Jomsom, Nepal

20 Oct 2010

First sabbatical, Photography

Annapurna circuit: Kali Gandaki Valley

Annapurna circuit: Kali Gandaki Valley

I apologize, but I don’t have time to write right now as I’m using satellite internet at my hotel in Jomsom. As you can imagine, every minute online is extremely expensive, but I assure you I’m having the time of my life! I have so much to share with you – just not today. As soon as I have a stable, affordable connection, I will. Here are a few snapshots I took today and managed to copy from my camera. Thank you for your patience!

A long steel suspension footbridge strung across a forested gorge, anchored to a pale rock outcrop, with pine slopes and a bare grey ridge rising behind it.
Another sturdy bridge
A trekker with a large backpack and a turquoise towel picks his way across pale boulders in a fast, shallow river, snow-dusted peaks closing in at the head of the valley.
No bridge here
A village of flat-roofed stone houses on a ridge, ringed by poplars turning yellow, beneath an immense grey mountain wall streaked with scree.
Stunning mountain backdrop
Bare, treeless mountains in brown and pale green under a deep blue sky, their lower slopes cut into fluted columns by erosion.
A treeless, desert like landscape
Three figures with woven baskets work a harvested barley field, dwarfed by the vast arid slopes and eroded cliffs rising behind them.
The Nepali Tibetan plateau
A man in a dark T-shirt and pale shorts stands with his arms flung wide on a broad bed of grey river stones, bare brown mountains behind him.
Me taking selfies
A vast pale riverbed with a single braided channel curving through it, dust haze drifting across the pine slopes beyond, a lone figure walking with a yak at the far right.
The Kali Gandaki valley

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