So Many Chortens!
Description: Dochula Pass, the main pass Eastbound out of Bhutan’s capital of Thimphu, is adorned with 108 chortens and makes for a peaceful spot to stop and stretch your legs. We Continue Reading →
Category: Asia
Ringing In The Morning In Kathmandu
Description: One of the best places for sunrise in Kathmandu is from Swayambhunath Stupa. The holy site and UNESCO World Heritage Site is a popular place to pray, workout or just Continue Reading →
Hill Side Nepal Home
Description: Stepping back for vertical panoramas for a bit, let’s head to Nepal through past photos. A typical Sherpa mountain home, the top is for living while the bottom section is Continue Reading →
Landing In Paro, Bhutan
Description: Do you see that hill beyond the airport of Paro, Bhutan? That’s the main way into Bhutan for anyone traveling by air. It makes for an interesting landing as Continue Reading →
The Crowds At The Taj Mahal
Description: Moving on from yesterday’s stop along the road, let’s head to the Taj Mahal. Always a crowd pleaser, the grounds of the Taj can get quite busy. If you want Continue Reading →
Jodha Bai’s Palace
Description: It’s a little out of the way on the road from Jaipur to Agra, but the fortification of Jodha Bai is worth a stop. Location: Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
The Buddhist Stupa Before Lhotse – Nepal
Description: While Lhotse is the immediate neighbor to Mount Everest (Sagarmatha), it is in fact the third highest mountain in the world behind K2 in Pakistan. Not only that, it is Continue Reading →
Can’t Get Enough Of The Spinning Prayer Wheels
Description: I’m a little hooked on the slow shutter speed version of prayer wheels in motion. Location: Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Camera: Canon 7D & 28-300mm L Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Continue Reading →
Filling Butter Lamps
Description: Below Swayambhunath Stupa is a row of stalls where you can get your own butter lamps for a devotional offering. Location: Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Camera: Canon 7D & 28-300mm L Photograph Continue Reading →
The Flowers Before The Deities
Description: Guru Rinpoche, Buddha and Chenrezig (left to right in the image) watch over Amideva Buddha Park on the lower reaches of the hill on which sits Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu. Continue Reading →
Sunset Over Kathmandu Valley
Description: I’ve been in Kathmandu for just all the weather it typically experiences. Rain, sleet, haze, more haze, monsoon, sunshine with visibility to the Himalayas. But this night in 2013 had Continue Reading →
Daybreak, Nepal
Description: In the Fall, when the monsoons have left Nepal and the sunshine returns, every day is worth getting up early for sunrise. And no place is better to capture the Continue Reading →
Spinning Prayer Wheels
Description: Buddhist prayer wheels, like these found in Kathmandu, Nepal, typically contain scrolls of prayer inside. When the wheel is spun, the prayers for healing and enlightenment are sent out to Continue Reading →
Taj Mahal From Afar
Description: A throwback to 2011 while leading a photo tour in India. This was taken from the Agra Fort and helps put the Taj Mahal into a little more perspective with Continue Reading →
Placid Bhutan River In Bumthang
Description: Near the middle of Bhutan, up a scenic, short hike, the rivers flow clean and cold. Location: Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Continue Reading →
Exploding Prayer Flag Colors
Description: Not your ordinary prayer flag colors, with the help of a technique known as Zoom Blur. Location: Bhutan, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing Continue Reading →
Nepal And Bhutan Photo Tours Are Set For 2023
I am happy to announce two photo tours to Nepal and Bhutan have been rescheduled to 2023! Nepal’s Wildlife, Temples & Vistas Photo Tour is 14 days long while Bhutan’s Continue Reading →
Probably Not OSHA Certified
Description: Construction workers lash together what appears to be bamboo scaffolding on a new building in Bhaktapur. Title: Probably Not OSHA Certified Location: Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia – Join a Continue Reading →
Steep Steps
Description: A pair of monks share the load climbing the very steep steps of the Punakha Dzong. The steps were intentionally built this steep to make the fortress more defensible. Continue Reading →
Monk On A Bridge
Description: A Buddhist monk looks out across a river on a covered bridge. Title: Monk On A Bridge Location: Punakha, Bhutan, Asia – Join a Photo Tour to Nepal or Bhutan Continue Reading →
Meet The Yak At Its Level
Description: A guest on one of my photo tours to Bhutan is seen getting low and close enough to a grazing yak in Bhutan’s Phobjikha Valley. Title: Meet The Yak At Continue Reading →
Hand-Scale In Action
Description: No need for an electric scale when what you have been using for decades still works. This is a market in Punakha, Bhutan, where those red and green chili peppers Continue Reading →
Punakha Dzong And Its Rivers
Description: The Punakha Dzong is seen across the Mo Chhu River in central Bhutan while Buddhist prayer flags flutter nearby. It’s a beautiful site and one of the most scenic dzong Continue Reading →
Market Exchange
Description: Local street markets are the way most Nepalese shop for their daily food stuffs. Cash is still king. Title: Market Exchange Location: Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia – Join a Continue Reading →
Wall Of Wheels
Description: Each morning people flock to Swayambhunath Stupa and while there, they will circle the stupa three times while spinning the prayer wheels and releasing their prayers to the world. Title: Continue Reading →
Flags Before The Peaks
Description: Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags stand on a line before the distant Himalayas. Title: Flags Before The Peaks Location: Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Asia – Join a Photo Tour to Nepal Continue Reading →
Prayer Wheels Sent Spinning
Description: Panning blur is a wonderful technique to use when things are moving in various directions and speeds. Title: Prayer Wheels Sent Spinning Location: Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia – Join Continue Reading →
Surviving Statuary In Bhaktapur
Description: The 2015 earthquake in Nepal was devastating to a county heavily dependent on brick and stone work (and until recently, without a lot of rebar or seismic consideration). Some of Continue Reading →
Zooming Prayer Flags
Description: A fun technique when the light is low or your have an ND filter on your lens. Set the shutter to 1/10 of a second or slower and then Continue Reading →
Sunrise in Kathmandu
Description: Sunrise in Kathmandu with the bathed in haze. Title: Sunrise in Kathmandu Location: Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia – Join a Photo Tour to Nepal or Bhutan in 2022! If Continue Reading →
Monks Feed The Pigeons
Description: By the looks of it, the pigeons in Trongsa, Bhutan, get feed fairly often. Title: Monks Feed The Pigeons Location: Trongsa, Bhutan, Asia – Join a Photo Tour Continue Reading →
Bhaktapur Backstreets
Description: Colorful flags line the backstreets of Bhaktapur, Nepal. Title: Bhaktapur Backstreets Location: Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia – Join a Photo Tour to Nepal or Bhutan in 2022! If you Continue Reading →
Surviving Statuary
Description: After the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, there was a lot of damage to a number of UNESCO World heritage sites, include the temples in Bhaktapur, pictured here. Luckily these statues Continue Reading →
Ringing In Sunrise
Description: Each morning people flock to Swayambhunath Stupa for exercise, for worship, for reflection. Title: Ringing In Sunrise Location: Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia – Join a Photo Tour to Nepal Continue Reading →
Hand-dipped Pottery In Bhaktapur
Description: The heat of the Kathmandu Valley is an excellent source of drying for the hundreds of hand-thrown pots that come out of Bhaktapur each day. Title: Hand-dipped Pottery In Bhaktapur Continue Reading →