tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78931158742257903002011-07-04T20:21:19.127-07:00Kamzanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156767977983751831noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893115874225790300.post-28863490466738258712006-12-23T10:55:00.000-08:002007-01-15T23:02:16.349-08:00<div align="center"><strong>Project Himalaya Treks</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Kathmandu & Amazing Annapurnas Trek</strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.project-himalaya.com">www.project-himalaya.com</a></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/Rax3j0lpoCI/AAAAAAAAAs0/di7b2CB9ros/s1600-h/Ivan+&amp;+Saddhu.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020519141906948130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/Rax3j0lpoCI/AAAAAAAAAs0/di7b2CB9ros/s320/Ivan+%26+Saddhu.JPG" border="0" /></a> A day in the life on the streets in Kathmandu ...<br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RaxcyklpoBI/AAAAAAAAAso/8GGEPIMHdJM/s1600-h/kumari.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020489708496068626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RaxcyklpoBI/AAAAAAAAAso/8GGEPIMHdJM/s320/kumari.jpg" border="0" /></a>Kumari, the Living Goddess of Kathmandu ...<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY2Doqtom8I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/VFU1YfepFKo/s1600-h/saddhus.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011806695016930242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY2Doqtom8I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/VFU1YfepFKo/s320/saddhus.jpg" border="0" /></a> Namaste, the Nepali (and Hindi) greeting, from some Kathmandu saddhus ...<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY2AsKtom7I/AAAAAAAAAJI/O--I2kAY9Ik/s1600-h/syambu-sunset-orange.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011803456611589042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY2AsKtom7I/AAAAAAAAAJI/O--I2kAY9Ik/s320/syambu-sunset-orange.jpg" border="0" /></a> Following are some scenes from Kathmandu, where we start our Nepal & Tibet treks. A Swayambunath sunset. Swayambunath is aptly named the monkey temple ...</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY2AJ6tom4I/AAAAAAAAAIw/UzbBhhsmz1w/s1600-h/syambu-puja.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011802868201069442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY2AJ6tom4I/AAAAAAAAAIw/UzbBhhsmz1w/s320/syambu-puja.jpg" border="0" /></a> An evening puja from Swayambunath Stupa, one of the oldest monuments in the Kathmandu valley, a synthesis of Buddhist and Hindu elements ...<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY2AE6tom3I/AAAAAAAAAIo/ogpzBtdTuv8/s1600-h/syambu-sunset-mtns-4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011802782301723506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY2AE6tom3I/AAAAAAAAAIo/ogpzBtdTuv8/s320/syambu-sunset-mtns-4.jpg" border="0" /></a> The mountains surrounding the Kathmandu valley on a clear day. Photo from Swayambunath, at sunset ...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_6Ktom2I/AAAAAAAAAIg/ueWiTNrpsBI/s1600-h/thamel-trek-shop.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011802597618129762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_6Ktom2I/AAAAAAAAAIg/ueWiTNrpsBI/s320/thamel-trek-shop.jpg" border="0" /></a>And the not-so-spiritual (but very colorful) Thamel, where the religion commerce ...<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_0qtom1I/AAAAAAAAAIY/vtbH-f6pxxk/s1600-h/thamel-night.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011802503128849234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_0qtom1I/AAAAAAAAAIY/vtbH-f6pxxk/s320/thamel-night.jpg" border="0" /></a> Thamel at night ...<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_v6tom0I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/HzIqb5cGqjI/s1600-h/sleeping-vishnu-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011802421524470594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_v6tom0I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/HzIqb5cGqjI/s320/sleeping-vishnu-2.jpg" border="0" /></a>A recently unearthed statue of sleeping Vishnu, one of the Hindu gods. This sleeping Vishnu is said to have either bled milk or blood when a local Kathmandu valley farmer unearthed it with his hoe ...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_qKtomzI/AAAAAAAAAII/fz5xJBnkLh8/s1600-h/patan-sightseeing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011802322740222770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_qKtomzI/AAAAAAAAAII/fz5xJBnkLh8/s320/patan-sightseeing.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sightseeing in Kathmandu before a trek; this photo is taken at the 'Golden Temple' in Patan, one of Kathmandu's ancient three capitals and a World Heritage Monument ...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_k6tomyI/AAAAAAAAAIA/6W3uSwJpMMI/s1600-h/patan-man.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011802232545909538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_k6tomyI/AAAAAAAAAIA/6W3uSwJpMMI/s320/patan-man.jpg" border="0" /></a>A Newari man from Patan ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_hKtomxI/AAAAAAAAAH4/Gee-pwToIGo/s1600-h/patan-statue.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011802168121400082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_hKtomxI/AAAAAAAAAH4/Gee-pwToIGo/s320/patan-statue.jpg" border="0" /></a> One of the sensual goddesses of Patan ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_catomwI/AAAAAAAAAHw/2MhyW_6nJiQ/s1600-h/patan-shop.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011802086517021442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_catomwI/AAAAAAAAAHw/2MhyW_6nJiQ/s320/patan-shop.jpg" border="0" /></a>A colorful Patan shop-front ...<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_Q6tomuI/AAAAAAAAAHg/sFW9R_pTn4k/s1600-h/kathmandu-shopping.