Typical Thamel street.

 

Pap peddlers in Basantapur Square...

 

"Child breaks free from his box after two years imprisonment."

 

Durbar Square.

 

The Buddah and I have fine taste in neckwear.

 

Monastery aftery monastery all became a bit too much for one little man...

 

Durbar Square Sadhu takes a break from asking tourists if they want a photo taken with him...

 

Nepalese nose-picker.

 

Street spices.

 

Fierce bargaining for a fistful of oranges in the streets of Kathmandu.

 

The Orchid Garden day care centre.

 

Nepalese thrash metal plays at The Himalayan Times World Food Festival main stage. Note the incongruous monk in the middle.

 

The final stretch...

 

Kali Gandaki Valley felt a little like returning to Galicia.

 

The milk from this buffalo tasted cracking in a cup of masala tea.

The interior of a Buddhist monastery (top) and an example of a painstakingly painted thanka (bottom).

 

 

Lucy gets intimate with some four-legged friends...

 

 

Relief to return to the sunny plains and the sight of a reasonably civilized village: Muktinath.

 

Tuggers on Top.

 

Thorung La Pass at 5416m (bottom) and the interior of its teashop (top). Needless to say the tea was cold.

 

Lake facts...

 

Tilicho Lake.