Kangchenjunga trekking

13-12-2012

Day 1 of the Kangchenjunga trekking: from Deorali to Porter Lodge in Simbu

31-10 Jeep ride and start of the first day of the trekking.

The next day we went on to Taplejung. Yesterday the driver frequently hung out of his window to check the rear tyre and today he decided to change it.

On the bus I met an interesting Nepali guy who was traveling to make a documentary about the role of the mother in the Nepali culture. He was also going in the same direction to Kangchenjunga. He started talking to me because of my Che Guevara cap and told me that he was a fan of Che. So we started talking about socialism and how social the people from Nepal are and the differences between Nepali and Western culture. He was very interested to know how the Western world works because next year he will start studying in London. His stories about Che and quotes of the movie 'Seven years in Tibet' kept me amused during the endless ride on the bus. Local transport can sometimes be rough but is the best way to learn about the people and culture and we all enjoyed it.

After 30 hours we finally arrived at Taplejung and we had a nice lunch. Here our guide decided we shold go the last bit to Deorali by jeep.

The jeep took us about 6 kilomiters from Taplejung, passing the airstrip from Suketar on the way. The jeep ride was as comfortable as always. The track was full of dry, hard mud so the jeep was shaking a lot. On some parts there was a lot of dust on the track so we had to close the window and it got pretty hot. But at least the view was really nice and a few times we could see the white peaks of the Kangchenjunga (8586m) and Jannu (7710m).

We finished our jeep ride in Deorali from where we could start the trek and walked up to Kesawa. It was a hot but great to walk through a green environment, we got some views and experienced some silence around us.

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Waarom Frankrijk altijd zo'n prachtig land is

17-10-2011

Waarom Frankrijk altijd zo'n prachtig land is..

Terug in zomers Frankrijk met velden in bloei, kajakken, mountainbike en wielrennen veel cols

Frankrijk, het land van buitensport en extreme activiteiten!

Na de reis die door Italie bracht de lange col Angel me naar Frankrijk. Op de col aangekomen sloeg de regen om in sneeuw en al snel stond ik in een witte omgeving. Aangezien winterbanden ontbraken besloot ik na wat rondgekeken te hebben af te gan dalen, dit keer langzamer dan anders. col Angel bracht me na Briancon en later Guillestre. De aankomst in de vallei van de Durance is na mijn vele beozoeken altijd een soort van thuiskomen. Het is dan ook een geweldig buitensport mekka. sportklimmen, alpine klimmen, mountainbiken, wielrennen op de meest uitdagende cols, kajakken, raften, canyoning, via ferrate.... alles is er mogelijk.

Free Wallpaper February and January 2011

23-02-2011

Free Wallpaper February and January 2011

over, wallpaper, nepal, kathmandu, children, january, 2011, canon, school, village, mountains, morning, light,

I would like to share two of the photos from the Nepal serries with you. Poster on facebook allready dut stil whant to share this on my website. If you want to be updated earlyer ad me on twitter or facebook. The January wallpaper is shot in a small village on the way trekking in the Manaslu circuit, The childeren where on their way to school, an walk of moere than one hour! The February wallpaper is shot in the main capitol Kathmandu. This poor man whas trying to sell his goods on the streets, like so many people are trying. He obviously isn't very happy about his position.

You can download the wallpaper of February, 2011 here in different sizes depending on you screen resolution.

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You can download the wallpaper of January, 2011 here in different sizes depending on you screen resolution.

1920 x 1440 can de downloaded here  1920 x 1280 can be downloaded here  1280 x 800 can be downloaded here

I hope you will like them and enjoy these places as much as I did!

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Back from the Manaslu trek, in Pokara

08-11-2010

Back from the Manaslu trek, in Pokara

Yesterday the Manaslu trek was finished and we arrived in Boerboele. Today we went by jeep and mini bus to Pokhara.

 'One of the basic houses we visited during the trek'

The trek was magnificent, especially the part before we went over the "Larkya La pass" was a very pure part of Nepal. The valley where the Nepali people have a very basic life and in some occasions are very poor. High in the mountains the houses where not more then some walls from rocks and a wooden roof with some iron plates. In the lower valleys the people where in most occasions Hindu and beautiful and colorful dressed while high in the mountains Boudist people who came from the old Tibet, live poor and wear old, dirty closes.

The Manaslu area showed a diversity with old forests and barren maintain landscapes.

'High Himalayan mountain landscapes during the trek' On the climb up to Samdo I got sick, probably of some food or water. I was throwing up while walking above 3000 meter, felt awful but know I had to go on to Samdo where we had to do a rest day for acclimatizing. I managed but had to take some antibiotics to recover. I was lucky because I recovered quick and managed to do some side-trips to remote valleys on the border of the old Tibet. I met an Tibetan guy who brought a cripple yak back to Samdo. We had really nice conversations about the life up in the high Himalayan mountains and I was lucky he lived for 13 years in Kathmandu and spoke perfectly English. It was a great experience meeting the local pear everywhere. During the trek we where staying with local people and I sat by the fire while the dal bat dinner was prepared. Our from Asian Heritage told me about the Nepali culture and different religions in Nepal.

 'Indian jeep for the bumpy road'

We just arrived in Pokhara by jeep and have a view over the lake and the great Annapurna range.

 'Sunset on the lake at Pokhara'

Tomorrow we will have a rest day en Wednesday we will leave early to begin with the Annapurna sanctuary trek to the Annapurna base camp.

I made a lot of photos during the last two weeks and will go through them to sort them out. Usually I take a lot of double photos with different aperture of shutter-speed. Depending on the histogram I will delete photos that are bad exposed or with a composition I don't like. But fist relax, eat, drink a beer and, have a look at Pokhara.

 'The more quit center of Pokhara compared to the chaos of Kathmandu'

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On my way to Kathmandu!

21-10-2010

On my way to Kathmandu!

After the first stop in Zurich, Switzerland,we just arrived at Doha airport in the Emirates. It's night here and I tried to get some sleep in the airplane after watching a movie..but without success. As always packing took to long last night and there are always thing you want to finish before leaving. 

But...Wilfried and I are on our way!

'Cumulus clouds above the Swiss alps'

'Unreal tunnel to the departure gate at Zurich airport'

'High speed through the tunnel at Zurich airport'

'Engine power in front of the Swiss mountains'

'Inside the Quatar Airplane'

'Waiting on Doha airport at the Emirates' Take care and till next post from hopefully, Kathmandu...