Trio walking across the bridge
Trio walking across the bridge
Betrawati, 2000
Santosh on the left in the black shirt, and Ujjawal in the collared blue shirt
A quartet of friends on the bridge
A quartet of friends on the bridge
Betrawati
Looking down from the footbridge
Children swimming in the Falakhu river
Children swimming in the Falakhu river
Betrawati, 2005
Ganes, Ashani and Ashish
Below the bridge, near fields by the Falakhu river
Below the bridge, near fields by the Falakhu river
Betrawati, 2000
Two children on the old footbridge
Two children on the old footbridge
Betrawati, 2000
Children by a bridge to Tupche
Children by a bridge to Tupche
Betrawati 2000
On the road to Trishuli Bazar lays another bridge to Tupche. More recently built, the planks on this one are uniform pieces of metal grid instead of weathered wooden planks. Near the other side of the bridge lies Tupche’s school.
The vines in the top right of the frame hang down from an enormous tree. Passing the tree you might hear children giggling from someone high in the tree, but be unable to see them for all the vines.
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The tree is a popular place to play.
Some of the giggling children that have climbed up into the tree.
Deepak
Deepak
Betrawati, 2002
On a wooden bench near the bridge, Deepak has a rest while he takes in a view of his village around him.
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To his left, here’s a view similar to what he’d see.
In the above photo from 2000, you can see the bridge that crosses the Falakhu river—tributary to the mighty Trishuli—in the background.
Below is a June 2011 photo taken looking up the Falakhu river from the middle of that bridge.
Three boys at a swing
Three boys at a swing
Tupche, 2000
Near a tributary to the Trishuli river, stood this swing where small boys took turns swinging. Swings are often built especially for the Dasain festival (celebrating Rama’s victory over evil spirits) but this swing may be there year round (I’ll check on my next visit). Usually Dasain swings are huge things about thirty feet tall. Made of four tall pieces of bamboo, they are arranged in a large square and tied together at the top.
The tributary here is quite beautiful, running through large rounded stones. Crossing is by means of several rickety wooden bridges with an occasional small hop if you’re feeling especially adventurous.
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One such wooden footbridge.