  Sunrise in middle Himalayas | 
  Himalayan Range | 
  Himalayan Range | 
  Mt. Everest | 
  Kathmandu | 
  Festival | 
  Spinning Yarn | 
  Tibetan Refugee Carpet Shop | 
  Finished Carpets | 
  Buddhist Stupa | 
  Swayambhunath Temple | 
  Black kite (Milvus migrans) | 
  365 Steps | 
  Mecaque  | 
  Stupa at Swayambhunath Temple | 
  Stupas at Swayambhunath Temple | 
  Prayer Wheels | 
  Swayambhunath Temple grounds | 
  Buddah Shrine at Swayambhunath Temple | 
  Macaques | 
  Custom wiring in Kathmandu | 
  World's largest stupa at Bodhnath Temple | 
  Prayer flags at Bodhnath stupa | 
  A monk at Bodhnath Temple | 
  Worshiper at Bodhnath Temple | 
  Typical Kathmandu storefront | 
  Beggar outside entrance to crematorium | 
  Hindu Temple | 
  Bagmati River | 
  Public crematorium | 
  Funeral pyres | 
  Women working a terraced slope in the middle Himalayas | 
  Rice | 
  Middle Himalaya highway | 
  Prayer flags at a village temple | 
  Terraces - middle Himalayas | 
  Corn "silo" | 
  Middle Himalaya farming | 
  Habeneros drying | 
  Typical Nepali house | 
  Mustard | 
  A single point plow and a pair of water buffalo | 
  Overlook of Kathmandu Valley | 
  Farming in the middle Himalayas | 
  Kathmandu Valley overlook and campsite | 
  Salt circles | 
  Early morning fog | 
  Sunrise in a cloud | 
  Napali children at daybreak | 
  Sculptured hills | 
  Napali playground | 
  Panorama of the Himalaya Range | 
  Nepali children | 
  Rural grain mill | 
  Rural Nepali home | 
  Produce | 
  Drying corn | 
  Hillside farm | 
  Sunrise Camp 2 | 
  Terraced farms in the middle Himalayas | 
  Sunrise at Camp 1 | 
  Middle Himalayas | 
  Second campsite | 
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  Terraced fields | 
  Mustard and Buckwheat | 
  Worn hands of a Nepali farmer | 
  Nepali farmer | 
  Multi-purpose woven mats | 
  Orchids in Nepal | 
  Generations | 
  Nepali children | 
  Ferns | 
  Sunrise at Camp 2 | 
  Sunrise at Camp 2 | 
  Sevaral modes of travel on Nepali streets | 
  Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) | 
  Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) | 
  Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) | 
  Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) | 
  Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) | 
  White-browed wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis) | 
  Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans) and Eastern great egret (Ardea modesta) | 
  Bathing elephants | 
  A tricky way to cross crocodile-infested rivers | 
  Intermediate egret (Mesophoyx intemedia) | 
  Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | 
  Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) | 
  White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) | 
  Mugger crocodile | 
  Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) | 
  Greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) | 
  Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis) | 
  Rainbow over Langtang Village | 
  Nepali elder with prayer wheel | 
  Langtang Village | 
  A prized white male Yak watches over his harem | 
  Yak (Bos grunniens) | 
  Kyanjin Gompa - the end of the line | 
  View from above Kyanjin Gompa | 
  Prayer flags atop Kyanjin Ri - 15,100 ft. | 
  Looking south down Langtang valley from Kyanjin Ri | 
  Panorama of Langtang Valley from Kyanjin Ri | 
  Erecting prayer flags on Kyanjin Ri | 
  Heading down | 
  Yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) | 
  Wheels of Yak cheese | 
  Prayer wheels at Ryanjin Gompa monastery | 
  "Worship room" inside the Ryanjin Gompa monastery | 
  Trekking up the Langtang valley | 
  Yala Peak from Langtang valley | 
  Alluvial debris from the Langtang Khola river | 
  Full moon over Kyanjin Gompa | 
  Helicopter obstacle course in Langtang valley | 
  Terraced farming enroute to Kathmandu by helicopter | 
  Kathmandu and Bodhnath stupa | 
  Street in Bhaktapur | 
  Drying rice in Bhaktapur | 
  "Peacock Window" | 
  At Durbar Square in Bhaktapur | 
  Dattatraya Temple in Durbar Square in Bhaktapur | 
  Narrow street in Bhaktapur | 
  Typical apartment in Bhaktapur | 
  Community water well in Bhaktapur | 
  Dattatraya Temple in Durbar Square in Bhaktapur | 
  Ancient game played in an ancient city | 
  Fine wood carving of an old royal palace in Bhaktapur | 
  Old well site in Bhaktapur | 
  Thanka painting | 
  Thanka artist in Bhaktapur | 
  Temple Guardians at Royal Temple, Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Siddhi Laxmi stone temple | 
  Durbar Square in Bhaktapur | 
  Nepal native napping in Durbar Square | 
  Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Hindu Temple in Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Bell at Hindu Temple, Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Hindu Temple detail | 
  Ornate wood carving on door to Royal Palace | 
  Guarded door to Hindu Temple | 
  King's Bath at the Royal Temple | 
  A brass cobra guards the King's Bath | 
  Waterspout at King's Bath | 
  Guardians at a door to the Royal Temple | 
  Yama (Tibetan Buddhist God) | 
  Ugrachandi (Tibetan Buddhist god) | 
  Bhairab (Tibetan Buddhist God) | 
  Interior Courtyard at Royal Palace, Dunbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Hand carved wood door and entry | 
  Typical narrow street in Bhaktapur | 
  Drying rice in Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Pottery at Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Mixing soil and water to make clay | 
  Pottery at Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Pottery and Rice, Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Nyatapola Pagoda, Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Shrine in Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Nyatapola Pagoda, Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Nyatapola Pagoda, Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Near Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Stupa in Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Rooftop view overlooking Durbar Square and the Royal Palace | 
  View of Royal Palace, Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Durbar Square, Bhaktapur | 
  Women separating rice straw - Bhaktapur | 
  Healing Bowl treatment | 
  Street in Bhaktapur | 
  Purple Door, Bhaktapur | 
  Boy and Rice Straw, Bhaktapur | 
  Street Scene, Bhaktapur | 
  Curbside Parking, Kathmandu | 
  Traditional Nepali Dinner | 
  Motorbike Warning | 
  Bamboo Scaffolding | 
  Trek in Chitwan National Park | 
  Elephant Ride | 
  Boats on the Rapti River | 
  Termite Mound | 
  Durbar Square, Kathmandu | 
  Durbar Square, Kathmandu | 
  Durbar Square, Kathmandu | 
  Durbar Square, Kathmandu | 
  Durbar Square, Kathmandu | 
  Durbar Square, Kathmandu | 
  Royal Palace Museum entrance, Durbar Square, Kathmandu | 
  Durbar Square, Kathmandu | 
  Elaborate Hand-carvings on Royal Temple, Durbar Square | 
  American Eurocopter AS350 B3 | 
  Village of Kyanjin Gompa - 12,700 ft. elevation | 
  Prayer Wall near Kyanjin Gompa | 
  Stone Calender of unknown age  | 
  Rock walls, clouds and glacier melt streams |