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011801888948525794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_Q6tomuI/AAAAAAAAAHg/sFW9R_pTn4k/s320/kathmandu-shopping.jpg" border="0" /></a> And some good shopping at Boudhanath ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_L6tomtI/AAAAAAAAAHY/8mctVh71zKQ/s1600-h/kim-ktm.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011801803049179858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1_L6tomtI/AAAAAAAAAHY/8mctVh71zKQ/s320/kim-ktm.bmp" border="0" /></a> The pots and pans street, on the way to Kathmandu Durbar Square and Ason Chowk, on the old trade route from Tibet ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1-gKtomsI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/lLE-en8nfOg/s1600-h/new-orleans-jamba.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011801051429903042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1-gKtomsI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/lLE-en8nfOg/s320/new-orleans-jamba.jpg" border="0" /></a> Live music at New Orleans Cafe in Thamel; Jamba on bass ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1-cKtomrI/AAAAAAAAAHI/sT2g50DlSwk/s1600-h/new-orleans.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011800982710426290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1-cKtomrI/AAAAAAAAAHI/sT2g50DlSwk/s320/new-orleans.jpg" border="0" /></a>My birthday with our Everest High Passes group this winter at New Orleans Cafe ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1-W6tomqI/AAAAAAAAAHA/JzlI0Frn8Bo/s1600-h/kathmandu-painted-boudha.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011800892516113058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1-W6tomqI/AAAAAAAAAHA/JzlI0Frn8Bo/s320/kathmandu-painted-boudha.jpg" border="0" /></a> There are statues in every nook of Kathmandu ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1-R6tompI/AAAAAAAAAG4/0hsas2_uOG8/s1600-h/victory-march.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011800806616767122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1-R6tompI/AAAAAAAAAG4/0hsas2_uOG8/s320/victory-march.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Kathmandu Victory March of Spring 2006 ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1-MKtomoI/AAAAAAAAAGw/9D2K-Inki1E/s1600-h/kathmandu-cafe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011800707832519298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1-MKtomoI/AAAAAAAAAGw/9D2K-Inki1E/s320/kathmandu-cafe.jpg" border="0" /></a> A local tea-shop on the outskirts of Kathmandu ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY194KtomnI/AAAAAAAAAGo/JR9lDUqkiy4/s1600-h/kathmandu-veg-seller.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011800364235135602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY194KtomnI/AAAAAAAAAGo/JR9lDUqkiy4/s320/kathmandu-veg-seller.jpg" border="0" /></a>Locally produced dried products and chilis on the many side streets of exotic Kathmandu ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY19V6tommI/AAAAAAAAAGg/XYbR9r3IU3A/s1600-h/durbar-square-sadhu.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011799775824616034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY19V6tommI/AAAAAAAAAGg/XYbR9r3IU3A/s320/durbar-square-sadhu.jpg" border="0" /></a> Another saddhu, posing for a few rupees ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY19QKtomlI/AAAAAAAAAGY/pp4LwADR2bU/s1600-h/kumari-house.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011799677040368210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY19QKtomlI/AAAAAAAAAGY/pp4LwADR2bU/s320/kumari-house.jpg" border="0" /></a> Kumari, the living goddesses, house in Kathmandu Durbar Square. She is chosen according to ancient tradition, and stays in this house without touching the ground until her first menstruation ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY19HKtomkI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/90MRLy0aYtA/s1600-h/durbar-square-worshipper.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011799522421545538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY19HKtomkI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/90MRLy0aYtA/s320/durbar-square-worshipper.jpg" border="0" /></a> Bairab, an incarnation of Shiva and important God for the Kathmandu valley. In the Kathmandu Durbur Square ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY19CKtomjI/AAAAAAAAAGI/919sOGkXvpQ/s1600-h/durbar-square-merchants.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011799436522199602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY19CKtomjI/AAAAAAAAAGI/919sOGkXvpQ/s320/durbar-square-merchants.jpg" border="0" /></a> Some merchants trading like they have for centuries in Durbur Square ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18-KtomiI/AAAAAAAAAGA/PQyC-AdaL7Q/s1600-h/durbar-square.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011799367802722850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18-KtomiI/AAAAAAAAAGA/PQyC-AdaL7Q/s320/durbar-square.jpg" border="0" /></a> Royal Durbar Square ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY186qtomhI/AAAAAAAAAF4/TC45yg0l32Q/s1600-h/durbar-square-ladies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011799307673180690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY186qtomhI/AAAAAAAAAF4/TC45yg0l32Q/s320/durbar-square-ladies.jpg" border="0" /></a> Some Kathmandu valley ladies attending a local puja in the courtyard outside the palace of Durbar Square ...</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18wKtomgI/AAAAAAAAAFw/Mt_GfL5HVtc/s1600-h/monks-boys-playing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011799127284554242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18wKtomgI/AAAAAAAAAFw/Mt_GfL5HVtc/s320/monks-boys-playing.jpg" border="0" /></a> At Boudhanath, one of the the most important Buddhist Stupas in Nepal, a novice monk jokes with some friends outside a new gompa (monastery) ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18QqtomfI/AAAAAAAAAFo/UwKS7yx11TI/s1600-h/boudha-tiger.