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  • A child make a makeshift tent with sticks and red cloth during a trekking trip over a high pass in the mountains.
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  • A female tourist stands half submerged in a lake in the Western Himalaya, in Pakistan. Kachura Lake is in Baltistan, an area known as "The Little Tibet of Northern Pakistan".
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  • View over Nanda Devi, the highest mountain located entirely within India. In the Himalaya.
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  • Emotional moment for the bride : she is leaving her childhood home in her village, moving away to her husband's home. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Emotional moment for the bride : she is leaving her childhood home in her village, moving away to her husband's home. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • A teenage boy's room decoration in the Himalaya.
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  • Hindu Pilgrim at the temple of Jageshwar. In the Himalaya.
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  • Evening falls in the Himalaya.
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  • Hay stacks. In the Himalaya.
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  • Men in a colorful restaurant. In the Himalaya.
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  • Guests dansing at a traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • A sadhu making Hashish with marijuana, using his hand. Traditional. In the Himalaya.
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  • Family portrait, in the Himalaya.
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  • A white horse running below Nanda Devi, the highest mountain located entirely within the country. In the Himalaya.
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  • A shepherd with his herd. In the Himalaya.
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  • A woman milking her buffalo under red light. In the Himalaya.
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  • Sunset. Trekking around Tungnath, the highest Shiva temple in the world; one of the 5 temples of the Shaivite sect dedicated to the god Shiva. In the Himalaya.
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  • A dog in a garbage bin saying "Use Me". In the Himalaya.
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  • A tibetan woman walking on the road with truck. In the Himalaya.
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  • A woman bringing hay back to her mountain village. In the Himalaya.
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  • Carried out on the sedan chair. Emotional moment for the bride : she is leaving her childhood home in her village, moving away to her husband's home. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • A pandit let milk run on the hand of the bride. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • A teenage boy's room decoration in the Himalaya.
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  • Pepsi and deity. Family portraits. In the Himalaya.
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  • Wedding guests. In the Himalaya.
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  • Wedding guests at a traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Hindu Pilgrims at the temple of Jageshwar. In the Himalaya.
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  • Portrait of woman in the Himalaya.
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  • Women working on repairing a house. In the Himalaya.
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  • Women working on road construction. In the Himalaya.
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  • Street scene. In the Himalaya.
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  • Left over feathers after a chicken was plucked. In the Himalaya.
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  • Guests arriving through the pine forest. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • The futrure couple feed eachother their first meal. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Traditional food prepared at a wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Arriving at a wedding, a man carries a Trishul (trident). Creation, maintenance and destruction; past, present and future; in Hinduism the trident represents the 3 aspects of consciousness. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • A sadhu making Hashish with marijuana, using his hand. Traditional. In the Himalaya.
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  • A Sadhu smoking marijuana in his home. In the Himalaya.
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  • Portrait of woman in the Himalaya.
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  • School in the outdoor. In the Himalaya.
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  • Young men have a bath in a hot spring. In the Himalaya.
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  • Himalayan country fair, attraction park in Gopeshwar. In the Himalaya.
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  • The groom's party brings the sedan chair that will carry the bride out of her childhood home, away to the groom's home. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Night shot of Tungnath, the highest Shiva temple in the world; one of the 5 temples of the Shaivite sect dedicated to the god Shiva. In the Himalaya.
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  • Blessing of the couple. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • View from the top of Chandrashila. Trekking around Tungnath, the highest Shiva temple in the world; one of the 5 temples of the Shaivite sect dedicated to the god Shiva. In the Himalaya.
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  • Hotel room with sunset view over Panchchuli Peaks. In the Himalaya.
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  • The groom is welcomed at the bride's home. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • The bride with henna design. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • The women of the groom family sing for the bride. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Bride is carried by mother in law inside the groom's house. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Emotional moment for the bride : she is leaving her childhood home in her village, moving away to her husband's home.  Hats with Hindu deity: Ganesh for the man, Radha Krishna for the woman. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • A sadhu making Hashish with marijuana, using his hand. Traditional. In the Himalaya.
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  • Hay stacked on a tree. In the Himalaya.
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  • View over Nanda Devi, the highest mountain located entirely within the country. In the Himalaya.
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  • View from hotel window over Nanda Devi, the highest mountain located entirely within the country. In the Himalaya.
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  • A woman carrying wood on her head. In the Himalaya.
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  • Hindu Pilgrims at the temple of Jageshwar. In the Himalaya.
