So here're some film camera pics from our South-Asian leg.
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Sadhu in Kathmandu.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_006_2.jpg" />
Two sadhus in Kathmandu.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_007_2.jpg" />
A portrait of sadhu.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_008_2.jpg" />
Women selling fresh stuff in Kathmandu market.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_009_2.jpg" />
Potatoes.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_010.jpg" />
A shop, a selection and a seller in Kathmandu.
A young Tibetan monk in a Tibetan refugee camp near Pokhara, Nepal.
We met Simon and Lisa Thomas in Pokhara - they've been on the road for almost 8 years now!
Two sadhus in Kathmandu.
Checking out our GS.
Nice bike!?
I didn't let them ride it tho!
Children in Kathmandu.
Sunset over the most air-polluted city in Asia - Kathmandu.
Fair view indeed.
Bodhnath stupa in Kathmandu.
Buddhists always circle the stupas clock-wise to send their prayers to the Universe.
Bodhnath stupa.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_002_2.jpg" />
Terraced foothills of Himalayas in India.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_003_2.jpg" />
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A portrait of a Sikh who works in those terraced fields.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_005_2.jpg" />
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_006_2.jpg" />
Loads of fields...
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_007.jpg" />
A temple guard in Chamba, she offered us some simple food.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_008_2.jpg" />
The Hinduist temples in Chamba are rather unique.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_009_2.jpg" />
A portrait of a musician in Chamba.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_010_3.jpg" />
A portrait of a beggar - we gave him our bread in the paper and he saluted us for that.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_001_2.jpg" />
Himalayas in B&W film.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_004_2.jpg" />
On the road deeper into Indian Himalayas.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_005_2.jpg" />
19 000+ ft tops
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_006_2.jpg" />
Avalanche on hold
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_007_2.jpg" />
Shapes of Himalayas.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_008.jpg" />
View from our hidden camping spot in the entrance of Zanskar valley.
White tops in Zanskar valley.
Hindus performing their rituals at the holy Ganges river in Varanasi.
On the holy Ganges river.
Varanasi.
Boatman.
Beautification before a decent soak in the holy Ganges.
Salesmen in Varanasi.
Candleseller.
Portrait of a Hindu man in Varanasi.
The smoke comes from burning of the dead on the banks of Ganges in Varanasi - the ultimate way to be sent on the other side for a devoted Hindu.
Buddhist gompas in Mulbekh.
Under one of stupas.
Indian Himalayas landscapes...
The village of Lamayuru in Ladakh.
At Fotu La - 4108 meters (13 447 ft) - the highest pass on Kargil-Leh road.
Lamayuru.
Stupas in Lamayru.
An old Buddhist woman in Lamayuru.
Sky over Himalayas.
Our camping spot on the World's highest, Manali-Leh road.
White peaks of Himalayas.
Himalayas in the clouds, Manali-Leh road.
Just another wild camping spot in Himalayas.
Frozen lake on Leh-Manali road.
Close to Rohtang La pass.
Somewhere on the way to Rohtang La it started to rain.
Old city of Basgo.
Road to Leh.
Colourful stupas in Basgo.
Old fort in Basgo.
Buddhist stupas near Leh.
Pangong Tso lake on the border with China.
Camping somewhere close to Pangong Tso.
Views from the World's highest road...
Taglang La pass - 5359 meters (17 582 ft), second highest in world.
Moore plateau.
Shapes of Himalayas.
Tibetan boy close to Tso Moriri.
Tibetan folk...
Namshang La pass - 4800 meters (15 748 ft)
Kiagar Tso lake, close to Tso Moriri.
White peaks in Zanskar valley.
Glacier in Zanskar valley.
A Buddhist man in Zanskar valley
The world famous Taj Mahal.
Visitors waiting to get in in the que around Taj Mahal.
Hindu men in Agra.
Rohtang La pass goes right from that mountain.
Sikhs doing pilgrimage in Amritsar.
The Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Closer.
With the surrounding.
Sikh men at the Golden Temple.
Portrait of a Sikh in Amritsar.
Turbans and the Golden Temple.
Humbrok village (at around 4000 m / 13 000 ft) in Pakistan's Karakoram mountains.
