Misty morning, Bantipur, Nepal
Looking down on terraced hillsides, Bantipur
Himalayas and clouds from Bantipur
Bantipur
Maoist signs, Bantipur
laying ludo, Bantipur
Ludo, Bantipur
Bantipur after the mist has lifted
Himalayas from Bantipur
All the latest news, Bantipur
School children, Bandipur
Old Inn, Bantipur
Wildflowers, Old Bantipur Inn
Old Bantipur Inn
Good Luck
Approaching Pokhara, Nepal
Pokhara
Lake side Pokhara
Lake side Pokhara from roof of Hotel Stupa
Paragliding, Pokhara
Paragliding below Machupurche, Pokhara
Holy calf, Pokhara
Folk dancing
Anyone you recognise, Boomerang Restaurant, Pokhara
Funeral Pokhara
Starting out on the trek, near Dhampus
Are we at the top yet?
Rest point
Did we climb up from there?
ready to go again
Through the rice fields
Through the terraces
Making good progress
On the way to Dhampus
Route march
half way up
Getting steeper
Are we there yet
Dhampus village, Annapurna and Machhapuchare (Mt Fishtail)
Annapurna
Machhapuchare (Mt Fishtail)
Annapurna from Dhampus
Dhampus
Mt Fishtail
Dhampus with cloud
Mule train
Dhampus and mountains by moonlight
Moonlight over Mt Fishtail
Sunrise, Dhampus
Mt Fishtail, Sunrise
Mountains in the morning
Panorama from Dhampus
Later the same morning
Fishtail and marigolds
Dhampus inn
Binney, Harry and Picass our guide andporters
Such enthusiasm
Early start
Did you get that in Tibet?
How much you pay?
Oooh so much?
Can you smoke it?
The haunted forest
How much further?
Near the top
The edge of the Shire
The Intrepids approaching Annapurna
I3 and I4 ready to tackle Machhapuchhare
Exhaustion
Nice view
Nice View Lodge
Now we wont get lost
Lunch stop, Day 2
Another map
Duerali lodge
Kitchen at Nice View Lodge
Making pizza
making pizza
Not happy
Waiting for pizza (nice hat)
Omlette anyone?
Nice View with out the view
Dal Baaht
back on the trail
In the mist
Going down is harder than going up
Rest time
Later on the trail
Suspension bridge
Piccass and Binney
Late evening
Towards Tolka, end of Day 2
Tolka
Morning, day 3, on the way from Tolka to Gandruk
Maoist check point
And toll booth
Toll office
Annapurna and mustard flowers
Terraces near Landruk
Where we've come from (Landruk and Tolka)
Landruk, across the valley
Entrance to Gandruk
Mule train, Gandruk
From Gandurk at night
Moonlight on the mountains, from Gandruk
Houses, gandruk
Making flour, Gandruk
Corn drying, Gandruk
How to make Raksi (or Millet wine)
Gandruk museum
Gandruk Museum
Ghandruk Museum
Woodpile, Gandruk
Gandruk village
Dawn, Gandruk
Sunrise over Mt Fishtail
Gandruk
Building a new mill, Gandruk
Mill, Gandruk
What NEPAL stands for (see India later in the blog)
Kerosene supply, Birintanti
Birintanti
Birintanti bridge
Tadapani, Day 5
Mt Fishtail, from Tadapani
Helicopter looking for somewhere to land
Trying to attrack the helicopter, Tadapani
The front lawn (after removing the washing line)
Luxury!
Day 5, to Ghorapani
Enchanted Forest
Beads and trinkets
necklace making
Come on you guys
Local treckers
From Deurali, near Tadopani
At 3000m
Along the ridge to Ghorapani
Looking towards Dhaulagiri
Ghorapani at nightfall
Sunset over Annapurna
Ghorapani
Sunny Inn Lodge dining room
Dhaulagiri range by moonlight
Annapurna by moonlight
Full moon, Ghorapani
Ghorapani by night
Annapurna (with fire)
Dhaulagiri range at night
Setting off for Poon Hill at 5am Day 6
Near the summit of Poon Hill
Waiting for sunrise
Poon Hill before sunrise
Dhaulagiri
Annapurna Sunrise from Poon Hill
Sunrise, Dhaulagiri
Sunrise
Going down for breakfast
Breakfast, Ghorapani
The path down
lunch break
Corn drying, near Ghorapani
Houses demolished by landslide in July
Mules taking cement up to Ghorapani
Well connected tea house
Land slide
July landslide killed 29 people
Crossing the bridge
Mule train, Tikedungha
On the path down
Two dollar mister?
Mill stream
Cattle droving
Arent you suppose to take the bull by the horns?
near the bottom
Birantanti bridge
The new gov has gone home
Harry Porter, Binney and Picass the artist
