A welcome return to a beautiful village. The Red House in Kagbeni felt like homecoming. We were thrilled to see Frank and Greg and Kunzom there, on their way back down from Lo Monthang. We had lots to catch up on over a lunch of fried rice and (of course) milk-tea. Our team who had [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Kagbeni
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Jomsom
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We were thrilled to fly to Jomsom–one of only 3 flying days in the entire month due to the late monsoon. Jomsom always reminds me of an outpost town in the US old West. Borderland, a place of arrivals, departures and waiting around… a bit seedy, but promising glimpses of the beauty to come… From [...]
Full Moon Festival
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The Upper Mustang team made it to Kagbeni (after a 24+ hour trek slogging up the mountain) in time for the Muktinath Full Moon Festival and Horse Races. This festival honors the Thakuri family, so Kunzom had to go!
taking flight
Posted in Uncategorized on September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I woke to the sound of heavy rains in the middle of the night. We were up at 4:40am for a 6:20 flight. It took us nearly half an hour just to load up our 8 duffle bag all of which weighed at least 50 pounds. Arriving at the airport at dawn, not much was [...]
Momos!
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Team morale greatly boosted by fabulous food.
red skies at night…
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My biggest worry over the last few days had been weather. I was obsessively checking the international weather news the week before traveling and anxiously following reports from our first team working their way up to Jomsom. No flight had left in the last 10 days. Without that short 20 minute flight through a narrow [...]
Pokhara
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We arrived at the airport to the news that Pokhara airport was closed due to rain. A plane crash earlier in the week meant the small local airlines were being extra cautious about flying. We prepared to organize a jeep to drive the 6 hours up. One couple had been waiting for a flight since [...]
KTM
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organizing supplies–a necessary task for every trip… this time was complicated by the need to consolidate herbs from GAHP’s previous trip to Nepal in April. A rather dusty chore, and kept us busy on our first day in Kathmandu. We only had a couple of hours to gather what we needed and head back to [...]
