Kathmandu, Nepal and The Himalayas / Everest

Kathmandu #

Orange and blue bird-of-paradise flower blooming beside a walkway in Nepal, dense green leaves behind Weathered stone deity statues ringed by pots of yellow marigolds on brick terraces in a Kathmandu garden Copper basin on a tiled floor filled with orange marigold petals and five floating red gerbera blossoms Boudhanath Stupa’s painted Buddha eyes and prayer flags rise behind a pigeon-covered temple roof in Kathmandu Sunny square at Boudha in Kathmandu, shoppers strolling past ornate brick guesthouses while pigeons carpet the pavement

Storefronts and a monastery building with golden dharma wheel ring the pigeon-filled plaza around Boudhanath in Kathmandu Hundreds of pigeons crowding a brick plaza in Kathmandu as a child runs among them, coffee shop and stores behind Dense flock of pigeons covering the brick square outside clothing shops in Kathmandu, a few shoppers at the edges Strings of prayer flags fan out over a white wall lined with prayer wheels at Boudhanath in Kathmandu, visitors walking by Kathmandu curio shop display of carved tusks, bead strands, an amber slab, and small animal figurines behind glass Kathmandu shop crammed with stacked brass singing bowls and large hanging gongs in every size

Colored-powder rangoli of a goddess in pink robes laid out on the ground in Nepal, oil lamps set along the border Bronze temple bells hung in red stone frames on a white shrine wall in Nepal, marigold garlands draped around them Looking up at Boudhanath Stupa’s gilded spire and painted eyes, prayer flags radiating out and pigeons dotting the dome Painted statues of riders on white elephants flank the entrance to Boudhanath in Kathmandu as visitors walk between them People sitting under a huge engraved silver bell hanging from an ornate golden arch near Boudhanath in Kathmandu Pigeons blanket a temple roof and the white terraces of Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, elephant statues guarding the steps

Himalayas / Everest #

We didn’t make it to the summit, we didn’t even try. We chartered a helicopter to near base camp. Including the flight into Lukla airport, considered by many to be the most dangerous in the world.

Snow plume streaming off the summit of Mount Everest against a deep blue sky, jagged ridges below Stone-walled trekking lodge with a small wind turbine in a frosty Himalayan village in Nepal, hillside looming behind Herder driving black yaks across brown scrubland in Nepal, snow-streaked Himalayan peaks towering behind Two bundled-up trekkers on rocky ground in Nepal, one photographing a glacier spilling down the mountainside Glossy black crow mid-stride on a sunlit stone ledge in Nepal, stone wall and wooden railing blurred behind Snow-capped pyramid of Ama Dablam rising above brown ridgelines under a clear blue Himalayan sky Two black pack yaks with saddles and blankets grazing on a dry, sunlit hillside in Nepal Group of trekkers gathered beside a white and blue helicopter on a concrete pad in Nepal, doors open before boarding Workers in safety vests loading a helicopter on a gravel pad at Lukla, Nepal, steep forested mountains all around

Dawn rays fanning over a dark Himalayan ridge above stone lodges and stacked supplies in Lukla, Nepal Crews in orange vests staging cargo beside a red helicopter at dawn in Lukla, Nepal, mountains looming in half-light Helicopter resting on a stone landing circle in a high Himalayan valley in Nepal, rugged snow-patched peaks behind Wide scrub-covered valley in Nepal’s Khumbu with a small yak train in the distance beneath snow-capped peaks Smiling man in a ball cap and puffy jacket with Everest, Lhotse, and Ama Dablam rising behind him in Nepal Man in a black down jacket standing at a stone wall in Nepal, pine trees and snowy Himalayan peaks behind him

Steep Himalayan valley in Nepal with forested ridges receding into haze, dry golden brush on the slope in the foreground Two men in winter jackets and hats stand on a barren Himalayan slope under deep blue sky, a snowy peak rising behind them Two men in down jackets pose on rocky high-altitude ground in Nepal, a helicopter parked behind them below snowy peaks Two smiling men in hats and puffy jackets stand arm in arm before massive snow-covered Himalayan peaks near Everest Workers in safety vests carry supplies past a helicopter on a gravel helipad in a Nepali mountain village at dusk

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