Annapurna Circuit 2011 Part I - Kathmandu to Muktinah
Alison, Sangam, Dhan, Justin, Gobinda, and Chip at the Thorong La Pass In May 2011, Justin Bond, Alison Bond, and Charles Wintch hiked the Annapurna Circuit from Besisahar to Tatopani. They traveled one-hundered and eighty miles and crossed the highest pass in the world: Thorong La at 17,669 feet. They hiked with their guide Gobina Rai and two porters, Dhan Ram Rai and Sangam Rai. Cover Photo - Horse near the village of Temang
Kathmandu to Muktinah 2
Flight from Los Angelos to China
Kathmandu Airport
Streets of Kathmandu
Alison and Chip Kathmandu
Hotel Nature, Kathmandu
Alison, Kathmandu Airport 3
Streets of Kathmandu
Alison and Chip 4
Gobinda Rai, Alison and Justin
Streets of Kathmandu
Streets of Kathmandu
Streets of Kathmandu
Streets of Kathmandu 5
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Streets of Kathmandu
Streets of Kathmandu
Streets of Kathmandu
Garbage piles in Kathmandu
Streets of Kathmandu
Kathmandu to Besisahar
Streets of Kathmandu
Buffalo
Kathmandu to Besisahar
Kathmandu to Besisahar 7
Painted mural
Lunch at the Hilltop Restaurant 8
Cutting crops by hand
Kathmandu to Besisahar
Our porters, Sangam Rai and Dahn Ram Rai in Besisahar
Besisahar - Start of the trail
Gobinda and Chip - Hiking day 1 9
Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Dahn Ram Rai, Alison, and Chip
Dahn and Sangam - Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar 10
Alison, Gobinda and Chip
Nepalese child - Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Nepalese child - Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Handing out toothbrushes
Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Alison, Chip and Justin
Nepalese child - Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Growing corn 11
Nepalese children - Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Gobinda, Alison, and Chip 12
Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Nepalese children
Shower and toliet 13
Nepalese child
Gobinda Rai
Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Wooden suspension bridge 14
Nepalease children
Nepalese woman and child
Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Sorting grain by hand 16
Besisahar to Ngadi Bazzar
Nepalese child
Night 1 - Ngadi Bazzar
Marsyandi River
Tourist bus
Chip Wintch 17
Nepalese woman and child
Chip in Ngadi Bazzar
Holiday Trekkers Lodge - Ngadi Bazzar
Holiday Trekker’s Lodge
Chip Wintch
Ngadi Bazzar 18
Washing dishes - Ngadi Bazzar
Livestock - Ngadi Bazzar
Children - Ngadi Bazzar
Alison, Justin and Gobinda
Alison , Holiday Trekkers Lodge - Ngadi Bazzar
Handing out toothbrushes
Sick man carried to the hospital
Handing out toothbrushes 19
Holiday Trekkers Lodge - Ngadi Bazzar
Holiday Trekkers Lodge - Ngadi Bazzar 20
Nepalese woman - Ngadi Bazzar
Chip and Alison - Holiday Trekker’s Lodge
Alison - Ngadi Bazzar
Ngadi Bazzar to Ghermu - Day 2
Ngadi Bazzar to Ghermu 21
Sangam, Chip, Gobinda, Dhan, and Alison
Washing
Alison at the top of a steep hill
Nepalese children
Nepalese child
Goat - Ngadi Bazzar to Ghermu
Nepalese girl 23
Handing out toothbrushes
Sangam - Rest stop 24
Nepalese child
Alison and Chip
Tibetan bread for lunch
Justin, Gobinda, and Alison
