Panorama of the turquoise lake between dark mountains

Phoksundo, Dolpa · Travel & Hospitality

Turquoise lake, thin air

A travel story from Shey Phoksundo

ClientPhoksundo, Dolpa
TypeStills
LocationShey Phoksundo, Dolpa
DeliveredTravel and documentary stills

The trek

Villages under the peaks, monks at prayer, horsemen on the cliff paths and the lake itself, impossibly turquoise. A story told in landscapes and faces.

Panorama of the turquoise lake between dark mountains
Man in a blue jacket with hands together in front of a colourful shrine
Villager carrying a basket along a dirt path into a mountain village
Dirt path leading into a stone village below the mountains
Woman bent under a heavy woven basket in a village lane
Man in a green jacket looking out over the turquoise lake
Two people resting on a bench in a mountain village
Person waving from a grassy slope above the turquoise lake
Prayer flags hanging over the turquoise lake
Prayer flag poles above the lake in morning light
Monk in red robes sitting in warm light
Person with arms raised beside a prayer flag above the lake
Monk sitting with hands pressed together in a prayer hall
Monk praying, eyes closed, in a painted prayer hall
Horseman with a white horse above the turquoise lake
Photographer at the cliff edge above the turquoise lake
Horse grazing in a golden meadow below snow peaks
The Milky Way rising over a dark mountain ridge at night

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Motocross rider in the air over a dirt jump
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Dirt Temple MX race

Mud, air and a trophy at night

Artist sitting among his paintings in the studio
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Jack, artist

The painter’s studio

Plates of Nepali-fusion food on a stone table at Samsara Restro
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Samsara Restro

Food, fire and a tree indoors