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21.
Sun-dried yak cheese is being prepared on the roof of a Ghemi
home.
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22.
A horse train approaching Ghemi. The route at one time carried
much of the trade from Tibet to India.
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23.
Chortens on the route from Ghemi to Tsarang (spelled Charang
on some maps).
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24.
Chortens with Ghemi in the background.
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25.
A long "mani" wall near Ghemi. These walls are heaped
with flat stones on which mantras (prayers and sacred formulas)
are incised in Tibetan script. Travelers gain merit by passing
the wall, keeping it to their right. The foal in the photograph
is following his mother.
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26.
Ancient chortens on the way to Tsarang.
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27.
The village of Tsarang with its ruined "Dzong" -
the fortress in the background.
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28.
Tsarang. The red building is its gompa -- a Tibetan Buddhist
temple-monastery.
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29.
Women carrying baskets of dried dung. used as fuel for cooking
fires, to their homes in Tsarang.
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30.
On the route from Tsarang to Lo Monthang. Porters carry loads
here as well as throughout the roadless areas of rural Nepal.
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