Monday, February 21, 2011

Truly Nepal

I downed a cup of local "juice".



A sudden wave of calmness overcame me. Everything seemed to happen in slow HD cinematic motion – a few thousand feet of pine trees rustling in the wind below, the colourful prayer flags flapping against the blamelessly blue sky, the wind chimes tinkling by the window…




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It's just pine trees from the top of the hill right to the bottom.



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Sunlight seeping through the pine trees.



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Houses far below.



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So close we were.



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The view the village overlooks. The mass of houses in the far background is Kathmandu.


As originally posted on Eunice Chan's photo blog Oh Hai!