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From Pisang up to Ngawal

Friday, 26 November, 2010

Pisang  to Ngawal elevation: 3310 metres to 3680 metres

 
01 Mount Chulu East from Pisang 02 Breakfast time in Pisang 03 A bad photograph of a beautifully decorated Prayer Wheel 04 A detail of the Prayer Wheel assembly decoration 05 Looking back to Pisang from the trail 06 Pisang and the North face of Annapurna II
01 Mount Chulu E... 02 Breakfast tim... 03 A bad photogr... 04 A detail of t... 05 Looking back ... 06 Pisang and th...
07 The Landscape gradually becoming more arid 08 Chorten funerary stones 09 A small green lake with Mount Chulu East 10 A sawyer's trestle 11 Buddhist prayer stones 1 12 Buddhist prayer stones 2
07 The Landscape... 08 Chorten funer... 09 A small green... 10 A sawyer's tr... 11 Buddhist pray... 12 Buddhist pray...
13 Buddhist prayer stones 3 14 A bit of Nepalese humour 14 Buddhist prayer stones 4 15 A Buddhist god in an old stupa 16 A huge assembly of prayer wheels 17 Annapurna III comes into view
13 Buddhist pray... 14 A bit of Nepa... 14 Buddhist pray... 15 A Buddhist go... 16 A huge assemb... 17 Annapurna III...
18 A morraine abandoned by its glacier on Annapurna II 19 A Nepalese pine with its cones 20 Gangapurna starts to come into view behind Annapurna III 21 Some of the icefall and glacier on the North face of Annapurna II 22 Annapurna III and Gangapurna with a stupa in Gyaru village 23 The mountains we've left behind
18 A morraine ab... 19 A Nepalese pi... 20 Gangapurna st... 21 Some of the i... 22 Annapurna III... 23 The mountains...
25 A mediaeval house in Gyaru 26 A window detail in Gyaru 27 A street in Gyaru 28 ANOTHER view of the north face of Annapurna II 29 A Gyaru resident with a cut eye 30 A mediaeval Gyaru house
25 A mediaeval h... 26 A window deta... 27 A street in G... 28 ANOTHER view ... 29 A Gyaru resid... 30 A mediaeval G...
31 Two houses with a fantastic view 32 Leaving Gayru with Annapurna II in the background 33 The Buddhist God Dorgiadale Gururingpuche 34 Pisang Peak and Gyaru 35 Gyaru village 36 Looking down to Pisang, the Small Green LaKe and our track up
31 Two houses wi... 32 Leaving Gayru... 33 The Buddhist ... 34 Pisang Peak a... 35 Gyaru village... 36 Looking down ...
37 Mount Chulu East and our first view of Ngwala 38 Ngawal village 39 The longest prayer bell assembly (and it's doubled) and a Stupa 40 Mediaeval houses in Ngawal
37 Mount Chulu E... 38 Ngawal villag... 39 The longest p... 40 Mediaeval hou...
 

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