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photos from nepal

photos from nepal

top – inquisitive yak! middle – a lone hiker walks along a mountain ridge bottom – rocks and snow and mountains and sky and clouds

photos from nepal

top – big mountains and blue sky middle – the eye of the yak bottom – a snow covered village

photos from nepal

top – a restaurant, flags and buddhist pagoda along the mountain trail middle – a small shack hidden away in the valley bottom – extreme yak!

photos from nepal

top – ryan, pretending to be a mountain man middle – yak, yak, yak bottom – walking past rocks with the buddhist mantra “om mani padme hum” carved into them

travel diary – day 195

day 191 – a clear routine had started. we had breakfast and said goodbyes. the spanish group were heading back to town and i was staying on for an extra three days. i ended up waiting for what seemed like eternity before they prepared my horse to begin my extended horse riding trek. we finally [...]

travel diary – day 175

day 171 – today it rained all day. i’d been spending a lot of money in china, so i decided to stay at the hotel. i chatted online and played chess all day. day 172 – i packed, checked out of the hotel and went with hokuto to catch our flight to lhasa. customs and [...]