12 Dhukur Pokari to Upper Pisang

Friday, November 16, 2012

01 Hotel entrance in Dukhur Pokhari

02 One of the finest cantilever wooden bridges we saw

03 Detail of the cantilever structure of the bridge

04 Arjun catching 40 winks!

05 Coming into Upper Pisang

06 Upper Pisang

01 Hotel entranc...

02 One of the fi...

03 Detail of the...

04 Arjun catchin...

05 Coming into U...

06 Upper Pisang.jpg

07 A window in an old house

08 Another window finely decorated in an old house

09 Another old house and Chulu East as a backdrop

10 A narrow alley in Upper Pisang

11 Another old window

12 Upper Pisange from our hotel there

07 A window in a...

08 Another windo...

09 Another old h...

10 A narrow alle...

11 Another old w...

12 Upper Pisange...

13 Engraved stone slates in a huge mani wall (see No 15)

14 There were several hundred of these beautiful engraved slates

15 A figure straight out of Breughel spinning the prayer wheels in the mani wall

16 A decorated window in an old house

17 Another beautiful old window

18 The enormous mani wall

13 Engraved ston...

14 There were se...

15 A figure stra...

16 A decorated w...

17 Another beaut...

18 The enormous ...

19 Mansulu with Buddhist prayer flags

20 Decoration of the gate to the new Gompa in Upper Pisang

21 Decoration of the eves of the new Gompa

22 Decoration of a window architrave!

23 The whole window

19 Mansulu with ...

20 Decoration of...

21 Decoration of...

22 Decoration of...

23 The whole win...

 

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