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The second photo of one of the best fotress I ever seen. The fortress of Jarkoth is situated near the caravan route which links Neapl with Tibet. Beautiful landscape of Mustang, Dhaulagiri and remote area of Himalaya is all around the fotress.

Jarkhot is small village in Kali Gandhaki Valley (Lower Mustang) where impressive fortress is situated. The landscape is wonderful there - the brown canyon of Kali Gandhaki and Dhaulagiri Massif in the horizon creates impressive atmospere. For sure it is one of the best place during whole Annapurna Circuit Trekking.

We met those child high in the mountain during our Annapurna Circuit trekking. Despite of young age, children in Nepal have to help their parents in everyday work

It is himalaya vilage on the annapurna cirucit trekking in lower mustang - in the horizon there is dhaulagiri massif. PEople in Himalaya must be very happy to live in such tremendous landscape.

Flat roofs of the houses are built only in the dry region as mustang. Normally there is snowing and raining there very often. But when we were there, small snow layer hasn't melted after heavy snowing in Thorung La region

Aswell as the tilicho lake being one of the most worthwhile offshoots of the Annapurna treck the days treck to reach the remote lodge is also one of the most scenic and a little daring as the mountainside here is constantly eroding and is very dry.I found myself constantly walking upwards as the ground that I walked on was sliding back down

Aswell as the tilicho lake being one of the most worthwhile offshoots of the Annapurna treck the days treck to reach the remote lodge is also one of the most scenic and a little daring as the mountainside here is constantly eroding and is very dry.I found myself constantly walking upwards as the ground that I walked on was sliding back down the slope.At this angle I found it a bit daunting in places but certainly worthwhile.There are three ways to go here-the lower the middle and the top route which is perched on the top of the triangular peak at the end.

Ok this is my last post for a while as tomorow I leave for Thailand for a month.As requested I will leave you with one of my favourites from my annapurna treck taken from a field that has a large drop of at the other side.I cannot say precisely where as I am still looking for my map!

Montée au camp avancé du Singu Chuli (5900m). Le sommet en arrière plan est le fameux Machapuchare. Son nom signifie queue de poisson, même si sous cet angle il n'a pas la forme d'une queue de poisson. Il culmine à 6997m d'altitude et son ascension est interdite depuis 1964 afin de respecter les croyance locale et le caractère sacré de cette montagne.

Le sommet est a priori vierge, D.Cox et W.Noyce auraient du rebrousser chemin a quelques dizaines de mètres du sommet en 1957 les conditions de neige n'étant pas bonnes.

south annapurna from Annapurna Base Camp.

The offshoot treck to tilicho lake is about two days treck from the annapurna main circuit.It can be reached in one day ,however,it is better to stay at the remote lodge and spend more time on the way there as the treck has some of the most beautiful scapes in the region and also it is nice to see the lake with clear skies and spend some time exploring at this isolated spot.I took a photo of this dead tree because I liked the way the light fell on the forms to create a highlight

This is the first part of the final walk to tilicho lake.To the right and close to the snow covered part of that mountain brings you over the top of the ridge and to the huge lake.

The girl lives in the mountinas in the small village in the Annapurna Circuit trekking route. She was playing with cat during we drank some tea and had small rest during our way dwon from Throrung La pass to Pokhara. of the ridge and to the huge lake.

There are plenty of diffrent tribes and group of people who live in Nepal. Some are living in the mountian, some on plain, some are Hinduist some are Buddhist, some are farmers - some have own shops, some live in Nepal for ages - some are refugges from Tibet. But most of them are rather poor and live with constant fear about situation in Nepal

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