This gallery goes much farther off the beaten path than either Bhaktapur or Khokana. Imagine small villages, built on the side of a mountain, and consisting of a few hundred centuries-old stone houses. Some villages are accessible only on foot, an hour and a half climb from the end of the nearest road. The source of water is run-off from higher on the mountain. Traffic consists only of people on foot and the occasional mule train. Far in the distance lies the snow-capped Annapurna range of the Himalayas. Such would be the destination for this series.
These villages lay in remote areas of the foothills, accessible by 4-wheel drive vehicle or on foot. The stone houses have been passed down from generation to generation within a family for upwards of a hundred years or more. Typically, the homes have no running water and only some have electricity, maybe a single incandescent bulb for illumination of the entire home. My objective in this gallery is to show you a few aspects of these villages, specifically home life, work life, and portraits of the residents.
