Dipawali & Life at Madan's school in Diktel Part 2(November 2013)
1st day - 7.30am, the Dipawaly celebrations start...
Traditional dance by young 9 years old boys
Traditional music and dance by 16 years old girls and boys
More dancing...
Shell Rotti cooking session....cooking roughly 160 rotti took 6 hours...
Hand-made flowers necklace by girls and Guigui
Agnes & Madan's "didi" (sister) who is one of the school neighbours
Life at Madan's school in Diktel (November 2013)
Cow, baby cow, goats, pigs, baby pigs...le bonheur (Cacdedi a Anne)
Dipawali worship
School view from fishes pond
Sewing classroom
Kids dancing for Dipawali
One of the numerous Dipawali ceremonies
Evening moments around fire
Football session on a non flat pitch ;-)
Trekking part 2 and bus trip to our Diktel school (October/November 2013)
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| Rice fields landscape...we are back to a spring & summer feeling! |
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| Mules used as porters to bring food & various supplies to Lukla and upper... |
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Farmer preparing field Local dentist....with all the "up to date" tools...hum..hum |
Late arrival the day before we met our two students who would help us find our way to go to their Diktel school!
Our morning bathroom in one of our lodges
Wool being prepared by locals
Down to the valley to cross a bridge and take a bus...we were so tired after 15ish days of walking
A bus was not necessarily a better idea to relax..;-)
"Alleluia"!!! Here we are...Roshan and Saujan with us at our arrival at their Diktel school! What a relief!
Trekking part 1 in the Everest region: Gokyo lakes & Gokyo Ri (October 2013)
Lukla airport at 2800m high: here is the start of our trekking expedition!
Let's wish ourselves "Good luck"...a long way ahead of us....One of the numerous waterfalls!
Agnes & Ram, our porter, who helped us on the way up to Gokyo Ri
One of the numerous bridges...scary isn't it? Mule on the way up to the various villages on the Everest National Park
Ama Dablam summit (6814m)
Women porters & one of the most original system carried by one of them...
The famous Yak....its cheese is a delight!...and a confort zone for us!
First sight on the Everest mount....and Autumn starts to be felt! Very nice...we were missing it!
Winter as well...greaaaaat! We love it!
Still a few more days to reach Gokyo...freezing cold already!
Our Machermo lodge at 4300m high!
1st lake at Gokyo at 4700m high
Gokyo's main lake at 4800m high in the evening
Gokyo's main lake..again! What a scenery!
Himalayan panorama from Gokyo Ri ( 5300ish m high) featuring namely Gyachung Kang (7952m), Chumbu (6853m), Pumo Ri (7161m), Everest (8848m), Nutse & Lhotse (8516m) and Makalu (8463m)
View on Gokyo lakes from Gokyo Ri...breathtaking!
...and as expected and dreamt about...Mount Everest...
Nice place to enjoy the view...isn't it?
Vulture...
Ngozumba glacier...36km long which is the longest in the Himalaya...We crossed it the day after to start going back down...
Typical stone covered with Buddist prayers flags...
Tengboche monastery by night
Inside Tengboche monastery at 6.30am ;-)
Bhaktapur during Dasain festival (Mid-October 2013):
Bhaktapur old men singing and playing music
3 buffalos just sacrified for Dasain, the national Nepalese festival
Is he the buffalo killer...? Guess what?
Original scale...
Agnes and locals contemplating at Bhaktapur temples
Typical woodwork on houses...
The 5 roofs pagoda at Bhaktapur
Music players in the street of Bhaktapur
At Usha's...Dasain festival:
Worship platter including tikka, rice, rubans etc...
Last cigarette?
Dasain duck killed by Usha's husband to protect them from accidents
Dasain goat sacrifice: kid helping his dad to prepare dinner
Landscape 15minutes away from Usha's
Neighbour kids
Agnes, hand washing her cloths (I'll do the same with mine ;-)
Us with traditional tikka...(a mix of rice, yoghurt and red colorant)
Our first days in Kathmandu at Usha's who lives in Patan (Early October 2013):
View from Usha's on Himalaya
Busy street in Patan
Kids playing with their kites in Patan Durbar Square
Patan Durbar Square in the 17th
...nowadays
Temples facing the royal palace...
Bhimsen Mandir temple
Bunch of Nepalese men resting....
Spin it and pray...
Nepalese smoking near temples
Nepalese praying in temple
Kid concentrating while his kite is far far away
Sorry...i did not know!
