UNBELIEVABLE DISCOVERY! When I was about 7 years old my explorer parents decided it was time to trek through the tallest mountains on earth - the Himalayas. After weeks of walking 10 miles days, we met a young guy (about 20 yrs old?) in a very very remote village named Dorjey and I discovered the incredible option of riding a horse! Dorjey accompanied us on all of our Indian Himalayan adventures, leading me through wild terrain and teaching me how to make the best chapati bread! One day, when I told him I was sad because I never could play with kids my own age, he took out a rope, summoned nearby village kids, and we held the first high altitude Himalayan Tug-of-war game AND jump rope! Dispite his humble roots, Dorjey had huge dreams of becoming a famous singer. He would belt out traditional tunes to get us through the toughest times and his smile was contagious - he became like a brother to me and his family became our family. Flash forward to last year I was going down the rabbit hole of Facebook one day and I came across a page with an impressive amount of followers for a Ladakhi famous singer named Dojey Stokmo - it was him! There were photos of him traveling with the Dali lama and gracing huge billboards across the world - he even was on Spotify! My parents and I couldn’t believe our eyes and ears and after contacting him - one of the most heartfelt phone calls of our lives - we began to plan a trip back to the Himalayas to visit him and his family! And now we are here and this past couple weeks I got to live with Ladakhi celebrity Dorjey:)) - it was surreal! Every child, man, and yak in the mountains know and respect him! In a post to follow I will share his incredible voice! He has recorded hundreds of cultural songs to make sure they are not lost forever. We shared laughs, momos, tears, and even dressed up and danced for old times sake! Moral of the story - even if you live in the most remote place on earth, if you follow your passion, your biggest dreams can come true. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ATgcNl7qF/?igshid=xmvgnrrubtuf