A portrait of a woman selling butter candles at Swayambhunath in Kathmandu, Nepal.
A man carries his crop through the village of Bhulbhule on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
A woman dances in the "street" of the small village of Bhulbhule along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
A portrait of a woman taken in the village of Odar along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
An impressive gorge drops away to the west as the Annapurna Circuit trail climbs to the village of Tal in Nepal.
A teahouse sits high on a hill in the village of Timang along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. Manaslu can be seen in the distance.
A Nepali woman stokes a fire while cooking lunch for trekkers passing through the village of Danaque on the Annapurna Circuit.
A trekker, Chris, lights his cigarette while spending an evening in the village of Chame along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
Brightly painted prayer stones decorate the trail on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
Porters carry goods along the Annapurna Circuit above the village of Chame. The Marsyangdi River flows below.
A Gurkha man offers a very British salute while standing for a photograph along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
A trekker explores the village of Upper Pisang along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. He is walking along a long wall of prayer wheels as Annapurna II rises in the distance.
A buddhist monk takes in the sunset after an evening puja at a monastery in the village of Upper Pisang along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. Annapurna II rises in the distance.
A buddhist monk from Bhutan sits for a portrait after an evening puja at a small monastery in Upper Pisang alone the Annapurna Circuit. This photograph was taken in early December and the monks were preparing to depart their remote outpost to spend the winter in Kathmandu.
The sun sets over Annapurna IV as viewed from the village of Upper Pisang along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
A portrait of a teahouse owner in Upper Pisang along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
Annapurna II is touched by the first rays of morning sun as viewed from the village of Upper Pisang along the Annapurna Circuit.
A trekker is bathed in morning sunlight while awaiting breakfast at a teahouse in Upper Pisang on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
Trekkers make the climb to the village of Manang on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
Young Nepali men enter the village of Manang on horseback before taking part in an annual race up and down the town's single dirt street.
Young men prepare to race their horses in the village of Manang in Nepal.
A young boy stands next to a sign advertising screenings of "Seven Years in Tibet" starring Brad Pitt at a movie hall in the village of Manang in Nepal.
A young man straddles his horse backwards as he races it up and down main street in the village of Manang in Nepal.
A porter stands for a portrait while pausing for a rest in the village of Manang along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
An elderly woman helps clean a monastery on a hill outside the remote mountain village of Manang along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
Trekkers make their way along a trail high in the Annapurna Himal in Nepal.
The sun sets over the massive mountain of Dhaulagiri as seen from the village of Muktinath on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
A young girl pauses for a photograph while playing with her sister in the village of Jharkot, Nepal.
A trekker descents along the Annapurna Circuit to the village of Kagbeni in the Mustang region of Nepal.
A woman herds her goats into the narrow alleyways of the ancient village of Kagbeni in the Mustang region of Nepal.
Children play in the street of the village of Larjung along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
The sun sets over the mountain of Dhaulagiri along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.
A trekker (my wife, Britnee) pauses as dust whips down a dirt street in the village of Kunjo along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. Nilgiri can be seen in the distance.
The last light of the day touches the summit of Nilgiri as the might Kali Gandaki flows past the village of Tatopani in Nepal.
Villagers stand outside their mill near the village of Tolka along the trail into the Annapurna Sanctuary in Nepal.
Machhapuchhre is warmed by the last light of the day as seen from Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal.
Mist rises up toward Annapurna Base Camp before dawn as Machhapuchhre dominates the skyline beyond.
Annapurna I is seen between flutter prayer flags that are strung around the mountain's base camp in Nepal.
Dal bhat, the traditional Nepali cuisine, is served at a teahouse along the trail in the Annapurna Sanctuary in Nepal.
A trekker (my wife, Britnee) hikes down from Annapurna Base Camp in the Annapurna Sanctuary of Nepal.
Pigeons take flight at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Swayambhunath, or the Monkey Temple, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
A portrait of an elderly woman begging for money at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The setting sun illuminates a haze hanging over the city of Kathmandu, Nepal.
The sun sets over the magnificent city of Kathmandu, Nepal.