Trekking the Langtang – Further up to 4606 Meters
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I like to travel, and I like to snap pictures!
My mother got me an Eurorail ticket when I was 15, and together with two friends, we adventured into France. This was the beginning of a new addiction. I do like to take pictures, so one thing leads to another. On this site, I want to share some of my pictures and some of my trips with you!
Now I am on the road for more than 8 months every year. Visiting old friends and making new friends while exploring this big blue ball.
Imagine a perfect triangular mountain, capped by snow and buffeted by the icy winds of the Himalaya. Imagine a millpond calm lake, perfectly reflecting the snowy peaks. Now imagine a village on the lakeshore, thronged by travellers and reverberating to the sound of ‘om mani padme hum’ from a hundred shops selling prayer flags, carpets,…
Well – i get nothing done over here! 1st i did run into Sato and Craig that i did meet last August in Risikesh, than the 2 French guy from the trek, than Max, Chris and Eli from the treck, than Emilia from Argentina – did meet her at the Langtang treck. Yesterday David did…
There was a kind of advertising for this little village next to the main trail. Why not go up there and have a look. Guess not to many tourists do that as it is quite a steep mountain and a few 100 meters extra to climb. Well up there things where a bit different as…
As the days get shorter and the nights get colder people here in the Langtang National Park prepare for winter. That means the harvest has to be brought in and prepared for storage. Yak dung gets dried in the sun for cooking fires as well as heating. It is nice to watch the locals work…
The days get longer from today on – well lets see – I should get my Indian visa in a few hours so looks like moving to Buddha’s birthplace tomorrow. And than India here I am again. From there on even my days will be WARMER!! That is what counts. Lunar Eclipse + Winter Solstice…
Another Mani Wall – this time in the middle of nowhere? Ghyaru – after a step and hot climb without shadow – this is the place for a rest. Well it is only 400 meters up – but at one swoop… After the Tea and 2 apples it was time to continue the walk –…
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This rocks!!
Really cool pics and a really nice landscape.
whao great exploration….good alive Pics….
keep enjoying….Warm hugs
Awesome !
… bin sprachlos – einfach super-genial – mach bitte mehr pics, ok????
Fat chance but think I’ll be up amongst the clouds when I’m 64 next April!
cheers guys! i shall make more pix conny!!
thx lieber cousin – machst mir dabei einen mega großen gefallen <3
It would be a great computer screen photo of you standing with both arms stretched to the sky, with a summit in the background. What do you think?
The Mountains covered with white blanket…:-))) I love your pics..:-))) xxx
alte Erinnerungen kommen hoch ….
Langtang is fantasitic …. Ich liebe diesen Ort
Gruss
Robert
@ jordan: hmm but how should i do that when i am alone?
:-)
cheers Beata – Robert! the mountains are waiting for you!!
If there are any other people that you see, ask them to take the photo. Or, some cameras have the timer. Or, simply hold out the camera at arms length, and then make that award-winning photo. I’m truly impressed, sir.
ok Jordan! i shall try :-)