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Coming back down the valley - in better weather!
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Mountains above Kyanjin Gompa in what is now the Langtang Valley National Park
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Returning down the valley from Kyanjin Gompa in the Langtang Valley National Park
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On a trek to Kyanjin Gompa and back - view back down the valley
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Near Kyanjin and looking up the valley towards the Tibetan border.
On a trek from Trisuli Bazaar to Kyanjin Gompa and back in February 1972
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In the upper Langtang Valley between Langtang village and Kyanjin Gompa.
Photo taken on a trek from Trisuli Bazaar to Kyanjin Gompa in the Langtang Valley and back in February 1972 and scanned from a half frame Kodachrome slide.
Looking up the lower Langtang Valley from Syabru village in the Langtang Valley National Park
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Now the Langtang National Park.
We had been told by Nepal Government officials that it would be possible to find food along the way but we were having problems after a couple of days into the trek. People were reluctant to sell any of the food they had and there didn't seem to be any chai stalls with basic food along the way.
At the end of this particular day we were lucky to find a Tibetan reception centre which was providing food and shelter for the many Tibetans who were coming over the border at the top of the Langtang valley. They fed us and gave us shelter for the night.
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At this time many Tibetans were crossing the Nepal/China border. There was a reception centre managed by Tibetans in the valley where they kindly gave us food and a bed for the night - much appreciated, as unlike the Jomsom trek we found it difficult to buy food and we had almost used all the food we had brought with us.
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Photo taken on a trek from Trisuli Bazaar to Kyanjin Gompa and back in February 1972.
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Near Kyanjin Gompa - Langtang Glacier above
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In the 1960's the valley was on the route of Tibetans leaving Tibet. Further down the valley there was a Tibetan managed reception centre which fed and sheltered Tibetan refugees. In 1972 they were kind enough to feed us also. We had been assured by Nepalese Government officials that we would have no problem buying food locally. This was incorrect. We found that in this area at that time people only had enough food for their own needs
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The valley north of Kyanjin Gompa towards the Tibetan border
Photo taken on a trek up the Langtang Valley from Trisuli Bazaar in February 1972 and scanned from a half frame Kodachrome slide
At this time food was scarce in the valley - there didn't seem to much surplus around and although we had money to buy food people were reluctant to sell. We had been advised by Nepalese government officials in Kathmandu that we would have no trouble finding food along the way and this had been the case on the Kali Gandaki trek which we had done previously but that was a trade route from Tibet through Mustang with basic lodging houses with local food along the way for the mule and yak drivers.
Below Langtang village we were lucky to find a Tibetan reception centre for the many Tibetans who were at that time crossing the Tibet Nepal border a short distance away at the top of the Langtang Valley. They gave us food and a place to sleep for the night. At Langtang village some chidren sold us potatoes from the family store much to the disapproval of their parents!
23 March 2000. Stopped here for two nights in Langtang village as we did not have any sunglasses and our Nepali guide Kamal was worried that we might suffer eye damage - a welcome rest! By the end of the second day most of the snow had melted in the strong sunlight and we walked on to Kyanjin Gompa