December 28, 2000 - December 13, 2001 14 Days in Nepal You didn't say there'd be bridges...
Another classic picture. I think we ended up crossing about ten bridges or so. Some were short, some were long, some were over land, some were over roaring rapids, some were made of steel, some were made of rotting wood. Needless to say, it was an experience anytime we got to one. Our Sherpas knew that I wasn't to keen on heights, so one of them held my hand every time we came to a bridge. This bridge is great because it's probably the longest one we crossed. You can see how much it dips down.
	This is another picture to show how long these bridges are. This was one of the metal ones, which I greatly preferred. I had a little more faith in them. And most of them said that they were built in 1999, so I figured that they would be safe. But you can feel the bridges oscillate as you're walking past, which is a bit unnerving. I think about 90% of the bridges we crossed we made of metal, so it wasn't too bad. Later on you'll see a picture of one of the wooden ones, which were definately not built in 1999.
Even the yaks have to use the bridges. And those are some rather large animals. Some of these yaks groups had more thans ten yaks. Luckily we never got stuck behind any yaks while we were crossing, especially since I wanted to cross as soon as possible. I serioulsy felt like Indiana Jones when he had to cross that long bridge. Luckily, none of our bridges collasped, but I still intently gripped the cables on the side of the bridges as I crossed. Notice the yaks in the background with the bright red duffle bags strapped to them, climbing up the mountain path.
	This girl was just standing by her front door when we walked past her house. Notice the little whipping thing in her right hand. She must be starting early to lead a crew of yaks. I love the clothes she's wearing though. It's pretty typical of what we saw. People in the mountains seemed to wear whatever was around. This was in stark contrast to the city of Kathmandu, where you had some people walking around like this, but others walking around in in suits and ties and sunglasses. It's funny.

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