1. A passage to Asia in 2007. By Annie Beghin .
« A fantastic journey « 
While I plan to spend some months in Asia after Ramadan, in the end of this year ,I feel a strange inspiration from the life of the Buddha magician, Guru Rimpoche .
He was called in the buddhist history, « the second Buddha » , Padmasambhava . I am fascinated, because this man was born in Swat, in the ancient Kingdom of Udhiana, ( south of Gilgit ,called in that time Brusha), well before the talibanisation of the « Emerald valley «  in the NWFP of actual Pakistan.
And Swat is one of my prefered places of exploration in Pakistan, as well as my pathan friends ’s.
A passage to Asia in 2007.
By Annie Beghin .

2. NEPAL
Inside the Gompa of Toubten Choling( solo district), at the evening time of prayers .
Toubten Choling
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3. From Phambuk Peak Solo District Nepal
The group taking a rest at Phambuk peak , sheltered behind a sheperd’s hut stone -wall m
From Phambuk Peak
Solo District Nepal
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The sector of Darbar Square and the Hindu Pagodes Kathmandu .Nepal
From Durbar Square Kathmandu
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5. During Diwali festival
Kathmandu . Kamaladi .The beginning of the festival of Lights «  Diwali » and the heap of garbbage,
( a long workers’ strike) mixing with the garlands and signboards
Kamaladi Kathmandu
During Diwali festival
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6. Above Tibet, at the level of Tsang-Po river ( Bramapoutre in India), approaching Lhassa , the passengers’ immigration point in China
Above Tibet
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7. At Yellow river side Landzu
Annie Beghin Khadija with a group of Muslim Huis, front of the bridge crossing the Yellow River .Landzou
At Yellow river side Landzu
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In the train to Landzu

8. Dunuang crescent lake Mogao cave
From the top of the dune , the view on the moon’s crescent lake and beyond, Dunuang oasis Ganzu
Dunuang crescent lake
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Mogao cave

9. Xinjiang Chine Kasghar mosque
Disabled Kirghiz nomadic people near Ed Gah Mosque .Kasghar .Xin- jiang
Kasghar mosque
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10. On the Pamir KKH to Pakistan
Mustagh Ata 7554 m
From the bus , Mustagh Ata ( 7560 meters) , very dry for this season meters . Left, Kirghizes ‘ sedentarised settlements .
On the Pamir KKH to Pakistan
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11. View on Karunkoh from KKH in Gojal
North Pakistan
Going down on the Pakistani side of the Karakorum towards Gulgmit . National Park of Kundjerab , the kingdom of Ibex and Marco Polo sheeps ..
View on Karunkoh from KKH in Gojal
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12. The Afghan guests and the Gojalis at a dance ’s ceremony with their traditional dress . Gulmit meters . NAS .Pakistan.
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13. From Hunza valley Mt Rakaposhi 7883m
Mt Rakaposhi ( 7884 m) seen from Karimabad ( 2400 m) , in end of summer . Hunza . NAS .Pakistan .
From Hunza valley Mt Rakaposhi 7883m
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14. Mingora bazar in Swat valley
Mingora Swat Pakistan. October One year before the Swat ‘s battle . NWFP .Pakistan .
Mingora bazar in Swat valley
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15. Front of Faycal Mosque at Islamabad
Annie ,Front of Faycal Mosque ,at the bottom of Marghallas .Islamabad .Pakistan
Front of Faycal Mosque at Islamabad
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16. Come back to Nepal to Annapurna Base camp for Christmas
Annie with the maoïst combattants at their check post on the Annapurna ‘s trek
Come back to Nepal to Annapurna
Base camp for Christmas
Here at a Maoist Combattants’ check post
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17. Fall Piertre Beghin 1992
ABC, the Base Camp of Annapurna south face .The way to the face is difficult by the lateral morain and a risky descent on the glacier ,full of crevaces
Annapurna Base Camp 4130 m
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At Dhampus with Machapuchare
Come back to Pokhara
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Dhampus

19. Come back to Kathmandu And france Shivapuri National Park Women Gompa
My last day in Nepal, during a jogging at Shivapuri National Park, to the women Buddhist Monastry .Here a young Lama. Bellow, Kathmandu valley Népal
Come back to Kathmandu
And france
Shivapuri National Park
Women Gompa
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Copyrights . Annie Beghin About this passage « the fantastic journey » a book in French and English actually in correction before to be online Kindle Store Amazon.