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Cashmere Shawls and Himalayan Goats
Cashmere Cashmere Shawls Himalayan Goats Travel Diary
Our Cashmere Shawls are made around Kathmandu and we bought a new supply when back in Nepal to see our friends after the earthquake. They make wonderful warm wraps or scarves, lightweight and very soft.
Nepal and the Himalaya
Buddha Buddha Paintings Buddha Statues Nepal Photos of India Tibet Travel Diary Trekking in Ladakh
We went to Nepal just a few months before the earthquake in May 2015. We sent funds to different agencies and also direct to our trekking guide who’s been buying building materials for his home village.
Antique? Old? Reclaimed?
Indian Antiques Products Vintage Indian Carvings
An antique is defined as being over 100 years old. We don’t sell Indian antiques. But some of these items are old. And some aren’t. Some are upcycled - a mixture of old, possibly neglected, and new. Ikat Bedspreads
Ikat Ikat Bedspreads Indian Bedspreads Silk Bedspreads
Silk Icat bedspreads made by a complex weaving process in which the weft or warp threads are resist dyed or tie dyed before the fabric is woven. In double Ikat both warp and weft threads are tie dyed.
In Spiti: Tales from the Buddhist Himalaya
Buddhist Himalaya Ki Monastery Kibber Spiti Spiti Valley Travel Diary
Rocks the size of buses perch on the slopes over our heads; the road is covered in the smaller stones that roll down the hill. A thin path zigzags down from the track to a stone building by a curve in the stream far below.