Globs Of Gharials
Description: Gharials are a member of the crocodile family and are fish-eaters living in rivers of Nepal and India. This tangle of crocs is found at a breading center in Continue Reading →
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Description: Gharials are a member of the crocodile family and are fish-eaters living in rivers of Nepal and India. This tangle of crocs is found at a breading center in Continue Reading →
Description: It was the second to last night of our Bhutan photo tour in 2013 when the snows started in the Haa Valley of Bhutan. A bit beautiful at first Continue Reading →
Description: Let me help you with that title. Wangdue Phograng is the name of both a district and the capital of that district in Bhutan. Dzong is the name given Continue Reading →
Description: Continuing the theme from the past few days, it’s time to experience the Cham dance. As much as you can from a screen. ð Location: Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Continue Reading →
Description: Masked dancers don’t have the greatest field of view. Dances at a tshechu, or festival, in Bhutan are often a slow affair. Take a look here in Wikipedia. Location: Continue Reading →
Description: The Black Hat Dance, or Cham dance, is something of a regular at Bhutanese festivals. Having a look around YouTube for examples makes me want to grab a video Continue Reading →
Description: More prep work for a masked dance high in the Himalayas of Bhutan. Location: Bumthang Dzongkha, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Description: In 2023, while leading a photo tour through Nepal and Bhutan, we had the good fortune to witness not only a day of festivities and celebration in a small Continue Reading →
Description: Not every rhino wants its picture taken. Location: Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Description: Clouds breaking before a stoney wall of towering peaks. In the Himalayas. Location: Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Description: The title says is all. It’s a bike in Lumbini, Nepal that is used to deliver firewood. The bike is aptly named Hercules. Location: Lumbini, Nepal, Asia Photograph copyright Continue Reading →
Description: The masked dances in Bhutan, while not overly flashy by American standards, make up for it with bright fashion. Location: Bumthang Region, Bhutan, Asia copyright Peter West Perry. All Continue Reading →
Description: In the middle of Bhutan sits one of the most nicely situated dzongs (fortress with both government and religious administration) in all of Bhutan. Punakha Dzong is well placed Continue Reading →
Description: A Buddhist nun circles along the outside wall of an ancient temple in rural Bhutan. Location: Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All Rights Reserved.
Description: First, an apology for naming yesterday’s Photo Of The Day incorrectly! It happens… Yesterday’s photo was taken at Swayambhunath Stuppa, not Boudhanath as is today’s photo. Location: Kathmandu, Nepal, Continue Reading →
Description: Light from the inside, reflections from the outside. Location: Swayambhunath Stuppa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Description: Chitwan National Park in Nepal is the place to be if you want to spot rhinos. Especially the Rhinoceros unicornis. Location: Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Asia Photograph copyright Peter Continue Reading →
Description: Pottery crafting in Bhaktapur, Nepal goes back centuries and is still practiced by hand to this day. Location: Bhaktapur, Nepal, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey
Description: We called him Machermo because that’s the village where he started following our group. For about four days this wonderful dog hung out with us while we took photos and Continue Reading →
Description: Rhesus Macaques are the monkeys that give Monkey Temple (Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu) its moniker. Location: Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey.
Description: I can tell you from my last trip to Nepal in 2019 that not much has changed in the way of chaos in the streets of Kathmandu. This photo Continue Reading →
Description: Hand-dipped pottery painting in Nepal Location: Bhaktapur, Nepal, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn photography and explore the world with Far Horizon Photo Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Description: There is beauty to be found in every large city and it usually helps with the skies add a little color after the rains wash the streets. Title: Kathmandu Streets Continue Reading →
Description: Just south of Bhaktapur’s Durbar Square, one of the Kathmandu Valley’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites you can visit on a Far Horizon Photo Tour in 2022, is a place Continue Reading →
Description: In the pre-dawn hours, devotees burn incense at Swayambhunath Stupa. Title: Pile On The Incense Location: Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing Continue Reading →