15 september 2007

A carpenter in Bakhtapur has put too much faith in cheap Chinese tools I guess.

14 september 2007

I don't know wether this skeleton, in a Hindu temple in Pathan, is going to play golf or something. It's clear even temples are not exempted from boyish graffiti.

13 september 2007

Ladies in Red. Today was a special Hindufestival for the women of Nepal. Tens of thousands of women dressed in red went into the streets dancing and praying.

12 September

View from hotel in Kathmandu

11 september 2007

Hairsalon in Lhasa.

10 september 2007

Kid on a market in Lhasa

09 september 2007

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08 september 2007

Modern life of Chinese youngsters in Lhasa is much the same as in any major city in China. Through internet they keep in contact with their friends in Beijing, Shanghai or Shenzen.

07 september 2007

Buddhist monks in the Sera Monastery near Lhasa practice their debating skills.

06 september 2007

Tibetan religious pilgrims trying to support their living while circling the Potala.

05 september 2007

Religious symbols in Tibet are covered in white shawls. to me it looks like something diferent on this monument.

04 september 2007

Tibet, nowadays consists of chinese cities with a few Tibetan tourist atractions.

03 september 2007

Thousands of Chinese tourists flock to Tibet nowadays.
And they all come to see a glimpse of the few Tibetan monks that are left since the Cultural Revolution.

02 september 2007

Crossing the second 5200m high pass in Tibet.
And this girl lives here.

01 september 2007

Actually, sunrise on the 2nd of sept. My first glimpse of the Mount Everest (left) seen from the northern side. My first day in Tibet.

31 august 2007

another temple in Kathmandu

29 august 2007

Some places in the city look a lot nicer than yesterday's view.

28 august 2007

Streetview in central Kathmandu. I arrived in Nepal yesterday.

26 august 2007

On a short stop-over in Karachi I quickly visited the mausoleum of Mohammed Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan.

24 august 2007

In the finals of the 3rd national women football championship of Pakistan the team of the 'Sports and Sciences Uiversity of Lahore won witn 1-0 of the national team of Afghanistan (the only international team competing in the championship). Women's football is only 3 years old in Pakistan, but is growing in popularity.

23 august 2007

Movieposter(?) in Abbottabad.

22 august 2007

Classroom in Mangal in the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan.

21 august 2007

This girl assists her father with some constuctionwork in het tent village of new Bedadi. The 37 families that still live in tents here, are wating for na 'No objection Certificate' from the government to start building new houses here. An NGO has bought this piece of land for them after they lost everything in the 2005 earthquake.

20 august 2007

The mountaintop latrines that were installed with the support of Terre des Hommes in Battgram are a great succes.

18 august 2007

The suburbs of Abbottabat bring back memories of Caracas, Venezuela, where I lived for 5 months last year. The mountainslope neighbourhoods here are safe though, as opposed to the dangerous slums of Caracas.

17 august 2007

The mullah (religious leader) of Massina Kalan, a small village high on the slopes of the mountains on the border between the North West Frontier Province and Kashmir is closing a village council meeting. The villagers congregated to talk about the reconstruction of the only accessroad to their remote settlement. Since the earthquake of 2005 this region has been virtually closed off from the rest of the province. Only just before last winter (more than a year after the earthquake) some shelters were built here for people who lost their houses.

16 august 2007

Villager in the Mansehra region (near Kashmir) in northern Pakistan. Together with other men of his community, and the support of local NGO SRSP, he's fixing a road that was damaged by the earthquake in 2005. Soon his village will be accesible by car again.

15 august 2007

Girl madrasas give women a chance to emancipate in a conservative society. It is one of the few possibilities to an education and a job (as a teacher) for women that would otherwise be restricted to a life indoors.

14 august 2007

Today is independenceday in Pakistan. tens of thousands of men went to central Lahore to celebrate the event.
Eventhough the partying is a mostly male affair, some families joined the crowds, dressed in
Pakistan's national colours.

13 august 2007

The old Wazir Khan mosque in central Lahore contains a meticulously crafted wooden chair donated by Lord Curzon (British Viceroy of India 1899 – 1905). The chair could be a centerpiece in any historical museum.