This young woman is Nepalese, they are sometimes employed in labouring jobs on the roads. The tarmac was being relayed on the Doche Pass (3141m), this lady, along with a colleague, were carrying barrels of hot tar about. She still managed to look well groomed, a trait that women seem to manage so much better than men.
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Location: Doche La, Bhutan
Photographer: © Neil Harris