning dal bhat (lentils and rice) meal at a Thakali bhatti (inn) along a main trail northwest of Pokhara at Hyangja. The porters were carrying heavy loads of kerosene to Baglung. These temporary trail inns were run by Thakali women after the monsoon and before spring planting in their homeland of Thak Khola (Tukuche and Marpha to the north along the Kali Gandaki). Only food and raksi (rice or millet wine) was paid for, no charge for overnight lodging.
