Jing arrived back last Friday, and here's some of her photos. They went due North of Katmandu, 4 hours by bus, and trekked in the Gosainkunda Route, part of Langtang National Park, up to about 4,200 metres... (a couple of these photos double up from the last post...).
They're not in any particular order, I'm afraid...
They're not in any particular order, I'm afraid...
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| Note the Latitude and Longitude are reversed. The above coordinates put you in the ocean, north-east of Greenland.... |
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| As opposed to, say, Monkey Fit... |
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Monkey Temple
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| High skies, clear air |
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| Jing at 4,200 metres. |
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| Lovely sunset at 4,200 m. |
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| The guide, jams |
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| Spring |
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| Jing with a local |
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| Cloud crowd in |
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| Jing, 4,650 m |
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| Higher skies, clearer air |
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| Half kilo of Yak cheese. |
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| Shop on a head |
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| Porter poker |
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| Local handicrafts |
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Jing with the handicraft lady
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| Ding dong merrily on high |
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| Scary suspension |
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| Tibetan village in the north |
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| Tibetan village square |
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| Tibetan couple, with butter churn |
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| Flags and colours everywhere in the mountains |
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| Nepal New Year's Day (same as Chinese) |
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| Glacier |
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| At times the snow was waist height |
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| Himalayan Chuffs |
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| With banner signed by the group |
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| A high pressure chamber. The guide carried this (deflated!) all the way around the trek, in case of altitude sickness. |
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| Bubbling brook |
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| Watching a waterside cremation |
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| Sadhus |
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| Our bus |
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