Mom's Pictures

My mom took some great pictures when she was here visiting.  We loaded them into my computer before she left and it's high time I let you see them!  Some of you reading this may have seen them already if you've visited her, but many of you haven't had a chance to see them yet.  If you've seen the previous posts, you also may recognize some scenes, but those were mine and these are hers!  So here we go:  Nepal from my mom's eyes and perspectives.

Here are her first glimpses of Nepal:

Good one Mom!

As you can see, she had a window seat so she got some great shots.

Here we are arriving in Kathmandu.

And we're down and driving around in a very different and new environment!

 

"These are the electric wires?"  "Yes, Mom."

"How do they figure out which is which?"  "I don't know."

It's a beautiful ride to Banepa.
"That house is just sitting there in the middle of the field!"  "Yes, Mom."

 

"Look!  What's that?"  "The world's tallest statue of Shiva."

Here we are in Banepa.  

"This is a two-way street?"  "Yes, Mom."

Banepa through Mary's eyes:

Nice shots Mom.  

These are of the ancient Chandeshwori Temple nearby.

She got a good one (better than mine) of the mural of the goddess Chandeshwori slaying the demon Chanda.

I took this one

and she took this one of Liesl and Shea.

Here we are walking up a road nearby

where we saw this view.  China is right over there!

As we walked home, Mom got a shot of this gal who strolled by us.

Here she is at "home" looking out over the fields behind the hospital

(the temple is in the background and another house in the middle of a field)

and this is what you see out there...very hard workers!

Beyond the fields, you can see part of Banepa.

I like this misty shot.  Nice one Mom.

Now she zooms in.

Mom always said she could never get a good shot of the Himalayas we saw while driving around, but she was wrong and here's the proof:

Those are not clouds in the distance--they are the Himalayas!!!

(Because the we were riding in a bumpy van, many of the pics look like this:)

This one however, is somehow quite cool--she has the blurry thing going on in the foreground and almost a panoramic thing going on in the rest of the pic!

This one caught some workers at a brick factory in an assembly line.

At school, she enjoyed seeing the kids at play

especially with Liesl!

Well, that's all for today!  I hope you enjoyed "Nepal through Mary's Eyes!"

Have a nice day!  Bye for now!