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 Dhanche, Nepal Dhanche, Nepal is a bleak little village from where I began my trek in the Himalaya Mountains. It was a long, slow bus ride up the foothills of the Himalayas to reach this spot. |
 Syabru, Nepal Syabru, Nepal is a beautiful little village in the Himalaya Mountains. |
 Syabru #4-12 This is the village of Syabru, Nepal in the Himalaya Mountains. |
 Syabru Woman and Children This woman is an innkeeper in Syabru, Nepal. |
Hayloft and Mountains The location of this hayloft provides a beautiufl view of the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal. |
 Syabru Mountain Terraces The mountainsides around Syabru, Nepal have been terraced to provide flat space for agriculture. |
 Himalaya Flowers This is a photo of flowers growing in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal. |
 Terraced Mountains #4-17 The mountainsides have been terraced to provide flat ground for planting crops. |
 Boys With Tibetan Knives These boys were very proud of the Tibetan swords. |
Village and Mountains Villages in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal typically stretch along a ridge of mountaintops. Many of these are entirely isolated and can be reached only by foot. |
 Mundu, Nepal Mundu is one of the villages encountered during Nepal's Langtang trek. |
 Mountain Village Kitchen Uday was the cook and server in this mountain village. After starting the fire in the pot-bellied stove in the center of the gathering room using Yak dung, he took my dinner order and went into this kitchen to prepare it. Hygiene is not to be expected anywhere in Nepal. |
 Nepalese Prayer Wall High in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal, in an area known as Langtang, the buddhists have built prayer walls made of intricately carved stones. These prayer walls sometimes stretch for perhaps a hundred meters. |
 Approaching Langtang, Nepal The Langtang trek in Nepal follows high mountain viewpoints - this one providing a view down upon the village of Langtang itself. |
 Trail Into Langtang #2-23 This is the trail into the village of Langtang in a Himalayan valley of Nepal. |
 Homes in Langtang, Nepal Langtang, Nepal seems a fairly prosperous village considering its isolation in the Himalaya Mountains. |
 Clouds Around Mountains Every afternoon the clouds would descend over the mountaintops high in the Himalaya. |
Children in Langtang These are children in the village of Langtang, Nepal - high in the Himalaya Mountains. |
 Hotel With Solar Water Heater Virtually all of the hotels in the villages throughout the Himalaya Mountains have solar heated water tanks. It is ironic that these backward villages are, in this way, more advanced than the vast majority of cities, towns, and villages in the US. |
 Langtang Hotel This is one of the 'hotels' in Langtang, Nepal. Although colorful on the outside, the inside of these hotels are generally quite stark, equipped with a cot, a thin pad, a small bedside table and a candle. If lucky, there will be a one or stall stone shower hut outside with solar-warmed water. |
 Women With Fuel Fuel is precious high in the Himalayas. At and above the treeline, yak dung is frequently used. |
 This is a river formed from the meltwater of Langshisha Glacier in Nepal. |
 Huts and Mountains These shepherd huts are near Kyangin Gumpa at about 4200 meters elevation in the Himalaya Mountains. |
 Yaks #2-22 Yaks are becoming increasingly rare in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal. |
 Near Kyangin Gompa |
 Yak in Himalayas Grazing at nearly 5,000 meters elevation, this yak was photographed near Kyangin Gompa in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal. |
 Kyangin Gompa Prayer Wall These prayer walls are common in the Buddhist areas high in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal. |
 Kyanjin Gompa #2-32 This is Kyanjin Gompa. |
 Prayer Flags #3-29 These prayer flags are common in the Buddhist villages in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal. |
 Weathered Face This man was photographed near the village of Langtang, Nepal in the Himalaya Mountains. |
 Prayer Wall Protocol is to pass a prayer wall on the left. Some of these walls are very long with many intricately carved stones. |
 River From Langshisha Glacier #3-02 This is the headwaters of the river from Langshisha Glacier. |
 Langtang Children #2-18 Children in Langtang - note the ancient Hindu symbol that was used by the Nazis. |
 Terraced Mountainside #3 Imagine the duration and immensity of human effort required to build the agricultural terraces of these mountainsides. |
 Langtang Trek Profile Beyond Langtang and Kyangin Gumpa, it's possible to hike to the Langshisha Glacier at about 5200 meters elevation in the Himalaya Mountains. |
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