April 7, 2012 @ Pokhara, Nepal



Sunrise @ Dhampus


Fish Tail Mountain @ 6,993m


Third sunrise viewing in Nepal


Got up at 6am for this!


Sunrise behind the mountains


Sunrise @ Dhampus


Sunrise @ Dhampus


Sunrise @ Dhaulagiri View Hotel


Annapurna mountain ranges


Me @ Dhaulagiri View Hotel


Villages on the Annapurna Circuit treks


Switzerland? Nepal?


Breakfast with a view


Morning exercise


Porter, Albert, Mathew, Trekking guide, Tracy, Kitty, Cora, Me & Eyad


Fish Tail Mountain @ 6,993m


Cora, Tracy, Kitty & Me


Jump!


Albert, Mathew & Eyad


Porters carrying all our belongings


Terraces are used in farming to cultivate sloped land


You can see in this picture why it is called the Fish Tail


School @ Dhampus


Trekking


Easy downhill for the first hour


Village along our trek


So scenic


Garage for cow


Me & FF


A bit like the Great Wall of China


Local entertainment


Temple


Agriculture employs 76% of the workforce


Farmer


Looks heavy


Graduated terrace steps are commonly used to farm on mountainous terrain


Wheat field


Me & Tracy


Terraced fields decrease erosion and surface runoff


re effective for growing crops requiring much water, such as rice.


Terraced paddy fields are used widely in rice farming in east, south, and southeast Asia


Nepali mom & baby


Nepali mom & baby


Nepali mom & baby


Nepali toddler


Baby swing basket


Hen


Nepali girl


Sheeps


Home for cow


Nepali convenience store


Shampooing on the street?


Here comes mom


After an hour of hardcore uphill we are on flat ground again


A beatiful day


Farming


Interesting shaped hill


Nepali woman


Laundry time


Mathew surrounded by Nepali kids


Houses along the trek


Fishing


A bath and some water is perfect under the hot sun


Woman and kid doing the work again


Nepali kids


What are you looking at?!?


So much love


Singing and dancing


More terraced aka step fields


Crop rotation is practiced


Hut


Pretty hen


Pokhara village & Phewa Lake


After 5 hours of trekking almost back to Sarangkot


Paragliding


Cows helping out in the field


Almost there!


At last we are back


Time for late lunch


Culture dance


Sizzler chicken again


Annapurna mountain ranges


Pokhara Village