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Crowd climbing up towards Northcol on Mount Everest, Tibet
Happy New year, all! Somehow this image felt right for New Years Day, do not know why actually.Anyway, this is one of the best parts of the climb of Mount Everest from the North -Tibetan- side. A maze...
View ArticleChinese Waitress in Nyalam restaurant, Tibet
This poor girl was working her behind off in a filthy restaurant along the way from the Nepali border to central Tibet. When entering the place your shoes might either stick to the floor or slip away,...
View ArticleNepali boy in Kathmandu street, Nepal
The colours of the background are a bit desaturated on purpose. This was shot during the riots and curfews of early April 2006, where the Nepali were not allowed to go onto the streets during most of...
View ArticleGuatemalan sunrise from Tajumulco Volcano
Tajumulco is the highest mountain in central America and a pleasant hike. We camped just below the summit, so the next morning we only had to scramble a little up to see the shadow of Tajumulco being...
View ArticleAntarctic Icebergs from the plane
After being on the ice for almost 2 weeks, we headed back towards the mainland of South America. Most people were asleep, so I could see out of one of only 2 small windows this huge Ilyushin...
View ArticleSt Peter’s cathedral dome in Rome, Italy
After showing some great Buddhist and Islamic structures on ExposedPlanet, it is the turn for the Catholics today, the day of the Reyos Magicos :-) One of the better results of the Christian...
View ArticleGuatemalan sweats man
I am still not sure what the word on his pullover supposed to mean, likely Sweat or Sweets, but anyway, it was so unfitting to this old man’s face and the Guatemalan market he was wandering around on,...
View ArticleDent du Geant in alpine clouds, Italy
The Giant’s Thumb is a nice rocky spire in the Mt Blanc Area. When we had just put up our tent on the glacier, the clouds rolled in, making it look a bit spooky… The Alps are not very high -Mt Blanc is...
View ArticleIce cream shop in Rome, Italy
All roads lead to Rome, a fact which was useful when entering the city, but also evidently true when we tried to leave it on our bicycles a few days later, which was quite impossible :-) It is one of...
View ArticleRomke & Harry near Matterhorn, Switzerland
This one is for Romke, who is celebrating his B-day today :)He accompanied me on several trips, including Mt Blanc, Uganda and this special undertaking: a tandem-bike ride from Amsterdam, The...
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