One of the walkways at the monastery

The monastery was very peaceful.  Even though the tourists come and go, we managed to spend a good portion of the afternoon, viewing rooms to rooms,resting quite a bit along the way. There was classical music playing and great views and history to appreciate and enjoy. We often do not have this kind of leisure time during our travel and really appreciated the opportunity to slow down and smell the flowers (almost literally). Our body had been giving us signals to slow down. We are reacting mildly to the high altitude. The digestive system is not working well and we get tiring very easily. So doing a slow walk suits us well today.