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011798586118674930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18QqtomfI/AAAAAAAAAFo/UwKS7yx11TI/s320/boudha-tiger.jpg" border="0" /></a> A tiger door for sale (made in Tibet) at Boudhanath. The kora is also a chance to do some great shopping, as well as reciting your 'Om Mani Padme Hung's ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18MatomeI/AAAAAAAAAFg/Xt5Kzkq_-hg/s1600-h/boudha-sunset-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011798513104230882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18MatomeI/AAAAAAAAAFg/Xt5Kzkq_-hg/s320/boudha-sunset-2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sunset from Boudha ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18GKtomdI/AAAAAAAAAFY/hshIxnBfOVY/s1600-h/boudha-monks-kora-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011798405730048466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18GKtomdI/AAAAAAAAAFY/hshIxnBfOVY/s320/boudha-monks-kora-2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Some 'Yellow Hat' or Gelugpa monks performing an evening puja at Boudhanath ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18CqtomcI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/mfAT2albv20/s1600-h/boudha-monks-puja-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011798345600506306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY18CqtomcI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/mfAT2albv20/s320/boudha-monks-puja-2.jpg" border="0" /></a> The horns and chanting of the puja, a magical sound ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY179qtombI/AAAAAAAAAFI/XWMrFdiuFmw/s1600-h/boudha-monk-ani.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011798259701160370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY179qtombI/AAAAAAAAAFI/XWMrFdiuFmw/s320/boudha-monk-ani.jpg" border="0" /></a> An ani, or Tibetan nun, with her prayer beads at Boudhanath ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1756tomaI/AAAAAAAAAFA/BJbPZS03_Ag/s1600-h/boudha-lamps-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011798195276650914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY1756tomaI/AAAAAAAAAFA/BJbPZS03_Ag/s320/boudha-lamps-2.jpg" border="0" /></a> And a Tibetan or Sherpa woman lighting a butter lamp ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY171atomZI/AAAAAAAAAE4/vuwauP4An_k/s1600-h/boudha-lamps-3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011798117967239570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aYKZDQgIfrM/RY171atomZI/AAAAAAAAAE4/vuwauP4An_k/s320/boudha-lamps-3.jpg" border="0" /></a> Ki Ki So So Lha Gyalo (May the Gods be Victorious) ... </div><br /><br /><div><br />Join us for some of our many adventurous treks starting in Kathmandu in 2007!<br /><a href="http://www.project-himalaya.com">www.project-himalaya.com</a> </div><br /><br /><div>For more information, contact Kim at <a href="mailto:kamzang@project-himalaya.com">kamzang@project-himalaya.com</a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Come trek!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7893115874225790300-2886349046673825871?l=kamzangkimtreks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kamzanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156767977983751831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893115874225790300.post-6001514061241097402006-11-23T09:05:00.000-08:002007-01-15T21:11:24.202-08:00<div align="center"><strong>Amazing Annapurnas Trek</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Project Himalaya Treks</strong></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.project-himalaya.com">www.project-himalaya.com</a></div><div align="center">Scroll down for some photos of our upcoming trek in the Annapurnas region of the Nepal Himalaya ...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/481959/Guides.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/163376/Guides.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Guides, Lhakpa & Kim ... </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/158168/Daulagiri.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/904093/Daulagiri.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sunset on Daulagiri, from the temple complex at Muktinath ...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/940458/Entering%20Mustang.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/955214/Entering%20Mustang.jpg" border="0" /></a> The patchwork of lower Mustang and the range bordering upper Mustang, which requires a special permit ...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/114716/Kagbeni%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/758816/Kagbeni%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Kagbeni, the last village before the checkpost to upper Mustang, clinging to the cliffside above the Kali Gandaki (river) gorge ...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/142771/Mustang%20Quilt%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/221583/Mustang%20Quilt%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mustang quilt ...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/113697/Moon%20from%20Ngawal%20Small%202.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/425319/Moon%20from%20Ngawal%20Small%202.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">The moon and Tibetan prayer flags from Ngawal, a traditional village on the route from upper Pisang ...</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/151769/Moon%20from%20Manang%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/981762/Moon%20from%20Manang%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> 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 ...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/867817/Mustangi%20Boy%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/790399/Mustangi%20Boy%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> A Mustangi boy with a great haircut ...