On Sat., May 18th we flew into the mountains. I managed to get the front seat so I could watch the pilots. They navigate by GPS. Several times a signal came up: "Terrain ahead."
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| Steep curve before landing |
A few days before this plane had rolled over the runway and crashed into the river. Nobody was killed, however.
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| This bridge is going to be replaced by one that can carry lorries. |
We took a walk up over the village of Thini to get used to the thin air above 3000m.
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| The windy valley! |
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| The Maoist insurgence is over but politics still are unstable in Nepal. |
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