Paper Factory!

 We got to see the coolest place today. It’s a paper factory. The paper is handcrafted. The co-owner is a Sherpa who used to work on mountain climbing expeditions, plus he was a guide on trekking trips.  Now he and his brother employ hundreds of people in their business which is certified to be fair trade.  

They are sloshing the tray around in the water.  They have to know exactly when to take it out of the water. Then they take the tray out, lift the new piece of paper out of the tray, and add it a stack of papers behind them. Next, the papers are placed out in the sun to dry, then they are ready for whatever the paper will be used for.

They stopped working for lunch, so I took some pictures of a couple of the many rooms there.

This is the table where we made selections of things we would like to buy to take home.  I don’t think they are normally retailers, but since we were there and asking to buy something, of course they had a table ready.  

I had seen these women working on covering boxes with beautiful paper. At lunchtime I went back and asked if I could take a picture and they cheerfully said yes.