In my previous post I mentioned that I was mesmerized by the people of Nepal. A diverse cultural mix that came originally from Mongolia, Tibet, China, Asia, Pakistan, India, and other more distant regions. An extremely giving society, they are a majority Hindu and Buddhist. The villagers in the high valleys we walked through from Manaslu to the Annapurna circuit were Buddhist, and the lower villages and towns a mix, even on an individual basis.
These photographs are my attempt to relay the happiness, strength, and beauty of all the people we met and who shared our journey.
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| Collecting Water, Machakhola |
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| Carrying Rice, Bahumdanda |
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| The Wheat Harvest, Lho |
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| Sometimes a four day walk home for the annual Dashain Festival |
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| Amaryinth Cutting |
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| Making Gravel |
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| Collecting Grasses on the Edge |
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| Monks at Mu Gompa, Tsum Valley |
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| Late for Morning Prayers, Mu Gompa |
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| Yes, probably about 150 pounds |
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| 86 Years Old, 50 lbs, up a steep stone staircase, Bahumdanda |
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| 30 Kilos of rice on a bundle of wheat |
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| Hauling rocks for a new house |
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| Sorting and Sifting, High in the Tsum Valley |
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| Karna Rana, the businessman in Kathmandu |
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| The team, top of Larkya Pass, 17,100ft. |
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| Our guide Chandra Gurung tying prayer flags on the pass. |
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| Dill and Aishing, two of our porters who carried double packs every day. |
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| Hari, our third porter. |
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| With his load. |
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| The Girls with blessings, Megan, Nancy, and Donette. Kathmandu bus station. |
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| Mark and the daily ritual, packing the TP in the day bag. Don't go ANYWHERE without it. |
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| No stress here, Ray enjoying a break. |
Some of the women who fed and sheltered us and we met along the way:
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| Thulu Dungha |
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| Jagat |
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| Arughat |
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| She had a bad eye infection that we tried to help with medicines. |
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| Dorje Lama, just a sweetheart, Chekhampara, Tsum Valley |
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| Merchant in the Kathmandu market |
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Arughat Bazaar
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| Soti Khola |
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| Machakhola |
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| Hacky Sack with what you have available |
The Youth:
The Men:
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| He's everywhere |
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| A Hindu Sadhu at Pashupatinath, the last 38 years in one place. |
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| Circling Boudhanath Temple |
Pushapatinath Cremation Temple, Kathmandu
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| A woman washes her face as a loved one awaits the next life. |
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| Men clean wash the ashes from a pyre. |
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| They loved to see the images on the screen. |
