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  • Ladakh, India. Fortress & monastery above capital city of Leh, an ancient trade center.
    LK 1010.jpg
  • A Tibetan family flees into Nepal from the border province of Mustang with their belongings carried on the backs of horses and yaks.  Until the Chinese overwhelmed Tibet in the Fifties, this route through the Kali Gandaki Gorge was a common trade route between Nepal, India and Tibet.
    AA 1907.jpg
  • NEPAL, Himalaya. Firewood and barley dry on roof tops in Marpha, an ancient trading village on a salt trading route through the Kali Gandaki gorge between Annapurna & Dhaulagiri.
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  • NEPAL, Himalaya. Firewood and barley dry on roof tops in Marpha, an ancient trading village on a salt trading route through the Kali Gandaki gorge between Annapurna & Dhaulagiri.
    AN 1112.jpg
  • A Thakali horse caravan returns after delivering rice and other goods through the Kali Gandaki gorge, a salt trade route with Tibet.
    AN 0813.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-698.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-671.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-667.jpg
  • A Sherpa cook mans the teahouse and restaurant at Tengboche Monaster in Nepal.
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  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal relax after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
    KF 0836.jpg
  • Traders and Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal sell their  wares  at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people. Thamserku Peak rises behind.
    KF 0815.jpg
  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal relax after carrying baskets of their  wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
    KF 0807.jpg
  • Crowds of farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal sell their wares at the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
    KF 0723.jpg
  • Crowds of farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal sell their wares at the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
    KF 0703.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-665.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-192.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-120.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-706.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-694.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-691.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-681.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-651.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-202.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-191.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-180.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-169.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-168.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-157.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-147.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-138.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-134.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-127.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-124.jpg
  • Giant cranes unload cargo from container ships at Oakland Harbor in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 190829-117.jpg
  • A sailboat passes a heavily loaded container ship approaching the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay, California.
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  • A sailboat passes a heavily loaded container ship approaching the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 150703-154.jpg
  • A sailboat passes a heavily loaded container ship approaching the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 150703-131.jpg
  • A heavily loaded container ship sails towards the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay, California.
    CAe 150703-120.jpg
  • A young lowland Hindu woman and fellow merchants wait for buyers after carrying baskets full of goods to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Local Sherpas bargain with lowland people who have carried big loads for several days to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya. Although most Sherpas are Tibetan Buddhists and most lowlander are Hindu, this is not a source of conflict.
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  • A trading caravan crosses the Thak Kola (Kali Gandaki) river north of Jomsom, long a trading route with Tibet.
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  • A trading caravan crosses a long suspension bridge in the Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal
    AA 1503.jpg
  • A trading caravan stops at a house in the Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal.
    AA 1309.jpg
  • NEPAL, Himalaya. Marpha, an ancient trading village on salt trading route through Kali Gandaki gorge between Annapurna & Dhaulagiri.
    AN 1114.jpg
  • A trading caravan crosses the Thak Kola (Kali Gandaki) river north of Jomsom, long a trading route with Tibet.
    AA 2004.jpg
  • A trading caravan crosses a long suspension bridge in the Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal
    AA 1504.jpg
  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal relax  after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
    KF 0827.jpg
  • A horseman below the Thorang La pass in Nepal's Annapurna region.
    AN 2202.jpg
  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal admire the view after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people. Kwangde Peak rises behind.
    KF 0830.jpg
  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal admire the view after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people. Kwangde Peak rises behind.
    KF 0821.jpg
  • Uygur women sell tomatoes at an outdoor bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
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  • Uygar men prepare kebabs in the sprawling outdoor bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0917.jpg
  • Uygar men and animals crowd the animal sales lot at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0396.jpg
  • A Uygar merchant adjusts his wares in the sprawling bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0324.jpg
  • Hat merchants sit by their stalls in a covered bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0314.jpg
  • A Uygar street vendor dishes out a mysterious soup he has cooked at the weekly animal bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0227.jpg
  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal relax  after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
    KF 0827.jpg
  • Ex-Khampa soldier from Tibet's rebel army in Nepal
    AN 0816.jpg
  • Mule caravan ferrying rice and wool in Nepal.
