I dragged along a heavy full frame SLR and zoom lens that my brother gave me. Most of the pictures posted in the YouTube video mentioned in the last post were shot using a Samsung cell phone. I thought I would process a few more of the pictures taken with the heavy professional quality equipment to justify the effort of carrying it! I have also updated the YouTube slide show to include these pictures. Video is available in HD but you may have to explicitly set this when you play it using the Settings icon.
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| Loading up on day 1. Our porter Hise carried a red duffle bag for us as well as his own gear using a tumpline over his head |
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| Departure time for our first day of hiking |
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| Apart from mules we also saw people carrying big loads up the steep mountain roads and paths |
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| Herdswoman |
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| One of this year's goats |
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| Rani is still exuberant on the first day of walking |
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| Locals returning to their village |
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| We walked on a newly built road until reaching this area where the road was under construction. Here they have power to run jack hammers. Later we saw use of bars and hammers |
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| Hise enjoys a lunch break |
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| We saw a few innovative names for some of the tea houses |
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| Caravan passes in front of our restaurant |
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| Not your typical view while dining |
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| Garap explains the uses for plants along the roadside |
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| These bridges were pinned to the rock face and had been quite badly damaged by recent rock falls |
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| View from a tea house in the Tsum valley |
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| One of the tea house owners and her helper |
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| On the way to school |
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| Chortens arranged in a wall outside a new Tsum valley gompa |
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| Wooden ploughs and oxen exist alongside cellphones and internet access |
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| Garap shared his sweets with both children and adults |
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| Garap and Hise are both buddhists and made offerings in all the gompas we visited |
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| We were lucky to spot herds of wild sheep in a few places |
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| Rest break waiting for lunch |
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| Manaslu in the early morning |
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| Garap had an affinity for animals having worked as a herdsman when a young man |
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| We think this is a snow leopard print, seen near Manaslu base camp approach |
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| Approaching Dharamsala |
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| Coming off the Larke pass |
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| Road building the old fashioned way using iron bars and hammers and picks |
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| A blacksmith works on a tool. There was a hand forge nearby and they were making charcoal to heat the iron |
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| Garap's affinity for animals extends beyond herd animals |
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| The horses and mules used for transport often have lovely decorative bridles and padding blankets |
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