Between Nepal's trekking capital, Pokhara, and it's actual capital, Kathmandu, sits the small town of Bandipur. With it's winding, slate paved streets that wrap around a high ridge and cheery people who greeted us with smiles and “Namaste”, Bandipur was the most welcoming and relaxing place we had been to so far. We filled our days with long hikes over hills and through fields, always ending at a spectacular view point for sunset. The bad weather from Pokhara was lifting but the mountain vistas were still haunted by cloud. Once the sun had set the towns lack of electricity meant that windows and doorways were full of dancing candlelight and the small shrines were ringed with flickering oil lamps. To end our time in Bandipur we had a thrilling ride down to the highway to catch
... read more