</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/505210/Peaks%20from%20Muktinath%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/689895/Peaks%20from%20Muktinath%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Himalayan range as seen from Muktinath temple, 1600 meters below the Thorung La (pass) ...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/514277/Manang%20Prayer%20Wheels%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/291902/Manang%20Prayer%20Wheels%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Prayer wheels and 'tsa tsas' outside of Manang Village ...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/863208/Annapurnas%20Harvesting%20Barley.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/623621/Annapurnas%20Harvesting%20Barley.jpg" border="0" /></a> Harvesting barley the traditional way at Timang Village ...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/180713/Annapurnas%20Boys%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/732703/Annapurnas%20Boys%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Young, scantily clad boys of the middle hills, below the Manang regoin ...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/583835/Braga%20small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/878906/Braga%20small.jpg" border="0" /></a> The old gompa of Braga Village, in the Manang region ...</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/660783/Braga%20Chorten%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/8140/Braga%20Chorten%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Tibetan chorten, prayer flags and snow-peaks at Ngawal ...</div><div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/426154/Middle%20Hills%20Ladies.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/395304/Middle%20Hills%20Ladies.jpg" border="0" /></a> Middle hills ladies taking a break from their daily work for some afternoon gossip ...</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/558670/Rice%20Paddies.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/791690/Rice%20Paddies.jpg" border="0" /></a> Middle hills vivid green rice paddies and thatched huts, a buccolic scene ...</div><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/492432/Middle%20Hills%20Family.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/380890/Middle%20Hills%20Family.jpg" border="0" /></a> Middle hills Gurung family during Tihar festival. The rest of the village is up the hill gambling ...</div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/595578/Danaque%20Shop%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/213177/Danaque%20Shop%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> A colorful local shop in Danaque ...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/982891/Annapurna%202%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/606561/Annapurna%202%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Annapurna 2 at sunrise as seen from the lodge at Koto (the entry point for the Nar Phu region) ... </div><div align="center"><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/192066/Horse%20Saddle%20Dharapani%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/798818/Horse%20Saddle%20Dharapani%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Colorful Tibetan horse saddle blankets from the Manang region ...<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/731628/Daulagiri%20from%20Jarkot%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/246300/Daulagiri%20from%20Jarkot%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Daulagiri and Thukuche peak from the rooftop of Jharkot Gompa ...</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/351131/Nar%20Puja.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/539910/Nar%20Puja.jpg" border="0" /></a> 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 ...</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/820479/Nar%20Woman%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/793170/Nar%20Woman%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Suntanned woman from the Manang region with turquoise & coral necklace and half chuba ...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/171679/Manang%20Group%20Shot%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/361097/Manang%20Group%20Shot%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Group shot in front of a traditional house (now a tea-house) in Manang Village ... </div><div><div><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/282423/Jarkot%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/845283/Jarkot%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Jarkot Village, gompa and fort viewed from Muktinath, just over the Thorung La (pass) ...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/142454/Nar%20Prayer%20Wheel%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/83904/Nar%20Prayer%20Wheel%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Spinning the big prayer wheel in the Manang region with a local Manangi man with prayer beads, dressed in his traditional chuba ... </div><div><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/1600/973453/Thorung%20La%20Small.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7516/963515121365452/320/726366/Thorung%20La%20Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> The snow-covered Thorung La (pass) at 5400 meters, looking down towards the mountains bordering upper Mustang ... </div><div> </div><div></div><div>Join us for this amazing trek!</div><div> </div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.project-himalaya.com">www.project-himalaya.com</a></div><div>Email Kim at <a href="mailto:kamzang@project-himalaya.com">kamzang@project-himalaya.com</a> for further details ...<br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7893115874225790300-600151406124109740?l=kamzangkimtreks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kamzanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156767977983751831noreply@blogger.com0