Travel photographs

Val, Neil and Huw shelter from the rain in the doorway of Braga Gompa.

Braga Gompa perched on a hill above the village.

The New Yak Hotel in Braga.

I receive a puja (blessing) to cross the Thorong La from Lama Deshe in Praken Gompa above Manang ...

... and accept a lucky cord to tie around my neck.

Praken Gompa, cut into the side of a cliff about 500m above Manang.

The Yeti Hotel, Manang, with the Marsyangdi River behind.

The confluence of the Khangsar Khola and the Jharsang Khola on a miserable, cloudy September morning.

A pika forages beside a wall near Manang.

Crossing the Jharsang Khola on the way up to Khangsar.

Val, Neil and Huw take tea in a lodge kitchen in Khangsar.

Tare Gompa perches at about 3900m on the trail to Tilicho Lake.

The Khangsar Khola cuts through a gorge, with Tilicho Peak in cloud far above.