वर्ग Himalaya Trekking
Dinesh Wagle goes for trekking in some of the famed routes of Nepal.
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Panche baaja पञ्चे बाजा
A wedding ceremony? An auspicious occasion? Someone very important, a thulo manchhe, coming in the village? Play the panche baja (the five -musical- instruments). That’s still the case in many Nepali villages. These photos are from Dhampus village, north of Pokhara that offers beautiful views of the Annapurna range. When I was there last year…
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Horse breastfeeding
तपाईँलाई इमेलमै पछिल्लो ब्लग, लेख र तस्बिर पठाउन पाउनु मेरोलागि खुशीको कुरा हुनेछ । बाकसमा आफ्नो इमेल ठेगाना हाल्नु होला । धन्यवाद 🙂
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An ‘AirTruck’. Headed to China.
One recent afternoon I spotted a few beautifully decorated trucks not very far from the China border north of Kathmandu. They were stuck there. Mudslides had blocked a long stretch of the narrow road, or what we in Nepal unashamedly call a highway. I asked a driver why his truck along with others had images…
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At the Base Camps of Annapurna and Machhapuchhre (Fish Tail)
I went to the base camps of two of the best-known mountains– the Annapurna South and the Machhapuchhre (also known as Mt Fish Tail)– for the first time last week (11-17 March). Here’s what I saw and felt. A Himalayan bowl: At the Annapurna Base Camp (4,130m, ABC) I felt like I was in a huge bowl.…
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Nepal in Intl. Media: Annapurna Circuit and Kathmandu in New York Times and Time
The New York Times and Time magazine are working closely, so to speak, to cover Nepal in the past couple of weeks. First came Jim Yardley, former Beijing bureau chief of the Times now posted in New Delhi, with an analysis titled “China Intensifies Tug of War With India on Nepal.” That was in mid-February.…
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Back in the Vally. Into the News Room.
Final day (6 of 6) of the Hemalbu trek: Om, Nama Shivaya! Are words needed to describe this photo? 24 October: We knew it was our last day of trekking. We were going back to home. We arrived in Patibhyangyang in a jiffy and from there, after eating curd and Chokofun, we started climbing up…
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…and Dish Cleaners
The faces and expressions of the trailside Nepali kids. Part II [Here is part I] 22 October: Yes, he wanted to hide his face from my camera! Actually, he was teasing me and was also challenging me to take the shot of his face. “He couldn’t, he couldn’t,” he chanted when he thought I couldn’t…
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The Kite Runners…
The faces and expressions of the trailside Nepali kids. Part I [Here is part II] 22 October: We met a group of kids somewhere near Chisapani who were having fun by flying kite from a small hilltop. We decided to spend a few minutes observing them, talking to them and teasing them. We got a…
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Time For Kids To Go Back To School (After Dashain Holiday)
23 October: A girl shyly smiles as I take her photo. She was going back to Kathmandu with her relative uncle along with other friends. We met them on our way to Chisapani.
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Tharepati Downward: Pleasant Walk [Helambu Trek Day 5 of 6]
A girl with carries things in a doko. The things, she wouldn’t say what, were sent by her grandfather, a hotelier at the top of the hill, to her grandmother, a hotelier at the down! The granddaughter was working as a messenger between the old couple! 23 October [Thangune Bhyanjyang]: It was a long day.…
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