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Nepal
Boudhanath - Buddhist stupa in Kathmandu
There's always room for more people on a bus (they are on top of the bus too!)
Jiasong and a grandpa we met along our trek
Owner and her mom at a tea house in Tamang traditional dress
House under construction
Watching metal workers work
Gatlang village
Mani stones
Parbatikunda (Holy Lake)
Abandoned houses above Gatlang
Lady carrying 50 kg
Getting ready to leave. Sujay's mom gave us khatas
Frank and Taiming soaking in hot springs at Tatopani
Frank bandaged up a woman's broken ankle in a cow herder's tent
Local village girl dressed up for a festival
Bipin taking a turn playing Nepalese instrument
The way we came
Drinking yak butter tea at yak herders' tent
We were invited into yak herders' tent for tea
Corn harvest at Thuman
Walking across the section of the road that's washed out by a landslide (it was end of the monsoon season)
Extra seating on our bus
Park at the bottom of Syambunath hill
Monks at play at Phuntsok Choling Monastery
Bhaktapur - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Masks for sale in Bhaktapur
Pottery making in Bhaktapur
Man painting Tibetan Thangka
Artist displayed his works at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai (sign in Chinese as there are many Chinese tourists)
Monks reading the Buddhist texts
Nuns at Dolma Ling waiting their turn at Health Camp
Picture of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Jiasong and Frank with the head monks
Tibetan prayer wheels
Dr. James in action at health camp at Dolma Ling Nunnery