Nobody want to read a florid description of another persons holiday. So here's a photoblog that'll hopefully tell the story a bit better. |
| Morning view from Raniban Retreat above Pokhara |
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| Sun rises over the Peace Pagoda |
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| A boat ride away, Lakeside in Pokhara town |
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| Paragliding above Lake Phewa on New Years Eve |
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| Kat (I think) - looking for a thermal in the lake |
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| Spiralling upwards with massive Egyptian Vultures |
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| Above Sarangkot |
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| A break for nuts on the way up to Annapurna Base Camp |
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| Annapurna South (left) and Machapuchare (right) as the sun set in Chongqing halfway up to the base camp (middle) |
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| Kat intrepidly leaving Machapuchare Base Camp on day 4. The sun was just hitting Annapurna South up ahead |
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| The monument to fallen climbers at Annapurna Base Camp. "Mountains are not the stadiums where I satisfy my ambitions, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion" wrote one of them on the plaque - well said... |
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| Kat... praying presumably... |
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| 7,000 and 8,000 metre peaks in all directions |
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| Heading down a bit light headed and very very chilly |
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| AVALANCHE!!! eeek |
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| Making rice noodles in Ghandruk (pot noodles are easier...) |
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| A day's rest, eating rice noodles mostly. |
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| Euphoric... shortly before getting lost in the mountainside... |
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| Back in Pokhara |
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| A lovely couple of days' rest and (and home cooking) in Furse Khola Farmhouse with Douglas |
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| A quick visit to Pashtupatinath in Kathmandu before Kat flew out |
Looks awesome. Difficult to view in this small window, though... x SIL
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