Hazy Day. A look across the valley. Farms everywhere, but many plots are unused. Reduced population.

Nearly every house has a beehive. They pull out the honey twice a year.

Our baggage handlers. Baskets are carried with straps laying across their foreheads.

Assistant mountain guide who brought up the rear. Since I hung back from the talkative pack, we hiked together. Silently.

Cheerful basket weaver.

Midwives in their midwife uniform.

Annapurna South. (Point of interest: For locals, if the top snow melts away in summer, it’s a “hill”, not a mountain. Yikes.)

Nice picture I think. Extremely well behaved children.  Teachers simply murmur, students respond.