Kathmandu (Nepal - part 1)

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May 6th 2009

Published: May 6th 2009

After my great trip to India 3 years ago, I fell in love with the Indian Subcontinent and decided that the next country I wanted to visit would be Nepal. Finally, I made the trip and following is my story about another adventure in my life. 24 April 2009 - I had a room at 1am in Bangkok and slept for a few hours before going back to the airport for my connecting flight to Kathmandu. At 5am I woke... Read Full Entry

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Hanoi_girl

theRedRiver

I am a Hanoi_girl who loves to travel. When working for a Japanese construction company in Hanoi, I had the chance to travel to 28 countries and to all the 63 provinces in Vietnam, including 25 trips to Huế city. Egypt, Mongolia and Italy are my love, and other favorite countries are Australia, France, New Zealand, Nepal, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Belgium, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China (8 trips, 15 cities), South Korea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Cambodia (3 trips), Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Laos (3 trips), Malaysia (4 trips), Singap... full info

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Inside Bouddhanath temple

Kathmandu square

A shop at Bouddhanath temple

One of temples at Pashupati area

Pashupati area

Buildings by the holly river at cremation area.

One of temples at Pashupati area

Only Hindu people can visit this temple and they have to leave the shoes outside.

Pashupati area

This is the place where cremation of dead people is carried out. The holly river is Bagmati river. The ashes are thrown into this river after cremation finishes.

Pashupati area

Offerings sold outside the temple.

Preparation for cremation

One of temples at Pashupati area

As only Hindu people can enter this temple, I had to stand at the entrance gate and took a photo of the bull.

The holly river

This is the holly river and a man cleans his face with this water. Ashes are thrown into this river after cremation finishes.

Pashupati area

The dead woman wore yellow dress and was placed on the ground, while her relatives were around her. They threw rice over her. At another place where you see fire, it was another body during cremation process.

Cremation process

It takes 3 hours for cremation. After that, they spray water and the ash would go into the holy river.

Pashupati area

The holy river in fact just looks like a stream.

Cremation process

The dead woman wearing yellow dress was placed on the wood and her relatives were going to see her the last time. Next to it, another cremation just finished and the locals sprayed water so that all ashes would go into the holly river. There were much smoke at that place.

Pashupati area

View of Pashupati area

Holly river, cremation places, temples etc.

Kathmandu square

One of old houses

6th May 2009

Rob_n_Lorenza
Rob & Lorenza B

Really interesting blog thank you and great photos.

6th May 2009

Rob_n_Lorenza
Rob & Lorenza B

Sorry - forgot to mention we have a Nepalese friend in Sydney I will have to make sure she looks at this she will love it.

6th May 2009

Leah
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Hi! Finally the Nepal trip photos came in. The people, buildings are so exotic. Thank you.

7th May 2009

leowlf
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Nice!
Nice photo! May i know the name the hostel that you stayed and how much you paid for it?

8th May 2009

theRedRiver
Hanoi_girl

I stayed in Thamel which is crowded and noisy. I suggest you to find a guest house in Jathaya. I walked from Thamel to this area and saw some quiet guest houses there. You can expect US$8 per night for a single room. A double room costs US$12.

8th May 2009

chinaguy
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waiting for your writing

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