Making some chai with our Pakistani guide on Humbrok trek.
Cigarette Peak in Karakoram mountains.
K2 - second highest mountain in the world having a peek in the middle. Seen above Humbrok village.
Masherbrum top half-hidden.
Humbrok village is somewhere down this valley.
The sharp peak is called Lady Finger in the Karakoram mountains.
Rakaposhi - 7788 meters (25 550 ft) in Pakistan.
The mighty Karakorams in Pakistan.
View from "Eagle's Nest" in Karimabad, Pakistan.
Receding clouds in Karimabad.
The last sunlight above Hushe in Pakistan.
A girl carrying her young brother in Hushe village, Pakistan.
Sand dunes near Toudeshk, Iran.
Kariina on the dune.
Loads of dunes...
Tracks.
Carpet weaving in Toudeshk, Iran. This carpet will take around one full year to be ready.
Covered street of Yazd, Iran.
On the roof of Yazd.
Ancient Jame mosque in Esfahan, Iran.
Jame mosque from outside.
The detail.
One of the portals of Jame mosque in Esfahan.
Stunning detail on Imam mosque's main dome roof in Esfahan, Iran.
Kariina in divine light, Imam mosque.
Kariina covered up for Iran.
The dome of Imam mosque.
Si-o-se-Pol bridge in Esfahan, Iran.
On the domed roof in Yazd.
Architecture in Yazd.
The (mud) stairs in Yazd.
Domed crossroads in Yazd.
Clocktower in Yazd.
Domes of different mosques in Yazd.
The mud city of Yazd seen from above.
Zurkhaneh training - ancient Iranian martial arts.
Mausoleum.
On Yazd street.
And our detailed GPS route where those pics were taken:
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The missing parts in Pakistan are with airplanes together with the bike. First from Skardu to Islamabad on a military cargo plane across the closed Karakoram highway (we were locked with land-slide for weeks), the second flight was from Islamabad to Quetta across flooded Indus river areas (all the transit roads under water).
M&K
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_005_2.jpg" />
Sadhu in Kathmandu.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_006_2.jpg" />
Two sadhus in Kathmandu.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_007_2.jpg" />
A portrait of sadhu.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_008_2.jpg" />
Women selling fresh stuff in Kathmandu market.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_009_2.jpg" />
Potatoes.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_I_010.jpg" />
A shop, a selection and a seller in Kathmandu.
A young Tibetan monk in a Tibetan refugee camp near Pokhara, Nepal.
We met Simon and Lisa Thomas in Pokhara - they've been on the road for almost 8 years now!
Two sadhus in Kathmandu.
Checking out our GS.
Nice bike!?
I didn't let them ride it tho!
Children in Kathmandu.
Sunset over the most air-polluted city in Asia - Kathmandu.
Fair view indeed.
Bodhnath stupa in Kathmandu.
Buddhists always circle the stupas clock-wise to send their prayers to the Universe.
Bodhnath stupa.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_002_2.jpg" />
Terraced foothills of Himalayas in India.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_003_2.jpg" />
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_004_2.jpg" />
A portrait of a Sikh who works in those terraced fields.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_005_2.jpg" />
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_006_2.jpg" />
Loads of fields...
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_007.jpg" />
A temple guard in Chamba, she offered us some simple food.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_008_2.jpg" />
The Hinduist temples in Chamba are rather unique.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_009_2.jpg" />
A portrait of a musician in Chamba.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_III_010_3.jpg" />
A portrait of a beggar - we gave him our bread in the paper and he saluted us for that.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_001_2.jpg" />
Himalayas in B&W film.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_004_2.jpg" />
On the road deeper into Indian Himalayas.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_005_2.jpg" />
19 000+ ft tops
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_006_2.jpg" />
Avalanche on hold
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_007_2.jpg" />
Shapes of Himalayas.
<img src="http://yhelteljel.ee/wp-content/gallery/louna-aasia/2010_08_19_B&W_II_008.jpg" />
View from our hidden camping spot in the entrance of Zanskar valley.
White tops in Zanskar valley.
Hindus performing their rituals at the holy Ganges river in Varanasi.
