water wheel

Another take on a Buddhist prayer wheel. Some are on sticks and hand-spun, some are in long lines around temples or in towns' centres, some are battery powered minatures, one was candle powered, using the heat from the flame below the wheel to cause air motion. This one perpetually spins by water power. Perpetual prayers.

another side of Nepal

September 25th 2005
I've just returned from a fast round of the Annapurna Circuit. It is an amazing hike around a series of high mountain peaks. In good weather it would be simply mind-blowing. As it was, even with the romantic, cloudy, misty weather, it was lovelier than I can describe. But i'll try. The Annapurnas are a range of mountains which come near to the Tibetan border and which bring you right to the r ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Annapurna

In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more

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