Evening was closing in, as we pulled in on the edge of a busy highway, we heard the call for Bhaktapur and off the bus we got. Following the directions given to us by a random passer-by, we walked across the road and down a busy side street; this didn’t look...
Having tired for now of the noise, dust and general madness of Kathmandu, we started planning a trip out to the Kathmandu Valley. We wanted to visit some small towns and villages and see some of the ‘real’ Nepal and it seemed to us the getting as far out into the...
I woke up early Wednesday morning to screams outside the guesthouse in Kathmandu. I got up and went to the window and saw children chasing each other up and down the street with water balloons and coloured powder. Holi was upon us and it was time to venture into the...
The Bagmati river in Pashupatinath just outside of Kathmandu is the Nepali equivalent of Varanasi on the River Ganges in India. We were very interested to see the ghats along the river where the cremations at Pashupatinath take place. I had seen these ceremonies on...
Walking around with your head on a swivel is what I love about this city. Everywhere you look, in front, behind, above or anywhere in between there’s always something to take notice of. To say Kathmandu is busy would be like saying the pope is religious. ‘What...
The plane touched down at the International Tribhuvan Airport just outside Kathmandu. This was the first red brick airport have ever seen and the atmosphere was laid back to say the least, we had finally arrived in Nepal. Quieter than expected Entering the arrivals...
Wake up on time, get a taxi, get on the bus to the airport, get on the flight to Kathmandu, sounds pretty straight forward! After being out until 4:30 am, having ‘one or two’ goodbye drinks, we managed to sleep through two alarms and our friends trying to...
