Kathmandu
Traffic in Kathmandu
Basantapur & Patan towers @ Basantapur palace, Kathmandu
Basantapur Durbar (palace)
Shiva-Parvati temple @ Durbar Square, Kathmandu
Maju Deval @ Durbar Square, Kathmandu
Food market @ Durbar Square
Trailokya Mohan Narayan Temple @ Durbar Square, Kathmandu
Garuda statue @ Durbar Square
Necklaces of flowers
Buddhist temple in Thamel area, Kathmandu
At the Everest Steak House, Kathmandu
Domestic flights airport @ Kathmandu
Balances
Our airplane to Lukla
Why you should fly with Yeti Airlines :p
Flying to Lukla
Aproaching Lukla
Lukla airstrip
Lukla main street
Waiting the zopkyok to cross the bridge
Zopkyoks are cross-breed of Yak and cattle, used for carrying loads below 4.000 m
'Om mani padme hum' mantra carved in roc
'Om Mani Padme Hum' Tibetan mantra
Bridge over the Dudh Koshi river
Children @ Phakding (2.610 m)
House building @ Zam Fute
Electrician
Tato makes dogs for children at Toktok
Crossing Dudh Koshi river after Benkar (2.650 m)
Zopkyok carrying tourists' bags
Tibetan prayer flags
Porters carrying food to Namche Bazar
Namche Bazar (3.440 m)
Namche Bazar
View from Namche Bazar
Sagarmatha National Park @ Namche (Solukhumbu)
First view of Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse (left) and the Ama Dablam (right) at 3.550 m.
Everest (8.848 m), Lhotse (8.516 m) & Nuptse (7.861 m)
Ama Dablam (6.856 m)
Our way to Tengboche (passing by Kyangjuma)
Everest & Ama Dablam view from Kyangjuma
Khumjung (3.780 m)
Ama Dablam view from Khumjung
Team A prepared for a football game at Khumjung :)
and Team B
The game starts
and the public is also there
Playing football at Khumjung (3.780 m)
The winner, after tossing up the ball
Bullfighting a zopkyok
Stupas near the school @ Khumjung
Sir Edmund Hillary, first Everest climber (1953) and founder of many schools in Nepal
Even Yeti reads books
Thangka painting in Khumjung
'Om Mani Padme Hum' mantra carved in stones
View of Ama Dablam from Khumjung
Ama Dablam (6.856 m) seen from Tengboche
Stupa at Tengboche (3.860 m)
Tengboche monastery
Thangka painting
Gompa monastery of old nuns @ Debotche
Bridge over the Imja Khola river
Big chorten close to Pangboche
Yaks coming from Pangboche
Pangboche (3.930 m)
Between Pangboche & Pheriche
2 sisters & 1 brother
On our way to Pheriche (4.270 m)
In the Khumbu valley, going to Thokla pass
At Dughla (Thokla) 4.620 m
Dughla (Thokla) 4.620 m
Thokla pass (4.830 m)
At the Thokla pass (4.830 m)
Tombstones at Thokla pass (4.830 m)
On our way to Lobuche
On the Khumbu glacier with the Pumo Ri (7.165 m) on the left
Lobuche camp (4.950m)
At 5.000 m, on the way to Gorak Shep
Lobuche pass (5.110 m)
The Khumbu glacier
Pumo Ri (7.165 m) and Kala Patthar (5.545 m) below, the dark brown 'hill'
Gorak Shep camp (5.140 m)
Going up to Kala Patthar. View of Gorap Shep and the Khumbu glacier below.