On the holy Ganges river.
Varanasi.
Boatman.
Beautification before a decent soak in the holy Ganges.
Salesmen in Varanasi.
Candleseller.
Portrait of a Hindu man in Varanasi.
The smoke comes from burning of the dead on the banks of Ganges in Varanasi - the ultimate way to be sent on the other side for a devoted Hindu.
Buddhist gompas in Mulbekh.
Under one of stupas.
Indian Himalayas landscapes...
The village of Lamayuru in Ladakh.
At Fotu La - 4108 meters (13 447 ft) - the highest pass on Kargil-Leh road.
Lamayuru.
Stupas in Lamayru.
An old Buddhist woman in Lamayuru.
Sky over Himalayas.
Our camping spot on the World's highest, Manali-Leh road.
White peaks of Himalayas.
Himalayas in the clouds, Manali-Leh road.
Just another wild camping spot in Himalayas.
Frozen lake on Leh-Manali road.
Close to Rohtang La pass.
Somewhere on the way to Rohtang La it started to rain.
Old city of Basgo.
Road to Leh.
Colourful stupas in Basgo.
Old fort in Basgo.
Buddhist stupas near Leh.
Pangong Tso lake on the border with China.
Camping somewhere close to Pangong Tso.
Views from the World's highest road...
Taglang La pass - 5359 meters (17 582 ft), second highest in world.
Moore plateau.
Shapes of Himalayas.
Tibetan boy close to Tso Moriri.
Tibetan folk...
Namshang La pass - 4800 meters (15 748 ft)
Kiagar Tso lake, close to Tso Moriri.
White peaks in Zanskar valley.
Glacier in Zanskar valley.
A Buddhist man in Zanskar valley
The world famous Taj Mahal.
Visitors waiting to get in in the que around Taj Mahal.
Hindu men in Agra.
Rohtang La pass goes right from that mountain.
Sikhs doing pilgrimage in Amritsar.
The Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Closer.
With the surrounding.
Sikh men at the Golden Temple.
Portrait of a Sikh in Amritsar.
Turbans and the Golden Temple.
Humbrok village (at around 4000 m / 13 000 ft) in Pakistan's Karakoram mountains.
Making some chai with our Pakistani guide on Humbrok trek.
Cigarette Peak in Karakoram mountains.
K2 - second highest mountain in the world having a peek in the middle. Seen above Humbrok village.
Masherbrum top half-hidden.
Humbrok village is somewhere down this valley.
The sharp peak is called Lady Finger in the Karakoram mountains.
Rakaposhi - 7788 meters (25 550 ft) in Pakistan.
The mighty Karakorams in Pakistan.
View from "Eagle's Nest" in Karimabad, Pakistan.
Receding clouds in Karimabad.
The last sunlight above Hushe in Pakistan.
A girl carrying her young brother in Hushe village, Pakistan.
Sand dunes near Toudeshk, Iran.
Kariina on the dune.
Loads of dunes...
Tracks.
Carpet weaving in Toudeshk, Iran. This carpet will take around one full year to be ready.
Covered street of Yazd, Iran.
On the roof of Yazd.
Ancient Jame mosque in Esfahan, Iran.
Jame mosque from outside.
The detail.
One of the portals of Jame mosque in Esfahan.
Stunning detail on Imam mosque's main dome roof in Esfahan, Iran.
Kariina in divine light, Imam mosque.
Kariina covered up for Iran.
The dome of Imam mosque.
Si-o-se-Pol bridge in Esfahan, Iran.
On the domed roof in Yazd.
Architecture in Yazd.
The (mud) stairs in Yazd.
Domed crossroads in Yazd.
Clocktower in Yazd.
Domes of different mosques in Yazd.
The mud city of Yazd seen from above.
Zurkhaneh training - ancient Iranian martial arts.
Mausoleum.
On Yazd street.
And our detailed GPS route where those pics were taken:
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The missing parts in Pakistan are with airplanes together with the bike. First from Skardu to Islamabad on a military cargo plane across the closed Karakoram highway (we were locked with land-slide for weeks), the second flight was from Islamabad to Quetta across flooded Indus river areas (all the transit roads under water).
M&K
