- Welcome to Nepal
- About
- Arriving
- Boudhanath, Kathmandu
- Entrance to Boudhanath
- Buddhist monks
- Inside the temple, monks playing "horns" and others reading
- I don't remember what this was - maybe a calendar?
- The smell of incense permeated the air surrounding the temple
- The stupa and multitudes of prayer flags
- Chanting and spinning the prayer wheels
- Circling the stupa
- The statues were draped with the bright flowers and scarfs
- Spinning prayer wheel
- Burning incense surrounds the stupa
- Buddha's eyes gazed upon you from on all 4 sides
- Prayer flags
- Pyramid on top is the ladder to enlightenment
- One of the items I wished I bought - I love "suns"
- Durbar Square, Kathmandu
- Bhaktapur
- Daily Life
- Dubar Square
- Drying laundry on the rooftop
- Making a piggy bank
- Public water tank
- Drying laundry
- Washing and drying laundry
- Women porters taking our luggage to the lodge
- Climbing up the hill with part of a log - it was a very heavy log and our guide helped her get up to the road
- Baby backpack
- Grass mat making
- I forgot what this is, but we stopped by a local home and this was being prepared
- Sleeping area inside one of the houses
- Kitchen area
- Kitchen
- Still using the simple wooden plow and animals in the fields
- Chopping wood
- Heavy duty yarn
- Another unknown fruit or vegetable
- Stove and kitchen area.
- Drying grain
- Carrying wood
- I'm sure this is a daily task
- More grain to dry
- Cooking
- I think that's a flat iron in the front
- I'd love to have big kettle like this
- As dusty as these are, they don't seem to be used much - similar to the unused kitchen items I have - for looks only!
- Tiny bowls or cups
- Drum
- Baby swing
- Teaching the children to write
- Small sturdy horse to climb the mountains
- A daily wash and dry
- Dedication sign to OAT for helping to get a water faucet and water to each house in the village. Our group was fortunate to be there for the cutting of the ribbon.
- "ambulance" service to go all the way down the mountain and to the nearest medical service
- For when you are just to busy to do your own or can afford laundry service
- This was such a common site.
- Up and down with these loads
- Doing dishes at a local water outlet
- Most of the sewing seemed to be by the men
- Laundry in the streams and rivers
- Drying grain
- Mom washes the clothes, the kids play in the river
- Outside kitchen
- No table necessary...
- Market stall
- Gathering hay
- Kids playing some sort of game
- Making straw mats
- Gardening
- Weeding
- Taking wood to the village
- Carrying wood across the river
- They had all just crossed the river and were heading into the village
- Backbreaking work. Weeding her plot of land by hand
- Large hay stack
- Small kitchen area
- Picking something in a field
- Net fishing
- Hauling stools to market
- Working in the fields
- Sewing bags
- Marketplace & food
- We had a lot of chicken during this trip
- Spices
- Beautiful colors
- It might be masala tea
- dried fish
- Talking on her cell
- loading up the bike
- vendors surrounding the small temple
- yogurt - the water buffalo yogurt was naturally sweet - very good
- They made their own stuffing for the blankets
- Hard to choose which one - they were very soft, and yes, I did buy
- Looking down on a marketplace
- I'm not sure what these colors are used for. Maybe to dye the cotton?
- Hauling hay through the marketplace
- Pottery Square
- Wall hangings, purses, etc
- The eggs were in the back of a truck going down a very BUMPY road.
- Pick your tee and emblem and it will be ready shortly
- Yes, the pashmina shawls and scarfs were very soft!
- This coop dyed and wove their materials, and then made purses, bags, etc. I bought several and even had a lunch bag specially made. Wish I had bought more
- The dyed cotton room
- Women making the bags.
- I didn't stop and look, but it was an interesting "kiosk" in the center of Pokhara
- Celebrating New Year's with about a 5 day festival. Everyone joined in the procession through the Pokhara streets.
- A lot of men go abroad to work for months on end, and when they return, well these are the most popular brand - according to the village EMS/ pharmacist
- Typical meal
- Sugar
- Recyling for the honey
- Barbecue on the street
- Fast food
- Well…I'm not really sure what is what
- Happy New Year street festival in Pokhara
- Open air kitchen
- Got chikkin?
- Very good
- Cooking on the "patio"
- Smelled good
- Yum
- Getting ready to make dumplings
- Dumpling ingredients
- Dumplings are ready to be cooked
- One shape was veggie, the other meat
- HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012
- Well trained dog at the meat shop
- Market stall
- I'm not sure if it was the real thing or not - Kathmandu
- Unfortunately, the only tiger we saw
- Another good meal
- Served on a real silver platter
- Nepalese people
- Nepalese children
- Just a hammer and a bottle-no fancy toys
- Playing in the dirt
- Phyllis and Friends - I was soon MOBBED by kids wanting stickers!