Going up to Kala Patthar with the Pumo Ri behind
The Everest (8.848 m) and Nuptse (7.861 m) on its right
The end of the Khumbu glacier, where the Everest Base Camp is located, at 5.354 m
View of the Khumbu glacier from Kala Patthar (5.545 m)
Just arrived exhausted to Kala Patthar (5.545 m)
At Kala Patthar, with the Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse behind me
At Kala Patthar, with the Pumo Ri (7.165 m) behind us
At Kala Patthar with the Pumo Ri behind us
At Kala Patthar (5.545 m), with the Everest (8.848 m), Lhotse (8.516 m) and Nuptse (7.861 m) behind
Top of the Wold: Everest / Chomolungma / Sagarmatha - 8.848 m
360 degrees view from Kala Patthar (5.545 m)
View of the Khumbu glacier going down to Gorak Shep
View of the Khumbu glacier
Just arrived to Gorak Shep from Kala Patthar
On the way to the Everest base camp
Ice wall in the Khumbu glacier
At the Khumbu glacier
The Everest base camp (5.364 m)
Tent of a Japanese expedition to Everest
Rescue helicopter at Lobuche (4.950 m)
At Lobuche pass (5.110 m) going down to Dingboche
At Dughla (4.620 m) going down to Dingboche
Chola Tsho (4.390 m)
Going down to Dingboche. Lobuche Khola river on the right.
Nangkartshang Gompa, arriving to Dingboche (4.410 m)
View of Nangkar Tshang mountains from Samso Ogma (4.190 m)
Bridge over Imja Khola river
A Zopkyok
Thangka painting on a ceiling
Yaks going up to Pangboche
Yaks
Old bridge
Dancing in Lukla during the Diwali festival
In Lukla at night during the Diwali festival
In Lukla during the Diwali festival
Lukla market
Lukla Kempgun monastery
Fire extinguisher at Lukla's airport
Flying back to Kathmandu
Flying to Kathmandu with Yeti Airlines
Drying rice at Bhaktapur
Shree Padma Higher Secondary School @ Durbar Square, Bhaktapur
Krishna (Jagharnath) temple (left) & Rameshwar temple (right) @ Bhaktapur
Taleju Chowk / Royal Palace @ Durbar Square
Vatsala Durga temple @ Durbar Square, Bhaktapur
Golden Gate (Sun Dhoka) @ Durbar Square, Bhaktapur
Golden Gate (Sun Dhoka)
Cobra @ Naga Pokhari (17th-century royal water tank), Royal Palace, Bhaktapur
Vatsala Durga temple
Chyasilin Mandapa @ Durbar Square
Siddhi Lakshmi temple @ Durbar Square
Fadisega temple, close to the Royal Palace @ Bhaktapur
Stone Lions, close to the Royal Palace
Malla wrestlers guarding the entrance of the Dattatreya temple @ Tachupal Tole, Bhaktapur
Drying rice on one of the dance platforms at Tachupal Tole, Bhaktapur
Pujari Math (Hindu monastery) @ Tachupal Tole, Bhaktapur
Peacock window (15th century & finest carved window in the valley) @ Pujari Math, Bhaktapur
Hens eating the offerings of a deity
Nyatapola temple (highest temple in Nepal) @ Taumadhi Tole, Bhaktapur
Nyatapola temple @ Taumadhi Tole, Bhaktapur
Bhairabnath temple @ Taumadhi Tole, Bhaktapur
Taumadhi Tole square @ Bhaktapur
Café Nyatapola @ Taumadhi Tole
Griffin statue @ Nyatapola temple
Dogs playing @ Durbar Square, Bhaktapur
Man walking in front of a Tuk-Tuk 'taxi'
Monkey @ Swayambhunath, Kathmandu
Yellow-and-red stone Buddha
Swayambhunath, Kathmandu
Swayambhunath Stupa
The eyes of Buddha @ Swayambhunath
Prayer wheels around the base of the Swayambhunath stupa
Dongak Chöling Gompa @ Swayambhunath
Monk @ Dongak Chöling Gompa
The largest Buddha stupa in Nepal, behind Swoyambhu temple
Behind Swoyambhu temple
Bodhnath village, eastern side of Kathmandu
Bouddhanath stupa (one of the world's largest stupas)
The eyes of Buddha
Bouddhanath stupa (biggest stupa in Nepal)
Monks around Bouddhanath stupa
Laundry at Bagmati river as it passes by Pashupatinath
Looking for something valuable in the Bagmati river
Cremation ghat close to the Pashupatinath temple
Place for the cremation of royalty
Funeral ceremony
11 stone chaityas (small stupas) each containing a phallic symbol of Shiva's creative powers
