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| Nepalese actor Thinle Lundup Lama (C) chatting to festival-goers during the Shey Dragon Festival in Upper Dolpa, some 500 kilometres (300 miles) northwest of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on September 6, 2012. Oscar-nominated "Himalaya" opened up the remote, pristine villages of the world's tallest mountain range to the West and made a household name of its French director. But while Eric Valli has gone on to win acclaim for a string of lucrative films and books, the movie's ageing star is penniless and struggling to survive in one of the poorest and harshest landscapes on earth. |
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| Nepalese actor Thinle Lundup Lama (R) posing with his grandchildren in Upper Dolpa, some 500 kilometres (300 miles) northwest of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on September 6, 2012. Oscar-nominated "Himalaya" opened up the remote, pristine villages of the world's tallest mountain range to the West and made a household name of its French director. But while Eric Valli has gone on to win acclaim for a string of lucrative films and books, the movie's ageing star is penniless and struggling to survive in one of the poorest and harshest landscapes on earth |
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| Nepalese Christians attend a Saturday prayer at community Samana Church in Kathmandu, Nepal, 25 August 2012. According to publicly available sources conversions to Christian religion from other religions is rising. One per cent of the Nepalese population of some 30 million are Christians in this Himalaya country in which Hinduism is the main religion |
Himalaya with Michael Palin