Kanchenjunga North - Back to Suketar

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Kanchenjunga North - Back to Suketar

Pictures from the 5-days-long descent back to Suketar that completed the loop and finished the trek around Kanchenjunga

Coming down from Ghunsa. In the back are Mt. Ghabur (6305 m) and Ghunsadhar (5802 m).
A look from the trail down from Ghunsa
The trail before Phole
Phole (3210 m)
A local kid in Phole
A Phole woman
Inside one of the two gompas (Buddhist monasteries) in Phole
Looking north from Phole
Local kids in Phole
Local kids in Phole
Phole
A Phole lodge
Phole
A Phole Cow ;-)
On the trail from Phole to Gyabla
Our kitchen on the trail
Posing on the trail
Posing on the trail. Growing some facial hair after 17 days into the wild.
Somewhere below Gyabla
Local women are using a hand-operated grinding stone to make flour. I shot this in a hamlet of a couple of houses between Gyabla and Amjilosa.
A rhododenron tree on the trail to Amjilosa
On the trail before Amjilosa. Amjilosa is the smal group of houses to the right. The next stop of the trek, Sakathum, is deep down into the gorge to the left.
Amjilosa women at work
Dinner time
On the trail from Amjilosa to Sakathum
On the trail from Amjilosa to Sakathum
On the trail from Amjilosa to Sakathum. A porter carrying pipe for a water main in Ghunsa.
A lizard on the trail to Sakathum
Entering Sakathum
Our host at Sakathum preparing tongba. The fermented millet for the drink is laid out on the floor.
Our hostess at Sakathum
Tongba - a staple drink for this part of Nepal
On the trail from Sakathum to Chiruwa
On the trail from Sakathum to Chiruwa
Passing through a small village on the way to Chiruwa
Passing through a small village on the way to Chiruwa
The lower Himalaya above Chiruwa
Rice field close to Tapethok
Kids on the trail before Tapethok
Tamor river before Tapethok
One of the more sketchy bridges along the trail
A Limbu woman in Chiruwa
Chiruwa (1190 m)
Shot from the dirt road to Suketar. Tamor river is meandering below.
Terraced slopes of the the lower Himalaya
Sunset from Mayam
Suketar and its airstrip
Waiting for the plain at Suketar
Our transport back to Kathmandu