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Freak street is the street where all the backpacker tourism to Nepal started in the 1960's.
This was where all the hippies came to sit and smoke funny tobacco in exotic surroundings.
The street used to be packed with foreigners, but today it has become a fairly quiet street and they have even given it it's former name Jochne back (it was oficially called Freak street for a few years).
You still see a little bit of hippie life there in forms of a couple of tatoo and piercing artists and a few hippie cafes, but most of that enviroment has today moved up to the Thamel area.
I think it´s still worth taking a walk down the street if you are a little interested in history like i am, cause this was really an iconic street in the old hippie days.
Written May 26, 2012
This is the large "tank" or man made lake in the centre of town, built by King Pratap Malla, for his grieving wife after their son died in the 17th century. It is fenced off now as it was a favourite spot for suicides. There is a Shiva temple in the middle but i hear it is open on a festival, only one day a year.
Written Apr 5, 2012
Wander around the streets and notice how many small shrines there are dedicated to the Hindu Dieties. Many are colourful and worth taking a photograph. The Hindu religion has over a million gods. Fun, isn't it!
Written Mar 29, 2012
I did my first rock climbing with a local company who specialized in just climbing and canyoning trips. It felt awesome to get out of Kathmandu for the day and into the forest. This company does day trips at the Nagarjun Forest and it is just 30 minutes away from the city. I only had one day to spare between trekking and my Chitwan jungle safari, so I tried this. My guides were great, very good English and gave me a lot of instruction. It was nice to hike through the forest and have the picnic lunch. Good day even if you are not a hardcore rock climber, you will still have fun. They have some easy routes and the guides will show you no end of amazing feats!
Go Rock Climbing in Nagarjun if you have a free day! It's fun and amazing!
Written Mar 5, 2012
Address: Kathmandu Valley
Phone: (977) 981 390 1983
Website: http://www.hardcorenepal.com
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Changu is in the Bhaptapur District.
The main attraction is the Changu Narayan Temple. Some structures dates back to 464 AD.
It is situated about 18km from Kathmandu in the Kathmandu Valley. It is easy to combine a visit to Changu when visiting Bhaktapur.
It is significant and important for both Hindus and Buddhists.
Changu is another UNESCO world heritage sight in Nepal.
Updated May 7, 2011
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What a great time I had in Kathmandu with the Holi Festival.
It is a public holiday and people are just enjoying themselves with water and coloured powders!
You will be a mess if you join them on the streets (which you should do). So, old clothes are important and protect your camera if you take it with you.
I was invited to join a family in the celebrations. We walked through the streets of Kathmandu and had great traditional Nepali food.
Joining the festivities of Holi was one of my highlights of my second visit to Kathmandu.
Written May 7, 2011
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about 100 km from Kathmandu and 12km from the Tibet border ... it's the nicest place to go with a group of friends ... and just relax... sleep in nice and comfi big tents... use a nice herbal steam room...outside showers...ultimate bungy jump platform (160m)...white water rafting ...they have everything you want to just chill and enjoy ur time....
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Himalayas of Nepal :-)
Phone: 977-1-439525
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We actually walked to Patan from Kathmandu which took a couple of hours. The most interesting part of the walk was on the Kathmandu side of the Bagmati River where there was a lovely temple and an area with wild monkeys on one side and a very poor looking shanty town on the other side. The walk on the Patan side was fairly disappointing as it simply followed a main road until we reached the old part of town.
The area south of Patan's Durbar Square was interesting. There was a street market and several colourful temples.
Patan's Durbar Square cost 200NPR to get in. The tour guides who hang around the ticket office trying to get you to hire them turned really nasty and aggresive when we said we wanted to go round by ourselves.
Patan's Durbar Square has a large palace most of which is now the Patan Museum (open daily except Tuesdays and public holidays from 10.30am to 4.30pm, additional entrance fee.) We did not go in the museum. We just entered one of the palace courtyards and looked at the temples outside on the square.
One of the temples, Chyasin Deval is octagonal in shape and made of stone. It was built by the daughter of an 18th century king in memory of his eight wives who threw themselves on his funeral pyre.
The Hari Shankar Mandir Temple has guardian stone elephants.
A statue of a garuda faces the Krishna Mandir temple.
The Bishwanath Mandir temple is also guarded by elephants. This temple was rebuilt after it collapsed in the monsoons in 1990.
The final temple is the Temple of Bhimsen dedicated to the god of traders.
There was also a sunken water spout and some trinket stalls.
There are several rooftop cafes with good views over the square. We had a very pleasant meal in one of these.
All of the buildings in Patan's Durbar Square were well kept and it was very pretty though fairly small. Worth visiting but avoid those aggressive guides.
To the north of Patan's Durbar Squre Patan's Kumari Bahal - temple of the living goddess and the golden temple were also interesting.
Updated Feb 11, 2011
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We booked transport through our guest house to go to Nagarkot and back plus spend two hours for NPR 2500. The drive through Kathmandu and the back of Bhaktapur was not particularly scenic. Once we started climbing up the mountain it got nicer and we at last got to see a bit of greenery. The road was very twisty though and not for the easily car sick. The reason to go to Nagarkot is to see the view over the Himalayas. We could see the tops of the mountains clearly, but the middle disappeared into haze. I guess it's just a matter of luck. Nagarkot had a long line of hotels, guest houses and restaurants.
Updated Feb 10, 2011
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Freak Street runs off Basantapur Square. It was once the the hang-out of long haired hippies from the west when they visited Kathmandu. in the 1960s. It is much quieter nowadays with some interesting shops and views up towards the palace. If you exit Durbar Square here, you need proof that you have paid your entrance fee to get back in.
Written Feb 10, 2011
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