HIMALAYA: HUMLA: Bhotia girls at Chala, Humla

Tucked away in a high valley to the west of the Humla Karnali, in the shadow of the Sangkha Lagna pass, lies the tiny village of Chala. Like so many communities in these borderlands between Nepal and Tibet, the people of Chala are today having to cope with a new and stark economic reality. Gone are the once lucrative trading routes. Gone are the mutually beneficial arrangements whereby their hardy chiang-lu sheep were grazed during the winter in Tibet. Life here is certainly hard.Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Fuji Velvia
Bhotia girls at Chala, Humla

Tucked away in a high valley to the west of the Humla Karnali, in the shadow of the Sangkha Lagna pass, lies the tiny village of Chala. Like so many communities in these borderlands between Nepal and Tibet, the people of Chala are today having to cope with a new and stark economic reality. Gone are the once lucrative trading routes. Gone are the mutually beneficial arrangements whereby their hardy chiang-lu sheep were grazed during the winter in Tibet. Life here is certainly hard. 

Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Fuji Velvia