lunch with my dad, by the fireplace and looking out on lake phewaMar 09, 2008
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so cold in Pokhara too. i liked the open fireplaces they have in nepal, you can sit around them (instead of the fireplace being stuck in one corner of the room)Mar 09, 2008
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washing clothes, begnas tal, another of the lakes around pokharaMar 09, 2008
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snake charmersMar 09, 2008
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the Annapurna rangeMar 09, 2008
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boating on phewa tal (or lake phewa)Mar 09, 2008
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the very scary and ancient Yeti Airlines propeller plane we flew on (at one point i looked around, and everyone on the plane was frantically praying - my dad was the only person fast asleep!)Mar 09, 2008
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Shahrina (my sister) buying some snacks at a roadside stallMar 09, 2008
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at a roadside town, with my dad - we stopped to get some fruitsMar 09, 2008
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narrow winding mountain roads, doesn't look scary here, but my mom who has a fear of heights, was flipping out while we were driving up the mountainMar 09, 2008
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the Chowdhury siblings - Shahrina, Anika, and brotherMar 09, 2008
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one of these was EverestMar 09, 2008
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surrounded by the HimalayasMar 09, 2008
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at Nagarkot - the highest point in the Kathmandu valley areaMar 09, 2008
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On the way to Nagarkot, the surrounding countryside outside Kathmandu. Mar 09, 2008
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crowds of people were gathered here in the dark to watch these religious performersMar 09, 2008
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looking down onto the cremation from the other side of the ghat, surrounded by death, life, music and dancing all at the same timeMar 09, 2008
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not much left of the body at this point Mar 09, 2008
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after a while, people from the crowd started jumping into the performance area & dancing like mad. men, women -they were in a trancelike state. "trance" now conjures something so different, it's hard to convey the intensity of the momentMar 09, 2008
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some religious performance was going on - devotional songs and music, sadhus hanging out, and some frenzied frenetic dancingMar 09, 2008
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