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Cows are not that big in Mustang, Nepal. But the dogs who protect the villages are. You can hear them running around the villages all night and its hard to fall asleep.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and built-in microphon uncompressed.

Location: Gelling, Mustang - August 2008

Nilgiri from the north

I did this recording from the window of my hotel room in Jomsom, Lower Mustang, Nepal. From my hotel room I could see the frightening Nilgiri and the Jomsom Airport.

Someone on the airport played this nice instrument and tune. I neither know the instrument not the song. Maybe you can help.

Recorded on August 24th 2008 with Zoom H2 and the built-in microphones in stereo.

Mountains on the way to Yara, Mustang

The women of Yara have to work hard day in, day out. Being guests in Yara the women from the village between the two rivers (thats what Yara means)  made us a precious gift: They sang and danced for us. Not only to enjoy us, they also wanted to raise funds for a photo-voltaic system. A excellent deal and a beautiful evening.

Recorded with Zomm H2 and bulit-in microphon. 

Streets of Lo Mantang, Mustang, Nepal

Lo Mantang is the capital of the "Kingdom of Lo" or Mustang, Nepal. There is so much to tell about Lo Mantang, the beauty, history, the King of Lo, friendly people, cold showers, high altitude (3800m), Mustang horses, beautiful mandalas in the monasteries, no cars, 2 traktors, busy souvenir-dealers, washing cloth on the fountain with the local people, cheap goods from China, .......

Book tip:
Michel Peissel "Mustang - A Lost Tibetan Kingdom" from 1964

About the recording:
Six o'clock in the morning. Lo Mantang awakes: birds, people, cows, monks and at the end one of the two traktors makes noise. No cars, no trams, no noise we used to know from our western world. Enjoy this 16 minutes recorded straight out of the tent outside the Lo Mantang citywalls.

Zoom H2 with built-in microphones

Bells in the Muktinath Temple

Hindus and Buddhists alike visit Muktinath since hundreds of years. Its a very holy place where you can find water, air and fire on the same place.

In the middle of the Muktinath Temple area is a gallery with hundreds of bells of all sizes surrounded by the "108 Water Spouts" (you can hear them quite well in the background) where pilgrims fill water of all 108 different sources into a bootle to drink this holy water and also to bring it home.

The bells fascinated me a lot and the picture shows a very interesting arrangement.

Recorded with Zoom H2 and Soundman OKM.