    AN 0518.jpg
  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal relax  after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
    KF 0827.jpg
  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal admire the view after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people. Kwangde Peak rises behind.
    KF 0826.jpg
  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal admire the view after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
    KF 0824.jpg
  • Uygur men sell chili peppers in a bazaar in the village of Muq near Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 1511.jpg
  • Uygar tend their family’s brass shop in the sprawling bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0936.jpg
  • Uygar men and boys barter for reeds to be made into floor mats in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0509.jpg
  • A Uygar test drives a horse and cart at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0419.jpg
  • Uygar men and animals crowd the animal sales lot at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0411.jpg
  • Uygar men and women shop for apples from a cart merchant in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0335.jpg
  • Village farmers bring hay to market at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0317.jpg
  • A wandering salesman peddles fried bread at an outdoor bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0308.jpg
  • Uygar men haggle over a cow at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0271.jpg
  • A Uygar youngster stuggles with a cow at the Sunday cattle bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0210.jpg
  • Trekkers meet and trade stories at a teahouse on the old trek to Everst, 1980
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  • Porters carry trade goods through a village in lowland Nepal, 1980.
    L 0065.jpg
  • A key to the old Tibetan Salt trade with India was the Kali Gandaki River and the gorge it carved through the Himalaya. Here, at Kagbeni village on the rain-shadowed north side,  it flows out of the  long-forbidden Kingdom of Mustang.
    AN 1716.jpg
  • Marpha village, Nepal, located on the ancient salt trade route to Tibet.
    AN 1010.jpg
  • A Tibetan family flees into Nepal from the border province of Mustang with their belongings carried on the backs of horses and yaks.  Until the Chinese overwhelmed Tibet in the Fifties, this route through the Kali Gandaki Gorge was a common trade route between Nepal, India and Tibet.
    AA 1909.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Daughter of Umgan, a shaman.  As her father ages, she will inherit his skills and trade.
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  • MONGOLIA, Daughter of Umgan, a shaman.  As her father ages, she will inherit his skills and trade.
    MG 1877.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, leading Sherpa town, where locals trade with lowland people. (1986 Photo).
    KF 0820.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, leading Sherpa town, where locals trade with lowland people. (1986 Photo).
    KF 0719.jpg
  • Uygar men and boys make and trade reed floor mats in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0514.jpg
  • Marpha, an ancient trading village on Kali Gandaki salt trail, Anapurna region, Nepal.
    AN 1109.jpg
  • A yak train carrying equipment for trekkers climbs the hill above Namche Bazaar, the main trading town for the Sherpa people of Khumbu.
    K 2402.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Tibetan Buddhist festival held to bless Manang Valley villagers before season trading abroad in Hong Kong, Bangkok etc.
    AA 3613.jpg
  • Liza Doran, owner of Cow Canyon Trading Post in Bluff, Utah, describes how drought has created a sharp decrease in Navajo Country tourism.
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  • A trading caravan passes through a village in the Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal
    AA 1320.jpg
  • An archaeology team investigates artifacts at 12,400' in California's White Mountains, the highest Native American settlement in the United States. The stone for this broken arrowheaad was traded from distant groups.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tibetan Buddhist lama at festival to bless Manang Valley villagers before season trading abroad in Hong Kong, Bangkok etc.
    AA 3615.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Tibetan Buddhist festival held to bless Manang Valley villagers before season trading abroad in Hong Kong, Bangkok etc.
    AA 3516.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tibetan Buddhist lama at festival to bless Manang Valley villagers before season trading abroad in Hong Kong, Bangkok etc.
    AA 3513.jpg