Michael, Bart
I do not have a tripod with me. but on a clear night the sight is amazing. astronomy is one of my pastimes, and i have spent quite a few nights here awake till past sunrise to see the magnificence
of the constellations. orion, sirius, swan, andromeda, taurus, gemini etc. in all their glory as they
make their way across the northern sky from high up in the himalyan mountains.
today i took a 90 mins flight over the himalyan range. glorious sight. difficult to capture the grandeur through a plane window ( and the cockpit ! ) but i have captured a lot of the various
himalyan peaks ( yes everest too !). close up i felt the other peaks had more attraction. Everest
was clearly visible and some of the base camps way down below. The weather was perfect.
In the Himalyas the tree line cuts off at about 3700 mts. so what you have is bare black/brown rock covered partially with snow. I did trek upto the treeline.
The wife managed around 600 mts. and is heading down, stopping along the way for climatisation.
I spent around three hours today visiting the Hindu cremation site. There were a few tourists about who snapped a few shots and went along their way. some had video cams. The sight,smell,feel,sound, and the taste of incense,burning wood,cloth and of course flesh cannot be
described. It has to be experienced.
I followed one sad ceremony right through. I shall post these images..some of them are very graphic...at a later date.
Take care and best wishes from Nepal.