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Category Archives: Nepal photos
Beautiful One Day Breathtaking the Next
A Photo is Worth a Thousand Superlatives
From the moment you walk out of Lukla to trek to Everest Base Camp the views are beautiful. The higher you go the more amazing the views, higher again the views become breathtaking panoramas. Looking through the hundreds of photos taken by The Trainer and our two treks through the Khumbu, the beauty is commonplace and you gravitate to the most spectacular photos. It is easy for a good photo to go unnoticed. Like this one.
Continue readingMonastery or Gompa at Khumjung Nepal
Om Mane Padme Hum
The colour on the inside of the monastery was a welcome warmth from the cloud that had descended on the town for most of the day. The monastery is the red building you can see on the right (below).
Earth, Dingboche Ridge-top, Nepal
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A Favourite Day on the Everest Base Camp Trek
To celebrate Earth Day April 22
Read about our Acclimatisation Walk to Dingboche Ridge-top probably one of my favourite days on our trek.
Or the walk into Dingboche or the walk out to Lobuche.
Things I liked on the EBC Trek
Kathmandu Colour
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Selling flower garlands and flowers, Durbar Square, Kathmandu December 2013.
Dughla Glacier Lake near Dughla
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Wordless Wednesday
Weather Forecast at EBC
Believe It or Not There is Weather Station on the Everest Base Camp Trek
The Weather Pyramid at Everest Base Camp or thereabouts. The Trainer walked there by himself. I decided to stay in the lodge and rest up for the next to big days. Built by the Italians he joked he was in search of a short black coffee …
Sadly since we visited in 2015 the Weather Pyramid was defunded by the Italian Government and I have read the structure has been turned into a lodge of sorts,
The Door a Framed View Dingboche
Day Seven Shomare to Dingboche
Beautiful Bhaktapur Nepal
Beautiful, peaceful Bhaktapur once the royal city for Nepal situated 20 kilometres east of Kathmandu. An easy day trip and well worth the time.
Continue readingWhat, No Mirror ?
Yes I agree this is not a brilliant photo. But it is the only one from our Everest Base Camp trek with a reflection. And there were no mirrors either and I could have done with one of those. The EBC Trek equals bad hair days. I’m not sure which is better long hair or short.
Photos of reflections in water are rare on the EBC trek . The rivers are running too fast and are a milky colour. And the lakes are a milky green colour. I searched google images for Gokyo Lakes with reflections and found one. I’d like to know what conditions were needed to get the shot.
Continue readingMani Stones
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Here’s Looking at You Kid
Just a reminder that Nepal is not all about mountains. This photo was taken at the Chitwan National Park on the fringe of the Indian plains. We rode on top of this fellow into to the forest in search of rhinos, tigers and deer. They are magnificent creatures, aren’t they?
Not part of our original travel plans in 2013 but after turning back from our trek to EBC we had some days up our sleeve so we visited Chitwan and Pokhara.
Continue readingStreet in Bhaktapur Nepal
Day Two: “Street” — Establishing Shot
#developingyoureye
Bhaktapur is an UNESCO world heritage site not far from Kathmandu.The old town is closed to traffic so it is a peaceful place to walk and explore. Sadly Bhaktapur was significantly damaged in the 2015 earthquake. This photo was taken in 2013 when we first trekked on the EBC trail.
Continue readingYak Cheese Yes Please
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Not quite right. Yaks are males. Naks are females. So it’s Nak cheese for sale.
The Year I Touched My Toes 