Thought I would post some images of Nepal. Svea and I spent about 2 weeks hiking there and saw amazing things.  Let me try to share them with you - in no specific order. 

Svea and I would walk after we settled into our guest house - somewhere along the Anapurna loop trail

Some of the building styles along the trail

Suspended bridges allowed me to overcome a fear of heights with Svea's encouragement

Stuppas seemed a common theme for villages along the way. Spirituality is very important to the Nepalese.

Beautiful stonework

These men and women were carrying easily their weight in plastic piping.  They reminded me of energetic leaf-cuttter ants on a human scale.

One of the rivers we followed and a hint of mountains in the background

Prayer wheels spun through each village

We walked along the trail that 1000 people had created for tourists like us. Amazing!

I goof around with a sherpa's load. There is no way that my North American body could handle what these people carried.

Patch of blue sky and some boards waiting to be delivered to a construction project somewhere.  Much of the construction in the mountains was of wood, even cedar, which made us feel at home.

Sometimes the trail was a road, but the monsoon rains and slides closed several roads while we were there.  Donkeys and people are the local beasts of burden.

Two boys share chips

Prayer flags at the entrance to Manang

Wild flowers kept me interested as I walked along the roadway

Typical view

The new and the old.  The curved architecture of the old bridge is lacking in the new efficient bridge.

Yes we tried Yak cheese and it was delicious!

Typical guest houses - about two stories high, with a single toilet and shower room down the hall for everyone to enjoy. Since it was off season, (most people prefer the sunshine to the rain) we were often alone in guest houses.