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  • A village nestled below Nanda Devi (7,816 m / 25,643 ft), the highest mountain located entirely within the country. In the Himalaya.
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  • A woman trying to get a cat down from a tree. In the Himalaya.
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  • A kid carrying construction material, as part of mountain community work. In the Himalaya.
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  • Groom carried out on a sedan chair. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Emotional moment for the bride : she is leaving her childhood home in her village, moving away to her husband's home.  Hats with Hindu deity: Ganesh for the man, Radha Krishna for the woman. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • The dowry given to the bride's family. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • The bride with henna design. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Flat bread. Traditional food prepared at a wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Street scene in Kausani. In the Himalaya.
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  • The groom dressed up for his wedding day. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • Carried out on the sedan chair. Emotional moment for the bride : she is leaving her childhood home in her village, moving away to her husband's home. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • The groom is welcomed at the bride's home. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
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  • A young yak is being washed. In the Himalaya.
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  • Woman offering oranges in a leaf. In the Himalaya.
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  • A teenage girl's room decoration in the Himalaya.
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  • Portrait of woman in the Himalaya.
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  • A mother and daughter under the full moon. Husband and son are living in teh cities, to try and get money. Rural exodus. In the Himalaya.
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  • View over Shuwert region, in the Shimshal Pamir, several days trek from the nearest village. On the way up to the first ever climb of Woolio-e Sar (6030m, September 2006).
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  • Famous women Pakistani climber.
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  • Passu area, in upper Hunza, and the Cathedral peak in the distance. People and places of the Hunza Valley, in the heart of the Karakoram mountain Range, North Pakistan.
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  • Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang). September 2006.
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  • View over the Karakoram mountains.
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  • Tourist setting up camp above the Passu glacier, Karakoram mountains, upper Hunza.
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  • Boys and girls meeting at a village wedding, Chapursan valley.
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  • An old Wakhi woman crosses a suspended bridge over the Hunza river in Gojal region, near Hunza, Northern Pakistan.
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  • In Chilma Rabbot, below the Boroghil pass entering Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, whinowing wheat. Matthieu and Mareile Paley trekking with a donkey named Clementine over 5 high passes across the Hindukush, between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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  • Mount Rakaposhi. People and places of the Hunza Valley, in the heart of the Karakoram mountain Range, North Pakistan.
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  • High above tree line, a winter caravan of traders relies on their sure-footed yaks to traverse a high pass – the only way up and down from the Afghan Pamir. Never a large tribe, Kyrgyz nomads roamed central Asia for centuries and were infamous for raiding caravans along the Silk Route.<br />
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From Zan Kuk to Zardibar ("yellow door"). <br />
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Trekking back down from the Little Pamir, with yak caravan, over the frozen Wakhan river.
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  • In this high, barren plateau, survival depends on livestock. Red-robed Kyrgyz girls corral sheep for milking, while dung dries atop the walls for use as fuel. The sheep, along with goats, yak and camels provide milk, meat and wool. At the Andemin camp.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Woolook Bu is happy to have a new yak for the family herd. This young calf is just 1 day old. <br />
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Daily life at the Khan (chief) summer camp of Kara Jylga.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • The Qarun glacier in the Karakoram.
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  • Approaching  dust storm.<br />
Sost is a village in Gojal, Upper Hunza, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. It is the last town inside Pakistan on the Karakoram Highway before the Chinese border. The town is an important place on the highway for all passenger and cargo transport because all traffic crossing the Pakistan-China border passes through this town; the Pakistani immigration and customs departments are based here. Pakistan and China have opened border for trade and tourism at the Khunjerab pass.
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  • A marker on the trail, in Pakistan, near the border with China...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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  • Mareile welcomed back at a village in Chapursan Valley, North Pakistan.
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  • Misgar Village and surrouding treks in Gojal Region, Northern Pakistan, close to the China/Afghan borders. On the trek to Wodwashk Pass, first crossing of westerners.
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  • An old Burushaski woman..Hunza, Pakistan. Hunza people, Women and men
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  • The son of the Raja shows off a traditional gun used for festive ceremony such as weddings, at Khaplu town, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • Mount Rakaposhi. People and places of the Hunza Valley, in the heart of the Karakoram mountain Range, North Pakistan.
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  • In Chilma Rabbot, below the Boroghil pass entering Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, whinowing wheat. Matthieu and Mareile Paley trekking with a donkey named Clementine over 5 high passes across the Hindukush, between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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  • The way to China...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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