Himalayan Weather
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.
Tag: Nepal
Lonely Near The Top Of The World
Description: A throwback to 2010 when I attempted to climb a peak known as Kyajo Ri. It’s my only tall mount attempt (word used twice already because I did not Continue Reading →
Lumbini Firewood Bike
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 →
Dharma Wheel Before Boudhanath Stuppa
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 →
Swayambhunath Reflections
Description: Light from the inside, reflections from the outside. Location: Swayambhunath Stuppa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Seeing The Forest For The Rhinos
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 →
Rhino Out For Breakfast
Description: Morning time is the best time to see rhinos that are out for breakfast, chomping away at the grasses along the Rapti River in Nepal. Location: Nepal, Asia All Continue Reading →
Brave Man In A White Shirt
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
Can’t Stop Spinning
Description: All day long, the prayer wheels spin. Location: Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey.
Machermo, The Dog
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 →
Rhesus Macaque Mother And Baby
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.
A Beauty Of A Horn
Description: A lot of the One-horned Rhinos we spotted in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park have decent but ‘realistic’ horns. What do I mean? I mean this example below is not normal. Continue Reading →
Visiting Two Of Kathmandu’s UNESCO Sites
Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city, is home to a number of a number of ancient UNESCO World Heritage Sites and two of the more popular locations are Swayambunath Stupa and Boudhanath Continue Reading →
Boudha Backstreets By Motorbike
In the last of a two-part series I just made up, it’s time for a night ride on a motorbike through the very tights and often blind-cornered streets around Boudha, Continue Reading →
Boudhanath At Night
Description: Boudhanath is a great escape inside Kathmandu. While it is still a relatively busy place, the Tibetan custom of circling shrines in a clockwise direction brings order to a Continue Reading →
Kathmandu By Motorbike
If you were spellbound by yesterday’s mastery of suspense and traffic, you’re going to love today’s hit release: Kathmandu By Motorbike. It’s all of the action from yesterday but now Continue Reading →
Royal Enfield Bullet Electra
Description: I don’t know much about motorbikes, but I like ones that stand out here in Kathmandu. Like this Royal Enfield sitting on a side street. Location: Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Continue Reading →
Wandering Kathmandu’s Neighborhoods – Video
My time in Nepal and Bhutan this trip is dedicated to showing my four guests all the things I love about this region I return time and again. I have Continue Reading →
Are You Ready For The Chaos Of Kathmandu?
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 →
Pottery Dipping
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →