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Annapurna Circuit
Page 5. Rundt om Annapurna.   Nepal, Oct. - Nov. 2005

  The Red House, Kagbeni  -  click to enlarge
 

    ·  Page 1 Khudi - Koto - Notes/Itinerary                    Page 2 Upper Pisang/Ghyaru
    ·  Page 3 Braga                                                               Page 4 Thorung La/Muktinath
    ·  Page 5 Kagbeni                                                                Page 6 Marpha to Tatopani
    ·  Page 7 Annapurna Sanctuary               Page 8 Dhampus              Page 9 Pokhara
 

Kagbeni / Upper Kali Gandaki

The Kali Gandaki River slices its way through the Himalayas forming a travel corridor that has been used for thousands of years, connecting the Tibetan people to the north with the Indian people to the south. The traders brought salt from Tibet and barley, spices and clothes from India. This is an incredible journey through a land of transitions from Tibetan Buddhists to Hindus, from dry highland regions to subtropical forests. You trek through the world’s deepest gorge between the Annapurna and the Dhaulagiri ranges.

Kagbeni is a green oasis at the junction of the Jhong Khola and the Kali Gandaki. It has a large gompa and ruins of an old fortress. North of Kagbeni is the restricted area of Upper Mustang.
The Red House was the first lodge in Kagbeni and has a lot of atmosphere.
 

The approach to Kagbeni from Jharkot: It is a relief suddenly to see fertile fields amid the barren rocks		Kagbeni seen from the restricted area with Nilgiri looming to the south
	Dal bhat in The Red House
Pema, the landlady of The Red House		Puja in a private house
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Kagbeni	Orchard in Kagbeni	The restricted area north of Kagbeni
	Kagbeni
Kagbeni has a Seven Eleven sign, but no Seven Eleven shop		Spirit trap / åndefælde: onde ånder formodes at blive fanget i nettets masker
Kali Gandaki set fra Kagbeni med Nilgiri i baggrunden	Kali Gandaki	Kali Gandaki med Kagbeni i baggrunden
NB: Klik på billedet for forstørrelse / Click on photo to enlarge   Dagarjong Cross the Kali Gandaki at Eklobhatti and walk up to Piling, Phalla and Dagarjong. Dagarjong is a very interesting Tibetan village with a village pond high above the Kali Gandaki Nilgiri seen from Dagarjong   Disse tibetanske landsbyer ser få turister. Dagarjong, højt beliggende over Kali Gandaki, har helt usædvanligt for landsbyer i Himalaya midt i byen et romantisk gadekær med en chorten.
Kali Gandaki seen from Eklobhatti. Nilgiri in the back	Dagarjong	Gadekæret i Dagarjong / The village pond
	Majsen tørres i solen / Corn drying in the sun	Støvskyerne kommer fra Kali Gandaki
NB: Klik på billedet for forstørrelse / Click on photo to enlarge   Lupra Lupra is situated in a valley east of the Kali Gandaki. This small Tibetan village has an interesting Bön gompa.
Udsigt mod Piling fra stien til Lupra	Dhaulagiri set fra stien til Lupra
Gik op over et bakkedrag fra Kagbeni og ned til Lupra, en lille tibetansk landsby i en sidedal til Kali Gandaki. Her kommer ikke mange turister. Lupra har et meget interessant og gammelt Bön kloster.		Lupra and Dagarjong
Lupra ses mellem de grønne træer midt i billedet	Chorten ved indgangen til Lupra	På en mark er to yakker ved at blive slagtet
Spirit trap / åndefælde: onde ånder formodes at blive fanget i nettets masker
Kali Gandaki med Dhaulagiri i baggrunden
Apple orchards / For et par og tyve år siden begyndte man at dyrke æbler i Kali Gandaki - efter at salthandelen var gået i stå i 1959

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Kali Gandaki med Dhaulagiri i baggrunden

Page 6 Marpha to Tatopani
 

Itinerary

November 12, Jharkot – Kagbeni, 2840 m
November 13, Kagbeni. Day trip to Piling, Phalla and Dagarjong
November 14, Kagbeni - Lupra – Marpha, 2680 m

    ·  Page 1 Khudi - Koto - Notes/Itinerary                    Page 2 Upper Pisang/Ghyaru
    ·  Page 3 Braga                                                               Page 4 Thorung La/Muktinath
    ·  Page 5 Kagbeni                                                                Page 6 Marpha to Tatopani
    ·  Page 7 Annapurna Sanctuary               Page 8 Dhampus              Page 9 Pokhara
 

Last update January 07

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