I'm just back from Nepal, and a part of me is still up in those mountains. I went the way I always go, as a hunter, looking for beauty, for old things with soul, for that flash of chills and goosebumps that tells me to stop and pay attention. I found all of it: treasures that stopped me in my tracks, a landscape that humbled me, and people whose warmth I'll be carrying for a long while. Rather than crowd these photos with words, I'll just let you wander through them the way I wandered; slowly, eyes open. Here's a little of what I saw.
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