Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quite the dizzying climb! Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:17 PM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > Hi Luggers, > In the brief lull between Christmas and New Years I have taken time to > edit some more of my Bhutan pictures and here is a series > on the Trek to the Tiger's Nest - the most famous of Bhutan's monasteries > - perched on the side of a cliff 900 meters above the Paro Valley. > The monastery was built in 1692 and has been destroyed by fire twice - > once in 1951 and again in 1998. It was rebuilt using a cable system in > 2000. > Having ridden horses to get to the look out point we couldn't imagine how > the original building materials were carried up the cliff - except by > faith and willing strong backs. > I have set up a folder of the journey, with explanations for each photo, > here: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanTigerNest/CafeStopw.jpg.html> > > http://tinyurl.com/l26e342 > > Starting with this photo please move left and please look large. The > photos were all taken with Olympus (EM 5, EM 1) or Fuji equipment (X100s) > > C&C always welcome. > > Howard > > PS: Sorry for the incomplete message sent earlier - my touch pad is too > sensitive. > > PPS: Happy New Year to all - we will start to party in about another 5 > hours. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information