Pictures of a hiking trip (29 okt - 27 nov 2001)
Manaslu part 1, in chronological order, Nepal with HT wandelreizen



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 Gorkha


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


Martijn's home