Markha to Hangkar

After a homestay with my guide's niece in Markha, we headed to Hangkar, where we washed our clothes by hand (less soap, more hands!) and took solar bucket showers. Also, it's harvest time in Ladakh, so I got to witness threshing of wheat, where cows and horses tied together are driven in a circle over the wheat to beak it up so the wheat and chaff can be separated (that's biblical!).  Songs are sung while the animals work, supposedly to keep them from getting dizzy!