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Nepal·hills

Besides the words of encouragement the DGMT also brings along the much awaited letters and news from home. The Jawans get emotional after reading letters from their loved ones.

Nepal·snow · hills

As the team moves upward to occupy camp 3 during The Everest expedition 2001 the unxepected happens. The team is hit by snow blizzard at the height of 24000 feet. The wind speed touches approximately 100 kms per hour.

Nepal·hills

The team heads for camp 2, with an increase in altitude the hypoxia increases. Indian Army added another feather to its cap in May 2001, when its mountaineers successfully scaled Mount Everest and put a record eight members and seven Sherpa…

Nepal·hills

The Indian Jawans at the Everest expedition. Indian Army added another feather to its cap in May 2001, when its mountaineers successfully scaled Mount Everest and put a record eight members and seven Sherpas on the summit.

Nepal·hills

Indian Army added another feather to its cap in May 2001, when its mountaineers successfully scaled Mount Everest and put a record eight members and seven Sherpas on the summit.

Nepal·hills

Indian Army added another feather to its cap in May 2001, when its mountaineers successfully scaled Mount Everest and put a record eight members and seven Sherpas on the summit.

Nepal·bus · hills

Long bus-rise to Mt. Everest! OK, OK, the mountaineers are just on their way to the starting point road-head of the trek, and then it's a long slog to Base Camp...

Kathmandu, Nepal·river · temple

The Bagmati River is a river of Nepal and India. It flows through the Kathmandu valley and is the river separating Kathmandu from Lalitpur. It is considered a holy river both by Hindus and Buddhists.

Nepal·hills · temple

Monkeys play around the statues of Buddha at the entrance of the ancient religious temple of Swayambhunath in Kathmandu Nepal.

Nepal·hills · temple

A tourist offering prayer at the Swayambhunath Temple ( monkey temple ) in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Nepal·hills · river

Located in a lovely little hill rock Swayambhunath Stupa middle of city is one of the most fascinating architectural jewels of the world. This great Stoup is said to have been built around 250 B.C.

Nepal·hills · monsoon

Nice aerial monsoon and rains shot of Kathmandu city, from a high aerial view point, in stunning HDCAM resolution with even water droplets visible. A dark grey monsoon sky provides the best background, not allowing the frame to burn out...

farmland · hills

Rice terraces in Indonesia, farmers doing manual labour work in their terraced fields in the hills, with forested slopes below and residential houses on top. A forest stream flows in the valley lower down...

Nepal·hills

Taking off from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Kathmandu valley spreads out on the valley floor, in all directions.

Nepal·hills · aerial

Fabulous aerial views of the Himalaya, from 35, 000 feet above mean sea level! One can see Everest and Kanchenjunga in this clip.

Bhutan·ceremony · hills

Chortens, small prayer houses, atop Dochula pass near Thimphu, Bhutan. Prayer Flags, Mani Walls and Prayer Wheels present a propitious setting throughout the urban agglomerate of Thimphu. Thimphu is the place where Buddha is worshipped.

Bhutan·hills · temple

Dochula Pass stands an hour and a half away from Thimphu, along a lovely Rhododendron and conifer forest (with trees festooned with orchids) and lies along the highway to central Bhutan, with a road leading to Punakha.

Nepal·snow · hills

Mountain climbers in the Himalaya. The icefall and crevasses of the Khumbu glacier can be seen, as climbers try to cross the icefall in treacherous conditions.

Nepal·hills

Shots of mountain climbers negotiating the Khumbu glacier icefall, below Pumori and Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse.

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Flooding in Nepal leaves roads and communities affected by rising water.

railway · hills

The Serravalle railway station is seen from a passing train, with the station platform and blue-and-white Serravalle sign visible beside the tracks.

monsoon · hills

Muddy floodwaters surge violently beneath a steel truss bridge along the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa, northern Nepal. The fast-moving water crashes against the riverbanks beside a residential settlement, sending mist into the air.

lake · river

Lake Como in Northern Italy is shown from a moving vehicle, with hillside settlements and the lake visible across the landscape. Residential buildings with terracotta-tiled roofs are interspersed with trees and vegetation along the slopes.