Kyanjin Gompa

Full Moon at Kyanjin Gompa*
White mountain spectres
Float on drifting cloud

* monastery

The Lamas* have gone to Langtang
The purnima** lamps
Remain unlit

* Buddhist priests

** full moon

Abalone sky at sunrise

Yaks graze

As prayer flags flutter

Langtang Khola* roars

Air suddenly chills

Chorten** is swallowed by mist

* river

** Tibetan Buddhist shrine

Menchamsa

Climber's shrine

Prayer flags give voice to the wind

Only the Khola

Breaks the valley's silence

Crows glide on Langtang breeze

On Kyanjin Ri

Crows perch

Mocking the struggling trekkers

Yaks meander across mountain pastures

Herds of tourists

Come and go