Gateway to the Manakamana Cable Car |
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The cable car leads to an important mountaintop temple |
Austrian-engineered Manakamana Cable Car climbs 1000m in 2.8 km |
Sacraficial goat awaiting its one-way trip to the temple |
Trisula River at the Manakamana cable car base station |
Trisula River, Nepal |
Small hillside village below the Manakamana cable car |
Nepali village below Manadamana |
Small hillside village below the Manakamana cable car |
Hillside farmland, Nepal |
View east from the Manadamana cable car, Nepal |
Nepali couple sharing the cable car gondola with me |
Terraced fields seen from the cable car, Manakamana |
Terraced fields seen from the cable car, Manakamana |
Terraced fields seen from the cable car, Manakamana |
Terraced fields seen from the cable car, Manakamana |
Upper station, Manakamana Cable Car |
Upper station, Manakamana Cable Car |
I was surprised to find a large village at the top of the mountain, Manakamana |
Manakamana village |
Manakamana village |
Manakamana village |
Manakamana village |
Manakamana village |
Manakamana Mandir (temple) Nepal |
Manakamana Mandir (temple) Nepal |
Manakamana Mandir (temple) Nepal |
Manakamana Mandir (temple) Nepal |
Manakamana Mandir (temple) Nepal |
Holy man, Manakamana |
Temple bell, Manakamana |
Temple lion, Manakamana |
View of the Himalaya from the temple terrace, Manakamana |
Himalchuli (7893m/25,895ft) Nepal Himalaya, Mansiri Himal |
View from Manakamana Temple looking northwest |
Annapurna II (7937m/26,039ft) from Manakamana |
Terraced fields, Manakamana |
Himal Chuli from Manakamana |
Climb that hill for an unobstructed view of the Mansiri Himal range, Nepal Himalaya |
A nice village dog that joined me on my hike until some nasty kids threw a stone at it |
Outside the village, Manakamana |
Mountain track, Manakamana |
Mountainside house, Manakamana |