Mero Dhangadhi

windhorse:

Kalachakra Mandala

lust4mtns:

Milky Way above the Himalayas by Anton Jankovoy (www.jankovoy.com) on Flickr.

A girl selling ‘kafel’ by The Advocacy Project on Flickr.

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littlegirls-1:

A girl selling ‘kafel’ by The Advocacy Project on Flickr.

kstwylah:

Day 5: Talking to myself on the way to Namche Bazar (3400masl)

Walk as if you have the whole day to do so. This is not a race. Learn to respect the trail that has been trod by thousands before you, long before tourists and trekkers were pouring in, back when this land and this trail belonged solely to the people of the Khumbu region.

Respect the distance and take it slow. Imagine the time when the people of this region crossed passes and mountains for days and weeks, not to guide tourists or trekkers, not to haul supplies for lodges in Namche Bazar, but to trade with neighboring countries, or to perhaps visit a relative or to marry in other regions, to have a religious pilgrimage or purely because it is part of their culture and their lives.

Take time to see the scenery, not as measured by the snapshots of your camera, but the moments you are able to contemplate the sight and the moment before you. Take time, not only to look, but to see and greet the people that you meet, for you may never pass this way again.

And while in coming down, the same trail will be followed, the experience will be entirely different. Sieze the moment, take that shot, greet that person. As the saying goes, you never cross thesame river twice, so it is with trails and mountains and treks, we may be passing thesame path, thesame trail, we maybe climbing thesame mountain, but each passing, each trek, each climb is always different from the other. So Twyla dear, while walking slowly, try to make your passing count.

literature-lovechild:

Anuradha Koirala encourages Girl Power in the courtyard at Maiti Nepal.

Anuradha Koirala is a social activist and the founder and director of Maiti Nepal – a non-profit organization in Nepal, dedicated to helping victims of sex trafficking. She won the CNN hero of the Year award in 2010.

rucksackandacamera:

View from my otherwise very basic room in Ghorepani during my Poon-Hill trek in Nepal. You can see the 7th-highest mountain in the world on the left (Daulaghiri, 8167m) and the Annapurna massif on the right. Very impressive, especially also during the night, where the full moon beautifully lit up the majestic mountains.

nepal:

Late Princess Shruti with her daughter
Contributed by: Bishal Yonghang