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Durbar Square Kathmandu
101 Reviews On Saturday(19-11-2011) was extremely lucky to get a glimpse of the "Living Child Goddess(Kumari)" at the Kumari Mahal situated in Durbar Square.The "Child Goddess" occasionally comes to the balcony...
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Bodhnath Stupa Kathmandu
44 Reviews The stupa at Boudha has been for centuries the most important landmark along the Tibet-Kathmandu trade route and today is in many regards the national symbol for Nepal. The Tibetans call it Chorten...
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Thamel Kathmandu
17 Reviews Our trek guide, Amrit, also runs Nepali Kitchen with his wife. He meets you in the morning, and takes you to market to buy the ingredients you'll be cooking. Then back to his home in Thamel where his...
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Pashupatinath Kathmandu
38 Reviews Pashupatinath Shiva Temple (Shiva is Pashupati) is walking distance from Boudha Stupa (or a short taxi ride) and this Hindu temples is the oldest in Kathmandu and is an UNESCO World Heritage Sites and...
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Mountain Flight Kathmandu
20 Reviews If in Nepal and unable to trek into the Himalayas then the easiest way to view the Mighty Himalayas including Mount Everest is by taking the one hour "Mountain Flight " tours from Kathmandu...
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Swayambhunath Kathmandu
57 Reviews We walked here from Thamel. Entrance fee was, I think, NPR250. This ancient stupa sits on top of a green hill. This has been a religious site for more than 2500 years. To get to the temple you must...
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Bhaktapur Kathmandu
15 Reviews Hi, agree with most of your comment and still the same now but they are trying to improve. Few tips, just prepare before hand and fill the visa or arrival form while you are still on the flight (they...
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Kathmandu area Kathmandu
34 Reviews I have recently finished volunteering at a orphanage in Kathmandu and i would like to recommend the experience to anyone wanting to volunteer in Nepal. The small orphanage called CHEF(Child Helping...
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Tibetan Refugee Camp Kathmandu
3 Reviews Have not been to Tibet and so decided to visit the Tibetan Refugee Camp. Many of these refugees crossed the border into Nepal from Tibet when the Dalai Lama fled from the Red Chinese army. The Dalai...
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There are a number of sites nearby that are well worth your time to visit. Some of them, such as Patan, were once rival cities in the Kathmandu valley. Others, like Pashupatinath, are vitally important sites in the city's life. Both (along with others, such as Bhaktapur) are so closely linked to Kathmandu as to effectively be one city. Nevertheless, there are excellent reasons for paying a visit to each of them. (MORE COMING!)
Swayambunath sits atop a hill covered with two things: inanimate statues and hundreds of highly animated monkeys. You climb a long stone staircase, passing statue after statue of sitting Buddhas, generally about 15-20 feet high, painted in startling yellow, red, and blue. Once past these massive Buddhas, there are still more statues--of elephants, peacocks, horses, garudas (man-birds), and lions, arranged in pairs.Swayambunath is said to be the oldest Tibetan Buddhist shrine in the world. Though the present shrine dates from the late fourteenth century, it has been a religious site for at least a thousand years. It sits, like a crown, atop a hill several miles west of the city proper in Katmandu Valley. In the morning and again in the early evening, Buddhist pilgrims gather to walk clockwise around its base. Hindu pilgrims join them because the grounds of the stupa contain a number of...
this is a very popular festival in Nepal betwen Hindu people.People pay homage to LAXMI,the godness of wealth. Sisters bless their brothers making them the "tika" on their head and giving some presents. We were lucky because we were invited to a family celebration and also we were blessed like you can see in the picture
This is the best preseved place that we visited in our trip . The sky was cloudy but the atmosphere was magic. The temples,The royal palace ...and the whole town transported us to a very different world.
Manakamana is about 30-40 minutes from Gurkha village by bus.Here you can take a cable car up to the temple where all Nepalese wishes to visit at least once in a lifetime.Usually new-wed couples come to pray for a baby boy.And kind of a holiday resort for NepaleseGoats and chicken are sold in shops and apparently they got 'special' cable car just for carrying these animals up to temple for 'sacrifice'Tickets are a few dollars for foreigners (But for Indians it's almost a same price as locals pay) But I paid local price though..Good thing about 'universal asian look'
On the way from Pokhara to Kathmandu.There's a village 'Gurkha' a home of Gurkha soldiers.Direct bus from Pokhara is available.Here is peaceful and relaxing town.And one of most beautiful places to see sunset i've ever seen.There's also a palace on top of the hill around 30 minutes on foot and it's quite tiring and sometimes it's just closed.If you like a steep road and quiet but lovely town.Gurkha is the right place worth staying for a few days.
Visiting KEEP office could help you for informations you want.And sometimes they arrage trivia night where you can join them for fun trivias and meet other people,making new friends.Drinks and snacks are available for order,money goes to KEEP organization to do social activities.It was very nice night and trivia was fun! you will know more about Nepal too :-)Also just visiting there for free of charge information about trekking.Staff will help you and can give you an advise.If you still don't know where to go for trekking.Go to KEEP.There're also few books of 'Experience' from other travelers they have already done their treks.It might be useful for you.
We trekked to Kagbeni and decided to ride a pony back to Jomsom to begin a 'walk down' trek.(I'm not very healthy actually)And pony ride was something that I would never forget in my life.I don't know if we were lucky or not but ponies we got were not really calm but naughty.One just sat in the cold river just like that..(and ofcourse you were on his back!) ..one didn't want to cross the bridge..Sometimes running fast like crazy..sometimes just stopped and didn't move for minutes..well,you have to try it yourself.Could be a ride from Kagbeni to Muktinath too if you like.
It was most scary and exciting flight in my life,I have never heard anybody screamed on the plane before.That was first time I heard.But it was really beautiful too look out windows and see Macchapucchare just there..
Taking a bus from Lumbini,around 20 minutes you will arrive a village named "Tilaurakot" After get off the bus you have to hire rikshaw to go further (costs 100-200 Rp.) he will bring you true the charming village,quite busy in a way but after you pass the busy area you will see yellow field full of mastard.Then you will reach the area that was once a palace where Buddha lived when he was a prince.And eastern gateway where Buddha left his royal life to seek the truth of world outside palace.They also found some ancient terrakotta,human,animal figures,coins,beads around there.Here you might see some guy walks toward you and begins to introduce this and that,trying to lead you here and there.And ofcourse afterall he asked for money as a 'guide fee' or 'donation' (he didn't help much anyway just to walk in front of us)
Dwarika's Hotel Kathmandu Kathmandu
5 Reviews and 230 Opinions Dwarika's is close to the airport, safe and very good, gives excellent service, has good food and a...
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Fishtail Lodge Pokhara
7 Reviews and 111 Opinions Fishtail Lodge is the most beautiful hotel we ever stayed. Even though it is small in size but its...
Club Himalaya Hotel Bhaktapur
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Q: I am planning trekking in Nepal during October/November 2012 (first trip to Nepal). My time is flexible - about 20 - 30 days. I am...
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