Sangam and Dhan 25
Gobinda and Alison
Chip with Nepalese children 26
Justin and Chip
Plowing the fields with cattle
Scarecrow
Nepalese girl
Nepalese children
Chip and Alison - Suspension bridge
Hand farming implements
Handing out toothbrushes 27
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Alison
Nepalese boy
Alison
Nepalese children
Nepalese girl
Nepalese children
Nepalese children 29
Handing out toothbrushes
Nepalese children 30
Chip, Gobinda, and Alison
Nepalese children
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Night 2 - Ghermu
Nepalese child
Weaving by hand
Weaving tool
Nepalese children
Nepalese girl
Gobinda in Ghermu 33
Alison suspension bridge
Sangam and Dhan - Ghermu
Nepalese girl - Ghermu
Nepalese gir - Ghermu 34
Nepalese girl - Ghermu
Nepalese girl - Ghermu
Washing clothes - Ghermu
Elementary school
Nepalese woman
Suspension bridge 35
Nepalese girl
Day 3 - Ghermu to Tal 36
Nepalese woman
Ghermu to Tal
Nepalese porter
Nepalese woman
Alison 37
Sangam and Dhan - Ghermu to Tal
Porters hauling chickens 38
Alison and Dal Bhat for lunch - Day 3
Nepalese child
Rock bridge
At the top of a steep hill
Dhan and Sangam packing
Justin in the village of Tal
Dhan and Sangam 39
Kani (an archway) with the village of Tal in the distance
Tal
Gobinda, Alison, and Chip
Chip and Alison - Night 3, Tal
Justin in the village of Tal 41
Nepalese father and child
Teahouse kitchen
Road construction - Tal to Temang 42
Alison and Chip - Tal to Temang
Nepalese woman and Mani wall
Waterfall teahouse
Alison in the village of Tal
Suspension bridge
Looking back at the village of Tal 43
Justin, Alison, and Chip
Building rock retaining walls 44
Nepalese children
Dhan and Sangam
Gobinda and Chip
Nepalese child
Chip paying for lunch
Manslu - Eighth highest mountain in the world - 26,759 ft
Buying water
Suspension bridge 45
Alison, Night 4 - Prasanna Hotel, Temang
Horses 46
Nepalese women in Temang
Dhan and Sangam pasing a kani
Nepalese children - Temang
Nepalese child
Tea in the village of Temang
Sangam and Justin
Porter carrying chickens
Night 4 - Prasanna Lodge, Temang 47
Nepalese children
Annapurna II - 26,040 ft 48
Alison, Chip, and Mani wall
Looking back at Temang
Nepalese children in the village of Chame
Cattle on a suspension bridge
Night 5 - Tilicho Guest House, Chame
Nepalese child
Alison and a prayer wheel
Manaslu in the distance 50
Tilicho Guest House, Chame
Village of Chame
Alison and mani wall
Milling grain by hand
Women porters
Nepalese child, Chame
Gate in Chame
Chame hospital 51
Lunch, day 5 - Chame to Pisang
Justin
Chip, Alison, Gobinda, Dhan, and Sangam
Hand grain mill 52
Alison
Mani rock
Swargadwari Danda - A holy mountain near Pisang
Nepalese child
Sangam and Dhan, Fixing a backpack
Dhan and Sangam - Chame to Pisang 53
Kani and the village of Lower Pisang
Pisang village 54
Swargadwari Danda
Sangam - Acclimitization hike to Upper Pisang
Children in Pisang
Night 6 - Mona Lisa Lodge, Pisang
Mani wall 55
Decorations at the Upper Pisang Monastery
Justin above the village of Pisang
Upper Pisang
Stuffed bird in th village of Pisang 56
Chip and Justin at the Upper Pisang Monastery
Mani wall, Upper Pisang
Nepalese woman
Alison, Dhan and Sangam.
