Inspired by last week’s post on Doorways of Travel I thought I’d add some of my old photos from a trip to Kathmandu in 1977.
This one has always amused me – what were they looking at?
I can’t say I’d be enthused to use this butcher shop. Goat anyone?
Many feature doorways for the simple reason that the workspaces are so tiny and people work squashed up at all sorts of skills. Our children, then aged six and four, were with us on the trip so they had some amazing experiences. We were staying with friends and former work colleagues so we were fortunate to have our own built-in tour guides.
Silver or tin smiths working on jewellery etc.
Some sort of celebration or religious event -I wouldn’t take a photo like this these days.
This image always makes me feel depressed even though street vendors are common throughout Asia.
It’s a shame these photos are so colour-damaged but that’s one of the hazards of tropical living.
Lovely atmospheric pictures – and may I suggest you scan them onto a flash-drive before they fade any further? I have done that with my old family photos.
Thanks Liz, they’ve been scanned for some time and these are the scanned images. unfortunately I think that particular film wasn’t great to start with and has deteriorated more than any other even though they’ve all been in the tropics for close to 40 years.
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