- So many smiling faces
- Being silly school girls
- Chasing birds at the market
- Riding on mom's back on top of about 4 other crates
- They walked a long way to and from school
- Mom was teaching her to write
- They followed us uphill to the school
- Namaste from the school children and teacher
- Very shy. She was standing all alone at the school.
- What a happy face!
- I imagine there a few "discussions" about who gets to ride the bike
- Kids always welcomed us with namaste
- Who needs video games, etc, when you can get pushed down a hill on this
- Eating a piece of sugar cane
- Mom was carrying the wood and this boy the saw
- Fun just putting rocks in the jar and dumping it back out
- Very curious about the camera
- The family for the home hosted dinner. The man on the left was a Gurkha, elite Nepalese member of the British army (click on Gurkha for a video)
- Susmita Maskey - Mt. Everest climber, lead 10 women from around the world to climb Mt. Everest in 2008 (click on her name for link).
- making the pilgrimmage at Boudhanath stupa
- Medicine man
- Traditional dancer at our Farewell Dinner
- Nepalese children
- Paragliding
- Paragliding video
- Sights of Nepal
- Small alters to burn incense could be found everywhere.
- Triple locks. Wonder what's inside?
- Carrying yogurt
- Guardian
- Burning incense
- The pigeons like
- In the center of the market
- Guardian lions
- Hanuman Statue, Hindu God depicted as monkey, 1672
- Yes, cattle do graze anywhere
- Don't walk underneath
- Puppets
- Guardian lion
- For sale
- Guardian lion
- Lord Ganesha on right
- Monkey god, Hunaman
- Lord Ganesha
- Public water or bath
- Hindu Goddess
- Spinning prayer wheels
- Dancing water in the singing bowl
- Cremaations along Bagmati River
- Pashupatinath Temple
- Pashupatinath Temple,Kathmandu
- Monkeys at Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandyu
- Prayer Flags
- Trekking stop
- Plane ride to view Mt. Everest
- Himalayan Range
- Mount Everest
- Himalayans
- Mount Everest
- View of the Himalyas from the cockpit
- Machapuchare Mountain, Annapurrna Range
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- Machapuchare
- Machapuchare Mt. - reminds me of a bear in a honey pot
- Machapuchare Mt., Annapurna Range
- Machapuchare Mountain peeking through the clouds
- Annapurna Range
- Beautiful view of Machapuchare Mt.
- Tranquil setting
- Annapurna Range
- Annapurna Range
- Paragliding -what a view
- Crystal clear and verrrrry cold water
- Trash please
- "Baba from the West"
- Monkeys at our hotel in Kathandu
- Mama and baby
- Snack time
- It seemed like hundreds suddenly starting running across the hotel grounds
- Security
- They scampered up and down the trees
- Singing parakeet outside my room
- Travel friends and other things...
- Our first and last warm room
- Hot water 24 hours
- Singing bowl on Jessica's head is supposed to help headaches
- Michael is trying it now
- Harvey and Michael
- Lifting the load - ok you can have it back.
- Our first lodgings
- Sanctuary Lodge
- Happy Holidays Charlotte
- We're off on out next trekking adventure
- Raj is taking a break
- Our trekking guides.
- Hot water system
- Roasting marshmellows
- This was the only place with heat.
- The "museum home" of a local gurka
- off we go
- Jessica issignaling a taxi
- Ah,a foot bath
- Foot massage - it felt so good!
- Raj - card trickster extraordinare
- Charlotte is watching this trick to figure it out
- I found the library!
- reciting their pledge
- Put your right foot in
- Left foot in
- …and you turn yourself around
- backside in...
- The village elder gets a gift
- We are ready to leave. It was so nice
- Porters wondering why there is so much stuff to carry
- What in the world did we need all this stuff for?
- They really treated us well during our stay
- The local pharmacy
- Who needs a stair stepper - just use this to grind the grain
- Andy contemplates a climb
- Laura is all smiles
- I'm going up this slope, says Harvey
- Off we go
- New suits to keep us dry
- Bon Voyage
- This was our tent. Very comfortable
- I had a river view
- Semi attached bathroom
- No, this wasn't one of our lodgings
- Making dumplings for dinner
- Happy New Year!
- Let's celebrate
- I think this was Bob, the trained paragliding falcon
- Eye to eye
- Sophia and Bob
- Our friends showed us the garden at Chitwan
- Off we go - local transportation
- Our elephant ride is about to begin
- A very bumpy ride ahead
- These elephants are NOT comfortable.
- Smile
- Sharon is going to be frisked
- Andy
- Sharon, Harvey, Jessica
- Starting our climb uphill
- Go Pokes
- Our Farewell Dinner
- Jerry, Sharon, Harvey
- Michael and Saroja
- Susan and Raj's family
- Raj, Sophia Laura, Charlotte
- Laura and Charlotte
- Our wonderful guide Raj and his family
- Harvey takes the stage
- 6 hours until our flight, Laura relaxes
- Sh.h.hhh Harvey's asleep
- A few of my colorful souvenirs.
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