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There are many, many shops....
I bought so much things: Gifts,clothes, trek equipment, sweet, alcohol, chess - everything you can buy in Kathmandu.
I bought woolen jacket with polar inside, first jacket with bright colour and second - soft colour and for my husband with soft colour.
Starting price - 1500 Rs / 19 USD/ and my final price 900 Rs / 11 USD/.
Everything is rather inexpencive. Leave a Comment Theme: Women's Clothes
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Thamel area is full of gift shops (besides hotels and restaurants). Most of them carry pretty much similar things. Jewelry shops with silver and semi-precious stone ornaments (particularly turquoise). Clothing shop with printed pants, embroidary shirt etc. Also rice paper products such as lanterns and calenders seem to be popular. You can find both Nepali and Tibetan crafts here since there are many Tibetans around.
King of barganing pays less. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Thamel
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The most common street to shop is Thamel, a.k.a. the tourist ghetto.
Indeed all those streets are fullfilled of every kind of GH, hostel, low level hotel, restaurant, bars, shops, libreries and so on.
For a day, it could be also nice to shop walking up and down to his treets, but keep in mid to bargain, as the price here might be higher then in other parts...
What is in a way cool, is that here you will find lamoust all the things produced, imported or distributed in the whole Nepal, from hand made papers, incens, Kaiga, to Tshirt hand made (you will see also some labouratories on the street’s side) and so on... Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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In a lot of shops you can buy this kind of art. Try to look carefuly, some artists are good some are not. It's difficult to get good information from a guide or someone else...
Go for some self-painted stuff or an ancient work. Prices can differ a lot. I paid 75 USD for a really nice Kalachakra (50 x 50 cm). Leave a Comment
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Any visitor visiting Nepal/kathmandu/thamel ought to visit this cool store called "Khukuri House" in thamel area. Kukris/khukuris are the coolest gifts to take away from Nepal as they are unique and the most useful gift one can give and its worth collecting if you are a knife fanatic. Try buying the kukri what the soldiers carry because they are the army that made them famous using them in world war I - II scaring away germans and japanese. Buy the kukri called the "Historic". It only costs Nepalese Ruppes Rs.1150.00 (US$17.00).
I am treasuring it now.
Gurkha knives called kukri-khukuri are must to buy from Nepal. Its the knife that put Nepalese warrior in history book and now popularly known as Gurkha soldier.
Nepalese currency Rs. 1150.00 Theme: Local CraftAddress: Khukuri House, Saat gumti, thamel, 4701314Phone: 977-1- 4-701314Directions: Go pass kathmandu guest house, come to the T junction and you can see this store. Come in contact Mr. Sanjay lama, the owner of this shop.Website: www.khukuriblades.com
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I shopped from a number of shops in the Thamel area and bought different sovineer items.
The prices they quote are nowhere near what you expect to pay. You can bargain them down. All prices have this bargaining factor in built into them so if you pay the sticker you will definitly be ripped off.
There are a number of things that you can buy.
- Fantastic Thenka paintings
- Handicrafts ( fine metal work)
- Wood carvings
- Prayer wheels
Remember there are number of shops and you can ask around and once you know the going price start the negotataion. Usually you can retuce it by at least 30% to 40%. Leave a Comment Theme: Art
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