My guide Pemba and I head out
First stop, a Buddhist monastery
Inside the monastery
A meditation cave in the side of a hill
With the Innkeeper and his two sons, our first night
Innkeeper's son
A typical night's bedwear in subzero weather and no heat
The country we hiked through has terraces thousands of years old used for planting crops
Met this French family. They have a truck on the side of which they have a giant movie screen. They go all over the world in it showing cartoons to village kids.
Second night's stay in a Sherpa village
Courtyard of our guest house
Kitchen at guest house -- rice, dahl, and veggies, every night
Two Sherpa kids
Green View guesthouse -- about 10,500 feet, night #3
Pemba and I hiked up to a lookout at sunset
My first clear view of the Himalayas
Sunset approaching
The lookout -- 11,000 feet
Prayer flags at the top
Fool on the Hill
The golden light arrives
Pemba and I at sunset
I hiked back up to the lookout at dawn the next day
Later in the day, overlooking the Himalayas
On a ridge
Above the clouds
A typical farm house
Two girls who work in a restaurant on top of the world
At a monastery, inside a meditation cave
A wall painting of Green Tara at the monastery
We came across a wedding party high in the hills on their way to the wedding
The wedding party
The old ladies smoked cigarettes and everyone was drinking rice wine
Pemba has a spot of wine
Wedding party!
My final view of the Himalayas
