The caretaker of the Tibetan Buddhist gompa (temple) in Upper Pisang lets us in for a look around in the late afternoon. The gompa's interior is beautifully painted with tantric Buddhist paintings. This gompa becomes even more impressive when we learned that it was a work of community cooperation, built with the labor (54 days per person) and contributions of the village. The talented painter was also local. Read more about our Annapurna Circuit trek. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Local kids near the village of Ngadi Bazar take a break. Taken at the beginning of our trek around the Annapurna Circuit trek in Nepal. Read more about our Annapurna Circuit trek. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
This Nepalese man struggles to hoist his goat on top of the local bus - named Sweet Remember - from Besisahar to Bhulbhule at the beginning of the Annpurna Circuit trek in Nepal. He sat atop the bus with his goat for the entirety of the bumpy (and occasionally harrowing, precipice gripping) hour-long ride. Read more about our Annapurna Circuit trek. © www.uncorneredmarket.com