scary road to Dumche, a photo from Bagmati, Central

Photographer's Note

From Kathmandu to Dumche
It was 120 km and 11 Hours drive. Unbelivable beautifull scenes and horrible 4 times tyre defect.
The Langtang trek is an amazing trek, but the road to get there is the most scary trip, i ever took with bus.

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rodgerg (55767) 2008-06-16 4:24

Hello Erika,

A very impressive and very interesting photo. I like especially the contrsat between the foreground and the fog in the background.
Regards of Belgium,
Roger

mafegan (8626) 2008-06-16 4:27

Hi Erika
Your photo well conveys many roads in the mountains of Nepal and it certainly does look scary but you obviously did survive the journey - TFS, Marlene

yuo (1184) 2008-06-16 4:35 [Comment]

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totoamoto (1107) 2008-06-16 4:35

Salut Erika.
G幯iale.. il ne faut pas avoir le vertige..En plus 11 heures la dedans..Quel courage.
Cyril

atus (15878) 2008-06-16 5:29

H嫢 wellcome back Erika a TE oldalain! Azt hittem m嫫 teljesen meguntad ezt a "t嫫sas墔ot"... De ehelyett j鏊 elbarang鏊t嫮.
J� lenne ha majd egyszer elmagyar嫙n墂, hogy mik廧pen tudn幧 t嫛ol lenni a munkahelyemről f幨憝ig v. ak嫫 1-2 h鏮apig 儁y hogy idők驆ben ne rugjanak ki vagy ne t闤ts幧 be a helyemet valaki m嫳sal.. (:D. 宁dekes...ezt a k廧et m嫫 l嫢tam tegnap is, noha ma t闤t飆ted fel ide...Hmmm...ja igen a blogod-ban (:D. Ha hiszed ha nem, hellyel-k驆zel az eg廥zet v嶲iglapoztam, legink墎b a k廧ekre koncentr嫮va 廥 ez nagyon megmaradt bennem, mert eszembe juttatta a hasonl� minős嶲ű Kauk嫙us-i v. Andok-beli kanyarg鏀, szakad幧menti, egys嫛os (sok hely慤t csak f幨) de k彋甏嫕y� "飉v幯yeket". Szerencs廨e mindig jeep-pel utaztam, mert a buszon tuti sz顤nyethaltam volna. Mivel m嶲 Indi墎an nem voltam, nagyon aktu嫮iss� v嫮t oda is 1 𠋥, de csak tudod amolyan t𠯿ist嫳an, 2-3 h彋re. Elsősorban az Orissa v闤gy廨e gondoltam, mert im墂ok kev廥b� ismert t顤zseket v. n廧eket l嫢ogatni 廥 + ami az utamat 廥嫮maimat koron嫙n�, 1 igazi, szabadl墎on levő tigris l嫢v嫕ya 廥 fot霩嫳a lenne.
Aprop�! Nem m廥z a j𠒇i 28-29.-i Bp.-i TE meetingre?

chirasak (2) 2008-06-16 5:32

Hello Erika
it's nice picture of you it's look dangerouse as i look on the left side of this picture but good shot of you

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CMJC (5095) 2008-06-16 8:16

et si je vois bien sur le toit du bus devant il y a quelqu'un ! impressionnant !
le rayon de lumi鋨e dans l'axe ajoute un c矌� mystique � la photo... un cadrage qui va vraiment bien avec le sujet...

auldal (1380) 2008-06-17 4:27

I was lucky, I was sitting on the uphill side, but a wee bit scary at times. We had a guy on the outside who whistled if we got to close to the edge and whistled extra loud if we got really close. The folk on top must have felt it even scarier.

I love the way the background is so misty, giving an even bigger sense of the drop and the way your bus defines the right edge.

azaf1 (15931) 2008-06-17 6:06

Hi Erika
Breat taking view of the road to Dumche. I have read about how freaky they are but your capture is really great.
TFS
Argiris

PixelTerror (0) 2008-06-18 2:38

Szia Erika,
It does indeed look very risky, it reminds me of similar trips on local buses in Bolivia and there too they loose a significant number of vehicles and people despite permanent offerings to the Pachamama and other deities. Good light and framing for an excellent travel value.
Have a nice day JY

mauro61 (53411) 2008-06-18 3:26

ciao Erika, scatto molto interessante con buon controllo della controluce.
La avrei rifilata un p� sulla destra per togliere quel disturbo.
un saluto
maurizio

Jakab (3867) 2008-06-18 6:13

Szia Erika!
H摽嫢 .... Ez廨t fizettek Neked, vagy csak 霵szorgalomb鏊 ismerkedt幨 az 霵gyilkoss墔 előtti pillanatok romantik奫嫛al? Mondhatn嫥, k嫫, hogy a t奫b鏊 nem sok l嫢szik (nyilv嫕慂egen 嫢 f幯yk廧ezted), de lehet, hogy 璲y m嶲 jobb is, hiszen nem vonja el a figyelmet. Mindenesetre 顤vendetes, hogy 廧s嶲ben lejutott嫮 onnan.
鈥v
Laci

stamatis (2565) 2008-06-19 11:03

hello erica
beautiful atmosphere
very beautiful moment
best regards Stamatis

danyy (0) 2008-06-19 14:51

Bonjour Erika,
je suis vraiment impresionn� par le rendu de cette route qui semble ne mener nulle part.
La brume et le contre jour effacent la profondeur mai accentue le vertige.
Un virage � ne pas manquer.
Amicalement.
Daniel.

nepalphotos (54) 2008-06-26 23:50

I've been on that road 7 times, but it always brings out the butterflies in my stomach (dk expression for being nervous BTW). It's a nice snapshot (hand out the window?), brings back memories and envokes more butterflies! Only the best photos do that!

Cheers, Morten

scalerman (26900) 2008-08-05 2:49

E: Ill agree with morten. good image. c

MLINES (12516) 2008-08-17 20:27

Hi Erika, A scary road is putting it mildly, especially in a heavy bus overloaded with its centre of gravity so high. You did well to make it back. Good travel photo for TE. TFS. Murray.