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- an Unfolding Journey.

Our trip to India and Nepal, September / October 2009

Photo Gallery

This is a first selection of pictures which we first updated as we continued our journey. Please bear with me - the last section and the narrative will follow!

A Glimpse of India

WOW!

An Indian Welcome

Street Scene in Chandri Chowk

No Ray-Bans for Him

CHildren playing at Jama-Masjid mosque

Jama Masjid Mosque, Old Delhi

Delhi Old Town Fruit Stand

Delhi Street Scene

Our Delhi Guide

Sikh Temple Ceremony in Delhi

Delhi station 5:30

Sheela Hotel

Meeting of cultures

View from Agra Fort onto the Taj

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal spire

Taj Mahal River View

Ulrike and Angela at the Taj

Tuk Tuk frenzy

Midnight train station at Agra Cantt

Kajuraho Street Life

Lakshmana Temple

Tantric Art at Kajuraho

Kandariya-Mahadev Temple

Devi Jagabanda Temple

Nightfall at Kujaraho Western Temple

A bull's eye

4-8-kajuraho-falls

The Kajuraho mountains

Kajuraho Shiva temple

Yogini temple

The falls

High spirits as we wait for the train to Varanasi

The Varanasi reception committee

Welcome to the inferno.

A holy place?

Monkey business

Arrived and seriously underwhelmed

Self explanatory

A glimpse of life below

Woman baking charpatis

You need 4 eyes to take this in!

Neatness in chaos

Hi there!

On the verge

Varanasi at dusk

Spirits have lifted!

Exploring the Old Town with Gopall

Nepali temple

Whats up there?

Temple monkey

Old Town Alleys

Our guide Gopal

Food Vendor

Old Town vegie market

View from Punja Guest House rooff terrace

Early morning boat trip on the river Ganges

Ganges bathers

Ganges bathers

Ganges bathers

Ganges bathers

Ganges bathers

Ganges boats

The naked Truth

Girl meets ...

...boy

Timber market at the burning Ghat

Varanasi's launching pad

A burning desire

3-500 a day...

Sadhu's breakfast

Welcome to Nepal!

Some TLC @ Durbar square, Kathmandu

And now we jump to - POKHARA, Nepal!

day one, hill one

Uff!

First stop

Mountain rose

Nepali smiles

Yes we can!

Ulrike's pain

There we'll go! (Well, almost.)

Machapuchare

Take me for a ride!

Joy and fear

Serendipity

Getting a nice sunburn

View back into the Pokhara valley

Across we must go!

A four-leafed beauty

Hiunchuli beckoning

Tolka Tea House

Setting out on day two

Terrasses close to Tolka

Suspended above the beauty of it all!

Moenie worry nie!

Chomrong Mountain View

Sinuwa

Now everybody, watch ...

Ulrike's hat trick! - 1

... 2

3!

Himalaya Lodge

Day three, 2910 meters high

Deurali, day 4

Shangrila is everywhere!

The other world

MBC, beyond the tree line

In high spirits again!

Machapuchare

Everyone's got a story to tell!

Unwinding at MBC

Our guys

The calling

Early hours at MBC

Looking back towards Machapuchare

Snap+Puck

Note the gloves!

Machapuchare

Looking due West

Pashmina donors

Baraha Shikar

Baraha Shikar + Annapurna South

ABC, 4130 meters

The Camp

Chorten

Prayer flags

"In the mountains I celebrate creation"

Om mane padme hum

Forbidden territory

Annapurna I, South face, 8091 meters

The Goddess in her veil

Annapurna I

Returning to the lower lands

Chorten in the Modi Khola

Happiness...

Back at Deurali

Dovan Guest House, day 8

Down, down, down ....

The cat walk

Change of career

Change of weather

Touch me if you can

Ghandruk Village

Come hell or high water

Water everywhere

Land slide

Modi Kohla torrent

Nayapul

Back in Pokhara

Derei ram-ro tsa des - it is a beautiful country!

In good hands

Bhaktapur

Gathering at the well

Meeting of the patriarchs

Spires of faith

Bhaktapur market

Check your focus

Durbar Square in Kathmandu

Saddhu at Durbar Square

The Patriarch of Durbar Square

Swayambunath Stupas

Monk at Swayambunath

Surrounded by future

Prayer wheels

Om mane padem hum

Novices of the new age

Bodnath

Big prayer wheel

Bodnath Buddhist temple

Buddha Eyes

Tankra painting shool in Bodnath

"Is it about a bicycle?"

At Namobuddah monastery

Namobuddha prayer wheel5

Namobuddha monastery

A glimpse of the Himalaya

Welcome to Rishikesh!

Om shanti

Rishikesh on the Ganges

Rishikesh Ganges bridge

The Ganges

Maharaji temple ruins

Maharaji temple ruins

A Rishikesh maze

A Rishikesh mosaic

Rishikesh puja

Blown away