A view from our hotel.

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Local guys in Tatopani playing a game that I have forgotten the name of. It is kind of like a cross between billiards and air hockey.

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A morning glimpse of Nilgiri South.

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Under equipped porters from a large scale organized camping trek haul significantly too much gear over the pass for their ignorant clients.

DON'T TAKE A CAMPING TRIP PURCHASED OVERSEAS, ON THE INTERNET, OR VIA A MAJOR TREKKING COMPANY!!!!!! PURE EXPLOITATION.

Hire your own porter. Investigate the trekking company. Make sure they provide insurance for him/her. Be sure your porter is properly equiped for the trek over Thorung La. Be fair and reasonable with the load you expect your porter to carry. These amazing men and women will demonstrate feats of strength unlike anything you have ever seen, but they are still humans!

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Nandi the bull, vehicle of Shiva

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Entering Marpha, the home of the lovely apple, after a long day of nearly 30km on the trail.

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Our view from the hot spring

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Old Waymaker or Road sign Stoke on Trent

These men are using grass to make rope.

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Goats near Jharkot heading to the slaughter in the lowlands during Dashian.

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This town had very traditional Thakali architecture and was also home of a famous distillery.

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This stunning view of Gangapurna, and the whole northern flank of the Annapurna Massif for that matter, can be seen in the high herding fields just above Yak Karka.

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We always loved wandering through these tiny remote villages to find children left to amuse themselves for the day while their families worked in the field.

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Our final view of Lamjung Himal. BIg peaks will soon appear.

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These girls were on their way to school. They walked 1 hour each way everyday and made us look like serious chumps. When they did get trapped walking with us due to traffic on the trail they used the time to brush up on their English by talking with us. Cute kids.

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Warwickshire Footpath Comments ....

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Waymaker signpost. Not the most thrilling subject on the face of it, but highlights what could be a very important service for countryside access in Warwickshire. In these days of cut backs and restricted funding for our councils I would urge anyone with an interest in using our rights of ways in the area to contact the access/rights of way team ... not only to complain when things aren't quite right but also to praise the work the team do in maintaining and improving our network of paths, bridleways and other rights of way for us to enjoy. Lets give them our support and urge the councils to maintain as much funding as possible.

This signpost is between Beacon Hill (Shuckburgh Hills) and Napton on the Hill and being bright and shiny new stood out quite markedly whilst on a super little circular walk ... For a diary write up of my walk please visit - tothehills.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/20110306_shuckburgh-_...

The view up the valley from the roof top of our hotel.

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These girls were selling apples along the trail and happened to over hear me practicing Nepali with Narayan. They thought it was most amusing to hear me fumble with the most basic of things.

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The linge ping, a bamboo swing, is erected on the 8th day of Dashian. Children play on it for the next few days until the bamboo dries and becomes suspect in its safety.

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A stunning view of Gangapurna from our room at the Tilicho Hotel.

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Working on the ghats might seem like a low class profession but the reality is only Brahmin, the highest caste in Hindu society, can perform these tasks.

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Manasalu at dusk in Temang. Our first 8000m plus peak sitting strong at 8156m.

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Brahmin working on the ghats

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When we reach the town of Kotho it becomes clear that we have reached the mountains.

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The desert landscape of Upper Mustang is the furthest south aspect of the Tibetan plateau and seems like another world after the glaciated peaks.

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As you may have already guessed, I really liked this town.

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It's not uncommon to find over crowded buses in Nepal. When the seats fill up in the bus, people just hop on top. Durring Dashian it is normal to find buses with upwards of 30-40 people riding the tops of the buses.

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There's a lot of walking to be had around Cosmeston Lakes, so remember to bring your walking boots!

...first view of big Himalayan peaks. Actually this mountain was not very big and only a hundred meters taller than our highest point on the trek. But nonetheless it was our first big glaciated Himalayan beauty for us to see. And the last for a few days to follow.

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Crocodiles bathing in the sun. The one to the left submerged moments after the shot.

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Wandering through the medieval village of Ghyaru in the Upper Pisang region.

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