Annapurna Massif
View of Lower Pisang 57
Pack horses
Alison and Chip, Day 7, Pisang to Manag 58
Alison and Gobinda
Nepalese Children
Nepalese Girl
Nepalese Child
Nepalese Child
Nepalese Children
Dhan, Sangam, and Alison
Nepalese Child
Nepalese Child 59
Alison, Humde Airport
Alison - Pisang to Manag
Alison
Chip in Humde 60
Mani wall
Alison, Mani wall
Om Myurpa - Mountain near Manang
Justin - Humde Airport
Mountains near Manang
Alison on the trail from Pisang to Manang 61
Ghompa near Manang
Gangapurna Glacier 62
Chip and Gobinda
Alison and Chip
Sangam and Dhan
Looking toward Manang
Sangam and Dhan taking a rest break 63
Justin near Manang
Apple pie in Manang
Children outside of Manang
Manang village 64
Night 8 - Hotel Yeti
Ghompa near Manang
Acclimitization hike - Day 8
Hotel Yeti
Dhan, Sangam, and Alison
Movie theater in Manang 65
Dhan, Alison, and Chip
Manang Valley 66
Sangam and Dhan at the Ghompa
Chip washing clothes, Hotel Yeti
Alison and Chip, Hotel Yeti
Manang village
Dhan, Chip, and Alison, Acclimitization hike 67
Acclimitization hike to Chongkor Viewpoint
Sangam Rai
Alison and the village of Manang
Manang 68
Alison, Sangam, and Dhan
Nepalese woman
Chongkor Viewpoint Restaurant
Gobinda, Dhan and Sangam
Chongkor viewpoint
Gangapurna glacier ice lake 69
Alison, Dhan and Chip
Alison - Chongkor viewpoint 70
Hiking back to Manang
Chip and Gobinda
Gobinda
Streets of Manang
Suspension bridge
Sangam Rai
Alison - Streets of Manang
Sangam and Gobinda 71
Streets of Manang
Sangam and Gobinda 72
Alison, Mani wall
Alison and Sangam, Manang
Sunrise Manang
Sunrise, Annapurna Massif
Tibetan prayer flag 73
Gangapurna Glacier
Annapurna II 74
Ghompa
Gobina and Justin - Day 9 Manang to Gunsang
Playing cards
Dhan and Sangam packing - Hotel Yeti, Manang
Looking back at Manang 76
Alison, Chip, and Gobinda
Sangam - Manang to Gunsang
Goatherder - Gunsang
Rest Stop
Himalayan Vulture
Sheep 77
Annapurna II
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Annapurna II
Village of Gunsang
Alison and Chip with Gangapurna in the background
Gangapurna 79
Prayer flags
Gangapurna and Tibetan prayer flags
Dhan and Sangam - Rest stop 80
Alison, Gobinda, and Chip
Gobinda, Chip, and Alison
Alison on the trail to Yak Kharka
Alison, Chip, and Gobinda
Sheep
Horses near Gusang
Tibetan prayer flags
Alison in the village of Yak Kharka
Chip and Gobinda with Annapura II in the background 81
Near Yak Kharka
Alison and Chip
Nepalese boy - Yak Kharka
Rest stop
Nepalese boy - Yak Kharka
Yak
Alison and Chip in the village of Yak Kharka 83
Annapurna Mossif
Village of Yak Kharka 84
Suspension bridge
Gangapurna
Gangapurna
Alison, Dhan, Justin, Sangam, and Gobinda
Chip and Alison 85
Night 10 - Thorong Phedi
Thorong Phedi - the last village before the Thorong La Pass
Alison near Thorong Phedi 86
Acclimitization hike towards the Thorong La Pass
Family crossing Thorong La on horseback
Playing cards in the village of Thorong Phedi
Gobnda Rai
Bathroom at Thorong Phedi
Village of Thorong Phedi
Gobinda carved on a rock
Gangapurna
Looking down towards Thorong Phedi on the trail toward the Thorong La Pass 87
Morning day 11 - The hike over Thorong La
Gangapurna 88
Alison near the Thorong High Camp
Thorong High Camp
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Thorong High Camp 89
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Alison, Chip, Gobinda, and Sangam 90
Gobinda Rai with Gangapurna in the background
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Chip, Alison, Gobinda, and Dhan
Towards the Thorong La Pass 91
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Towards the Thorong La Pass
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Towards the Thorong La Pass
Alison hiking toward the Thorong La Pass
Alison hiking toward the Thorong La Pass
Alison hiking toward the Thorong La Pass
Dhan greets Alison from the top 93
Alison and Justin at the Thorong La Pass
Justin, Dhan, and Alison at the Thorong La Pass 94
Justin, Chip and Alison at the Thorong La Pass
Teahouse at the Thorong La Pass
Descent to Muktinah
Alison and Sangam on the descent to Muktinah
Descent to Muktinah 95
Descent to Muktinah
Dhan Rai on the descent to Muktinah 96
Descent to Muktinah
Descent to Muktinah
Descent to Muktinah
Paradise Restaurant
Alison - Suspension bridge 97
Village of Muktinah 98
Holy men near Muktinah
Village of Muktinah
Village of Muktinah
Village of Muktinah
Village of Muktinah
Village of Muktinah
Village of Muktinah 99
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Village of Muktinah
Village of Muktinah
Village of Muktinah
Alison and Chip, sleeping in the Village of Muktinah
Annapurna Circuit 2011 Justin C.Bond
Š 2011 Justin C. Bond