Kathmandu, Manaslu and Chitwan (Nepal) 29 okt - 27 nov 2001
Hiking with HT wandelreizen, we visited Kathmandu, walked in 3 weeks around Manaslu and visited Chitwan
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Our first hotel in Kathmandu (for just 1 night): New Ganesh, with a grapefruit tree at the gate Drinking water is filled from a tanker and filtered at Amar's hotel Rubish is dumped in the river Visnumati where also children play and clothes are washed View north from the Visnumati bridge in Kalimati You have to pay an entrance fee for Durbar square, Judith
Large souvenir market / Kumari Bahal Shiva Parbati temple at Durbar square Cremation in Pashupatinath Bold monkeys are ready to rob of your lunch Temples and monasteries on the hill of Pashupatinath
Bodnath stupa Prayer rolls in a temple in Bodnath At 07.00 already Nepali walk around Swayambhunath stupa Lama's and young girls, they all walk around the stupa, and touch the sacret statues
Prayer flags decorate the trees near the monastery on the hill Swayambhunath is rightly called the monkey temple The stupa is painted white with lime Timber decoration with Ganesh in a temple in Patan Statue in the Golden Temple in Patan
Vishnu Buddha in Budhanilkantha north of Kathmandu, lying in the water Maju Dega temple at Kathmandu Durbar square The temple stairs are under construction A Buddha statue
With 2 busses filled with us, 15 tourists, and 45 Nepali we left Kathmandu for Gorkha Stones from the river are hammered into dust by women Buying bananas and mandarins in Mugling during the Dahl-Bhat lunch stop In Gorkha Daniela shows us how to put up the tent At a temple above the village this Canna Indica flourishes
First day on trek, one of the few palm trees we saw Cobwebs with morning dew in the rice fields after Kanchock First view at the mountains of Manaslu A typical Nepali village Schoolkids in Ahale keep swarming around us,
asking for a pen or for peng (money), aren't they sweet A typical Nepali house made of mud and manure Branches for fire or making a shelter The camping in Khanchock on rye terraces Bilbahadur (19y) and his brother (15y) make a bundle of our luggage (40kg) to carry on their back
Spiders big as fists hang in the banana trees A Plumeria/Vragnipani? tree, originating from Hawaï Our liaison officer, Agnes, a porter and the head cook Agnes, Sandra, Gilbert, Madeleine, Daniela and Victor walking through the rice View at Liding from the camping
Porters carrying 30-40kg and walking on linen shoes or slippers Rye and rice are harvested and the stems are dried to give straw for the cattle These two trees always grow together on a holy place Grandma is boiling rice Rice-fields in the Himalaya are just a few meters wide
A foodpath is cut out in the rocks Lunch brake in Nauli Khola Crossing one of the many Kholas (rivers) A hanging bridge over the Namrung Khola Always exciting to look down into the valley
The Budhi Gandaki river has sand beaches here before Jagat A nicely paved road leads us to Saguleri Old woman and sweet child Herman, I, Bram, Sandra and Guus posing under a Christmas rose Using water from a small stream,
this millstone turns and grinds the baked corn View at Shringi Himal The heart of a Christmas rose (Euphorbia) Sirdibas (Tara) also has a paved road The bridge is broken by a landslide, hold on tight Danuri
View into the Manaslu valley Camping in Philim Breakfast, always at 6.45 and sometimes chaotic A flock of goats with their shepherd A Lama accepts a pen from us during lunch
Judith passes a mani on the left side, as is custom A mani stone, Buddha chiseled out in slate Ganesh III (Salasungo) seen from Deng Harvesting of rye with a sickle A village with large sheds to store the harvest
Their is a constant contest of how much straw one Nepali can carry Morning glory on the Manaslu east face, seen from Lho A yak carrying timber through Shyala We are having a Nepali tea brake with a great panoramic view A man with an empty basket walking down from Sama
