Tuesday, December 12, 2006

nepal II


Some other interesting pictures on the trail. Here's a woman processing millet.


One of the teahouses we stopped for lunch.


After lunch they just lie around enjoying the sun


The hills and mountains are all terraced up and grown with all kinds of stuff, veggies, wheat, barley, millet, mustard, etc.


Chicken wiht this weird tuft under its eyes.


kerosene heater under the table for nights when it gets really cold.


All the different agents that patronise theis outlet


Chainis?


Another kind of heater. made of mud, you burn wood in it and the heat is felt in the whole room.


Drying millet


Cleaning a chicken for dinner.


All the teahouses have similar looking menus with exactly similar things inside. Only diff is the price. It goes up as you gain altitude.


Whats in the menu you ask?


drying corn for flour in winter and seed in spring.



Buying oranges. Earlier on it was 2 rupees for one orange, then it became 5 rupees for 2 oranges. In Kathmandu, it was 10 rupees for one orange. Businessmen...

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