Thursday, November 23, 2006

Amazing Annapurnas Trek

Amazing Annapurnas Trek
Project Himalaya Treks
Scroll down for some photos of our upcoming trek in the Annapurnas region of the Nepal Himalaya ...
The Guides, Lhakpa & Kim ...
Sunset on Daulagiri, from the temple complex at Muktinath ...

The patchwork of lower Mustang and the range bordering upper Mustang, which requires a special permit ...

Kagbeni, the last village before the checkpost to upper Mustang, clinging to the cliffside above the Kali Gandaki (river) gorge ...

Mustang quilt ...


The moon and Tibetan prayer flags from Ngawal, a traditional village on the route from upper Pisang ...

The moon and sunset colors from Tashi's lodge in Manang. Tashi is the first Nepali to have taken photos of snow leopards in the wild ...

A Mustangi boy with a great haircut ...

The Himalayan range as seen from Muktinath temple, 1600 meters below the Thorung La (pass) ...

Prayer wheels and 'tsa tsas' outside of Manang Village ...

Harvesting barley the traditional way at Timang Village ...

Young, scantily clad boys of the middle hills, below the Manang regoin ...

The old gompa of Braga Village, in the Manang region ...

Tibetan chorten, prayer flags and snow-peaks at Ngawal ...

Middle hills ladies taking a break from their daily work for some afternoon gossip ...
Middle hills vivid green rice paddies and thatched huts, a buccolic scene ...

Middle hills Gurung family during Tihar festival. The rest of the village is up the hill gambling ...

A colorful local shop in Danaque ...

Annapurna 2 at sunrise as seen from the lodge at Koto (the entry point for the Nar Phu region) ...

Colorful Tibetan horse saddle blankets from the Manang region ...

Daulagiri and Thukuche peak from the rooftop of Jharkot Gompa ...

Local harvest puja at a Nyingmapa Gompa in the Manang region. The lamas all have glasses of Tibetan bear, or chang, in front of them ...

Suntanned woman from the Manang region with turquoise & coral necklace and half chuba ...

Group shot in front of a traditional house (now a tea-house) in Manang Village ...

Jarkot Village, gompa and fort viewed from Muktinath, just over the Thorung La (pass) ...

Spinning the big prayer wheel in the Manang region with a local Manangi man with prayer beads, dressed in his traditional chuba ...

The snow-covered Thorung La (pass) at 5400 meters, looking down towards the mountains bordering upper Mustang ...
Join us for this amazing trek!
Email Kim at kamzang@project-himalaya.com for further details ...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Nice to read about Annapurna trekking information. Really enjoyed the post