When the sky is getting closer - Kazinform in the Himalayas (PHOTOS)

KATHMANDU-ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazinform International Information Agency has visited the Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. Read the special report of our photojournalist about a trip to Nepal, the country which is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India. The mountainous north of Nepal has eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest, called Sagarmatha in Nepali. It contains more than 240 peaks over 20,000 ft (6,096 m) above sea level.