Figure1: Way to Gagalphedi and Sankhu from Sundarijal
Photos by: Milan Lamichhane
Captions by: Vishnu Kshettri
Figure2: New Prayer Flag on top of Bagmati River
Figure3: Bagmati River
Figure4: Boulder from Bagmati
Figure5: Sundarijal fertile land
Figure6: the other part
Figure7: Wild beauty from Shivpuri wild park
Figure8: once again
Figure9: Kumar enjoying…
Figure10: The Natural beauty
Figure11: Hikers on the way to Gagalphedi
Figure12: View of Sankhu
Figure13: Blue and Purple combination from Shivapuri
Figure14: One of the fall in Shivapuri
Figure15: Kakro time for hikers
Figure16: Other joins Kumar and Prashanta
Figure17: Valley of Shankhu
Figure18: Dead and Live
Figure19: Young fern
Figure20: Paddy Terrace
Figure21: PawanP, Kumar and Mahesh from left
Figure22: In the paddy field of Gagalphedi
Figure23: View of the Bagmati from Gagalphedi
Figure24: again time for Kakro
Figure25: Shree enjoying the pears too…
Figure26: Traditional house
Figure27: Mane hill
Figure28: Nagmati
Figure29: Water mill at the bank of Nagmati
Figure30: Dragon Fly (Jyalincha)
Figure31: Surendra Looking for fish
Figure32: The Dancing Nagmati
Figure33: Vishnu having Massage
Figure34: Keshav BABA in the Water
Figure35: The grinder of the water mill
Figure36: Dam at the Sundarijal
Figure37: Another look
Figure38: Shiva Linga
Figure39: Sundarijal Town
Figure40: Way to Mulkharka
Figure41: Bagmati…
Figure42: Lava, Kumar and Shree from (l to r)
Figure43: Bhaskar and Vishnu in front
Figure44: Returing from wrong direction
Figure45: On the right trail
Figure46: waiting for Nilesh
Figure47: Sundarijal bypass road
Figure48: The ascend
Figure49: The Trails
Figure50: Paddy and soybean
Figure51: Terrace at Gagalphedi
Figure52: The Lonely Tree
Figure53: Hikers in march pass
Figure54: Local Fuel supply
Figure55: At the summit of the Gagalphedi
Figure56: The Fall
Figure57: Descend from Mulkharka
All the photos reveal the diverse richness of our mother nature. There is no doubt that these are the real gifts from God which should be well preserved in their true form. I agree with Dr.Rudra Pandey that a picture can tell hundreds of stories depending upon how we interpret them. Congratulations on being pathfinder of ascends and descends of Gagalphedi to Mulkharka. When you land up next in Kathmandu from Boston to start on a trial to such exciting places, I would love to accompany you with my digital webcam.
Rajendra B.Shrestha/98510-41401
Please look at these photos very closely. It shows the richness and diversity of our culture. These natural beauties are gift from god. The day will come when people will be pouring to our little country to see these beauties provided we preserve them. There is nothing wrong to have walking trail instead of gigantic highways as long as we can feed ourselves. At least, we do not have obesity problems like the way U.S. is facing with massive healthcare cost because of two third of its population are obese. I like photos because a picture can tell hundreds of stories depending upon how we interpret them.