miscellaneous rambling

All over Tibet you can see stones carved with Tibetan prayers. Usually, the basic one is "Om Mani Pa Me Hom"
Sometimes it is carved on the side of a mountain. This was the first time though, that I actually saw someone carving the letters into the stone. I couldn't communicate well with him, but I told him that I knew what it meant. He allowed me to try my hand at it. It isn't easy, and you can see that it is big, so it would take him awhile to complete. After a few strikes with the mallet, I wished that I could do my own one day in Tibet. Another time.