Yesterday, we drove 7+ hours, over a 10000 foot pass then down to a valley at 4000 feet, then back up over another 11,000 foot pass to the Phobjikha valley at 9700 feet.  Along the way, we stopped and went into a little settlement of shanties where road workers live. Tenzin chatted with an old woman in her tiny living room. Her walls were papered with newspaper to keep the wind out. It was extremely primitive, makeshift housing while the men were out building the road. A couple of hours later, we stopped at a little town and went shopping for vegetables in a roadside market with vendors in little…