Our group arrived by air from Kathmandu yesterday afternoon. It was an uneventful flight except that we got to see Mt. Everest and Yamdrok Tso (Turquoise) Lake as we flew over the Himalayas. We would get to see both up close in the days to come.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Tibet and Lhasa. First Views.
Our group arrived by air from Kathmandu yesterday afternoon. It was an uneventful flight except that we got to see Mt. Everest and Yamdrok Tso (Turquoise) Lake as we flew over the Himalayas. We would get to see both up close in the days to come.
Friday, October 5, 2007
Nepal. Street scenes.
As much as I enjoy seeing the major heritage sites in and around Kathmandu, I also love just wandering the backstreets to see how people live their day to day lives. Here are some the images that I capture as I walked the backstreets of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur and at Boudhanath and Swayambunath stupas.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Kathmandu. Cruising around in a rickshaw and Swayambunath stupa.
Meet Ramachandra, my driver for the day. 42 years old, father of 4, grandfather of one and rickshaw driver for the past 15 years. Physically smaller than me all the way around, this man must have legs of steel to have been able to haul me around Kathmandu for several hours!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Nepal. Visions of Beauty.
Wow! What a great first day I had in Nepal!
Today, was a feast for the eyes. I took so many photos that I exhausted nearly 3 camera batteries so I'm only going to post up a few snapshots for now to try and give you a sense of what I saw - will post up more when I get home.