departing from nepal

pokhara was a short one. these days it is very hot, cloudy - so i only got my single glimps of snowy peaks on the bus back to kathmandu, empty of tourists, and the trekking areas are full of leeches (ALUKOT!!). on my trip to sarangot, the best top-hill view point around the city, i made a generous blood donation to these little blood thursty monsters, which convinced me to give up trekking and return to kathmandu after only 2 nights. however, the getaway was refreshing, the kathmandu-pokhara route was interesting, and about the lake the photos will tell much more then words.

on the bus back i met rob, a nice young englishmen, and we continued together to bhaktapur - which means "city of devotees", one of the three ancient cities in the kathmandu vally, which had most of the time its own kings who competed these of kathmandu and patan with the magnificance of the temples they built.


i fell in love with bhaktapur, which combines the beautiful mediaval architecture preserved by massive restoration works, trafficless streets, traditional and unmodernized local life, and temples found in every corner while you wander around the allies. in parallel to writing this post, i am struggling with technological hardships while trying to publish my photos from this shared dial-up connection (the text is short cause most of my time is spent on it). if i succeed, i hope it will convey some of the bhaktapur expirience.

tomorrow morning ,after one month in nepal, i am flying to delhi to start the indian month of my trip. this photo album gives me hard time, so i will publish only a small selection.