![School children sing us a song near Jomolhari Base Camp - most walk 1 hour to school each way over 1,000 feet elevation — at Jomolhari, Bhutan.](http://blog.andreajohnsonphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-9.51.59-PM.jpg)
School children sing us a song near Jomolhari Base Camp – most walk 1 hour to school each way over 1,000 feet elevation
![Our incredibly talented cook at work preparing dinner- the meals were some of the best we had in Bhutan: a full spice rack and baskets in background filled with 9 chickens, fresh vegetables and fruit for entire week, and even surprise treats such as apple pie & chocolate bundt cake](http://blog.andreajohnsonphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-9.53.14-PM.jpg)
Our incredibly talented cook at work preparing dinner- the meals were some of the best we had in Bhutan: a full spice rack and baskets in background filled with 9 chickens, fresh vegetables and fruit for entire week, and even surprise treats such as apple pie & chocolate bundt cake
![View from Jomolhari Base Camp - Mani wall with prayer flags & old fortress shadowed by the massive 24,000 foot Himalayan peak](http://blog.andreajohnsonphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-9.52.41-PM.jpg)
View from Jomolhari Base Camp – Mani wall with prayer flags & old fortress shadowed by the massive 24,000 foot Himalayan peak
![At the 16,000 foot Nyilela Pass pass our Tibetan camp boy, a past monk, helped me hang our prayer flags - two for the deceased, one for my good luck year of iron (white), and one for Mark & Kelly Shafer (yellow)](http://blog.andreajohnsonphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-9.48.07-PM.jpg)
At the 16,000 foot Nyilela Pass pass our Tibetan camp boy, a past monk, helped me hang our prayer flags – two for the deceased, one for my good luck year of iron (white), and one for Mark & Kelly Shafer (yellow)
![Our base camp at Jomolhari Base Camp - Left to right: Mark & Kelly Shager, Bob Holmes, Andrea Johnson, Robert 'Skp' Sandber, Amanda Mason. Mani wall with prayer flags & old fortress shadowed by the massive 24,000 foot Himalayan peak](http://blog.andreajohnsonphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-9.48.43-PM.jpg)
Our base camp at Jomolhari Base Camp – Left to right: Mark & Kelly Shager, Bob Holmes, Andrea Johnson, Robert ‘Skp’ Sandber, Amanda Mason. Mani wall with prayer flags & old fortress shadowed by the massive 24,000 foot Himalayan peak