A big mani in Sama It says here During an acclimatisation trip from Sama we had a great view at Birendra Kund and Manaslu Himal Manaslu north-east ridge, where are Bram, Victor and Danuri? What a view, Manaslu northface
Birendra lake, Ganesh III and IV Puja to bless our crossing of the Larkya-La, in the gompa (monastery) of Sama Wedding picture of Fiet and Herman, and one of Judith and me
A mani before Samdo Children first let you take a picture of them and then keep asking for more candy Samdo and Larkya-La seen from 4100m, 350m above Samdo Samdo
Larkya-La Yeti impression by Danuri Pushpa shows the women how to make fried 'rings' for breakfast Palsang lights the burner and Herman's bottom after refilling the burner with kerosine Elly (and Agnes) bake potatoes
Tihar is the second largest fest in Nepal, today we celebrate Bhai Tika Fiet, Sandra, Elly, Agnes, Judith, Madeleine and the other women (except Guus) made a hot breakfast for the men They received money from the men for their good cooking which the men got back by dancing in the evening Throwing rice with your right hand over your left shoulder brings good luck The camping boss, a true Tibetan woman, was observing our Puja
Edelweiss at ±4200m altitude Manaslu seen in the glasses of Daniela I am still wearing a mala; Manaslu glacier The way to the pass is snowy and rocky It's a hard way, let me rest for a while, the pass is at the horizon
Henk, Elly, Agnes, Madeleine, me, Bram and Gilbert at the Larkya-La Chang-ba, Fiet and Herman arrive a minute later Everyone reached the pass, Larkya-la at 5200 meter altitude Magnificant view at the Annapurna range After hours of going down at last we have a soup brake
Frozen tents at the camping of Bimtang, we are having breakfast in the sun-drenched bungalow tent Pushpa the head cook posing at a mani at Bimtang Beard moss hanging down from birch trees along the Dudh Khola creating a mistic atmosphere Manaslu west face
Huge waterfalls at Tal Horses or mules carry beer and rice up the Annapurna trail Pounding of rice Daniela and Victor; view at the Marsyangdi valley Terraced rice fields
A banana flower with fruits A Canna flower Besisahar city, end of the trip
We stayed 2 nights at the Rainforest Guesthouse in Sauraha At 7.00h we went for a canoe trip down Rapti Nadi The canoe fits 7 persons but hold your breath and don't move or you will capsize Nice cabin at the Rainforest Guesthouse with a Yucca in the garden Yam shows Judith a save place to sit on the elephant
For 3 hours this old elephant takes us through the forests, we never saw a rhino though Gilbert, Agnes, Judith, me and Yam having dinner at 'Hungry eyes' Elephants in the mist, Judith risked her life to photograph this elephant bringing grass from the forest to the village An aggressive male at the breeding centre At 06.30h we went out to have a bird watch, luckily we could have a look at them in a book
Selling of herbs and spices at durbar square Pottery square in Bhaktapur The 'largest' temple in Nepal, with 5 roofs, Nyatpola temple at Taumadhi square, Bhaktapur A nice terracotta stupa Famous peacock window on the outside of the woodcarving museum, Dattatraya square, Bhaktapur
The himalaya seen through the smog of Kathmandu valley from the rooftop of Roof Top restaurant, Bhaktapur Nepal's largest Shiva Linga, here manifested as a Phallus symbol Also Nepali buy their vegetables at the grocer's With Danuri we went rock climbing in Nagarjun forest Goodbye Kathmandu Durbar square
Celebrating the succes of our 'expedition' we made a foot at The Rumdoodle
Panoramic view from the north at the Manaslu chain



Judith took pictures using a 35-115mm Pentax compact camera and I dragged along my Practica BMS reflex camera with 28-70mm and 70-210mm lenses and a 1" macro ring. Click to view the images one by one in the same new window or view all Kathmandu pictures (36, 2.95Mb), Manaslu pictures part 1 (34, 2.9Mb), part 2 (34, 3.1Mb), part 3 (35, 3.1Mb) and Chitwan pictures (10, 850kb) in maximum size. Lees het dagboek. Martijn's home.