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Travel Pictures - NEPAL - 1992 |
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All images © Ron Miller |
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Young boys posing above the Katmandu Valley -
near
Katmandu, Nepal |
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These children are having fun with nothing more than a stick and a bicycle
rim -
Katmandu Valley - Nepal
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Me along with several Nepali children playing a highly addictive board game
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Durbar Square; Katmandu, Nepal
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This poor-man's version of hackey sack is played with a wad of rubber bands -
Durbar Square; Katmandu, Nepal
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The busy streets of Nepal's capital city -
Katmandu, Nepal
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The dog (upper right) seems to be enjoying the view -
Katmandu, Nepal
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Colorful market scenes in the Katmandu Valley -
Bhaktapur, Nepal
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This architecture, although common in the Far East, actually
originated here in southern Asia - Bhaktapur, Nepal
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Women washing their laundry at the Pashupatinath Temple -
Katmandu, Nepal
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These devout Hindus are stepping into a polluted stream to cleanse themselves
of impurities! -
Pashupatinath Temple; Katmandu, Nepal
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The water smelled as bad as it looks - Pashupatinath Temple; Katmandu, Nepal
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Yogis gather to meditate amid the smoke of burning cow dung -
Pashupatinath Temple; Katmandu, Nepal
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Many Hindu yogis were addressing their small audience during the festival -
Pashupatinath Temple; Katmandu, Nepal
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The yogis often possess a striking outfit as well as a penetrating stare -
Pashupatinath Temple; Katmandu, Nepal
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These burning ghats are where the Nepali dispose of their dead -
Pashupatinath Temple; Katmandu, Nepal
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The feet must be pushed into the fire after the body has been consumed -
Pashupatinath Temple; Katmandu, Nepal
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After the body is cremated, cows move in to munch on the remaining straw -
Pashupatinath Temple; Katmandu, Nepal
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Elevated view of the ritual bathing - Pashupatinath Temple; Katmandu, Nepal
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This man, encased in cow dung and covered with burning oil lamps,
was
thought to be sacrificing himself! -
Pashupatinath Temple; Katmandu, Nepal
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The majestic Annapurna Range as seen from the
subtropical lowlands -
Pokhara,
Nepal |
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Lovely village amid the terraced foothills - near Birethanti,
Nepal |
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Farming community in the foothills with a terraced "amphitheater" -
near Birethanti, Nepal
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Creative farming in the Himalayan foothills -
near
Birethanti, Nepal |
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Porters lugging cumbersome loads along the Annapurna circuit
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Kali Ghandaki Gorge, Nepal |
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Porter carrying baskets and his lunch (on top) -
Kali
Ghandaki Gorge, Nepal
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Me and Jennifer enjoying lunch at a teahouse -
near Birethanti, Nepal
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Donkey caravans transport the bulk of goods in the Himalayan Mountains -
near Birethanti,
Nepal
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The caravan's lead donkey always seems to be traveling of its own cognizance
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near Birethanti,
Nepal
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Me on top of Poon Hill with the
26,000-foot summit of Dhaligiri towering an additional 16,000 feet into the thin air -
Poon Hill, Nepal |
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The Annapurna Range and
Machupachare's distinctive peak (at right) -
Poon Hill, Nepal |
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Donkey caravans carefully
negotiating a shaky suspension bridge -
Kali Ghandaki
Gorge, Nepal |
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Acrobatic donkeys and a young Nepali girl collecting firewood -
Kali Ghandaki
Gorge, Nepal
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Jennifer negotiating bridge along with Nepali Democrats -
Kali Ghandaki
Gorge, Nepal
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Donkeys crossing a precarious bridge (upper right) where an Australian
trekker tragically fell to his death -
Kali Ghandaki
Gorge, Nepal
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Man transporting plastic pipe the hard way -
Kali Ghandaki
Gorge, Nepal |
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While trekking to the north, the Kali Ghandaki Gorge ultimately transitioned
into a
wide river wash -
near Jomsom, Nepal
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Looking up to the Tibetan village of Jharkot and the temple of Muktinath -
Jharkot, Nepal
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Stunning setting of the Himalayan village of Jharkot - Nepal
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These youngsters live where the air is thin and the sun is powerful -
Jharkot,
Nepal
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Me showing off my
"mountainous" weight loss during trek -
Muktinath Temple,
Nepal |
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The popular Captain's Lodge at
the approach to the Annapurna Sanctuary -
Nepal |
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These terraced mountainsides seem to defy gravity -
near Chomrong, Nepal |
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Mountains of terracing -
near
Chomrong, Nepal |
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View up to the unclimbed summit
of Machupachare at
approach to Annapurna Sanctuary -
Nepal |
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I needed to negotiate this precarious bridge
to reach the Annapurna Sanctuary -
near Machupachare Base Camp, Nepal |
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This rustic lodge had not yet
opened for the season -
near Machupachare Base Camp, Nepal |
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View back down the gorge that
leads to the Annapurna Sanctuary -
Nepal |
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This basin, covered in deep snow,
is ringed by 26,000-foot mountains -
Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal |
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Me with friendly trail "uncoverer"
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Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal |
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Me standing on top of Mt. Everest
(at least in my mind!) -
Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal |
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Mahout lounging on his foraging
elephant -
Chitwan N.P., Nepal |
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Along with my young guide, we stumbled upon this rhinoceros
during our foot safari into tiger country -
Chitwan N.P., Nepal |
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This monkey, high in the canopy,
made an incredible leap between the trees -
Chitwan N.P. - Nepal |
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Even the youngest monkey had to
make the leap! -
Chitwan N.P., Nepal |
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My guide Naris along with several
Nepali children; the boy is showing us how he spins his wooden top -
near Chitwan N.P., Nepal |
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Cheerful Nepali children -
near
Chitwan N.P., Nepal |
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These young children were curious
about their visitor ... and cautious -
near Chitwan N.P., Nepal |
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Villagers replacing a thatch roof
with grass from the park -
near Chitwan N.P., Nepal |
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For these children, I became a
good excuse to stop working! -
near Chitwan N.P., Nepal |
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This young girl maintains a "cannibal-safe" distance by hiding behind
her friend -
near Chitwan N.P.,
Nepal |
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The bus for which we had waited
several hours finally arrived! -
near Chitwan N.P., Nepal |
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Room to stretch my legs? Nepali
luxury bus -
near Chitwan N.P., Nepal |
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