OK, Part 3. By now you have been inundated with images of the high mountains and the wonderful people of Nepal. Now I will try to convey the beauty of the place. A culture rich with history that dates back into the first millenia. A land that seems at once medieval and current. A place that is used to the plow, and still provides for wilderness. Gorges that are as deep as the grand canyon, and yet are terraced for agriculture. Long shadows of the low Autumn sun that make for some stunning photos and high peaks that lift the views to the sky. Buddhist and Hindu iconography that share similar dieties, and spiritual architecture around every turn.
Overwhelmed? You bet. Here goes:
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| Thamel District, Kathmandu |
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| Some Creative Advertising with Drew Barrymore |
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| What if you do more than just taste? |
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| 220 Volts |
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| Spent eight hours on this bus |
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| Kathmandu Bike Shop |
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| The Last Road, Arkhet Bazaar |
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| Boudhanath |
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| Buddha's Eyes in Sunlit Gold |
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| An Ancient Buildings of Pashuputinath |
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| Bamboo Swing |
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| Flowering Poinsettia |
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| Gold Draped Temple Windows |
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| Teahouse Welcome |
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| I know, Cute Goats and Blue Door |
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| A Personal Shrine |
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| Poster for the Great Himalaya Trail |
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| Om Mani Padme Hum carved on Mani Stone, Tsum Valley |
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| Prayer wheels in wall, high up in the Himalaya |
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| Lunch Preparations |
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| Nyingmapa Monastery Long after Sunset |
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| Gates of the Monastery |
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| Back to Class |
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| Medieval Window Detail |
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| "Middle Earth" |
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| How to Restrain a Goat |
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| Ganesh and Garland |
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| The Lunch Stop |
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| A typical cable bridge |
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| The Lower Budhi Gandaki River |
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| Amaranth and Bamboo and Boards |
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| A Tsum Valley Portal |
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| Small Gompa in Upper Ysum Valley |
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| Grazing Yak and Deciduous Hemlock |
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| Midnight at Mu Gompa, 12,300ft |
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| Upper Tsum Valley |
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| Early Morning in the Village of Lho |
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| In the Shadow of Manaslu |
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| Prayers to the Wind |
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| The trail beside the glacial moraine, Samdo |
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| Larkya La Prayer Flags |
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| Rice |
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| The Deep Gorge |
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| Chilis may be responsible for my new diet |
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| Terraced Homestead |
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| The Lead Mule Wears Prada |
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| Tsum Valley Welcoming Commitee |
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| The Chhekampar Sentinel |
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| Scruffy Dog, Nepali Style |
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| Waiting for the Open Door |
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| One of the Locals |
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| Blue Sheep, Larke Phedi |
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| Now That's a Yak! |
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| Monkeys of Pashuputinath |
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| I know, more cute |
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| Sunrise, Chumling |
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| Milky Way, Mu Gompa |
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| The Kitchen Stove |
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| Jagat School Room with the Months of the Year... in English |
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| Smoking Goat |
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| Mani Stones |
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| Woven Baskets and a Sneaker |
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| Goat Head Blessing |
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| I'm not sure what this is about |
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| Blue Window |
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| Blue Door |
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| Wooden Window, Mud Plastered Rock |
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| The best dung dries on the wall of a home for fuel |
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| Prayers for the dead, Pashuputinath |
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| Tryptic Buddha, Nyingmapa Monastery |
