We followed our new friend, who turned out to be Tara's uncle, into the cave. His 3 dogs greeted us with some mildly treatening barks, but settled down right away. He told us that they need to sleep all day because at night their job is to watch the goats and protect them from leopards and bears. Leopards and bears?? We asked. Oh, yes. Tara said he'd seen bear tracks this morning as we were walking. No wonder everyone up here has dogs, I thought. Tara helped is uncle get the fire rekindled then they put the pot on for chai. He apologized that there was no milk! Everything else he could possibly need was inside that cave in large burlap sacks - sugar, tea, flour. He spends 4 months each year at this cave, the rest of the year with his family. He works as a shepard.
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