on the friendship highway
this is a set of pictures taken in summer 2010, when I traveled with a dear friend of mine from Shanghai to Lhasa and on to Kathmandu. Kati continued from there her all around the world journey, I returned to work in Shanghai. Our own physical exposition to high altitude, superb landscapes, a vibrant Tibetan culture amidst ubiquitous mental and physical oppression and the abrupt change from a topographical high plateau to a subtropical Himalayan valley dotted with UNESCO world heritage sites, made this surely one of my most memorable travels. this album is dedicated to the Ankur Children Counseling Center in Kathmandu, a great initiative that helps disadvantaged children: www.ankur.org.np