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flying to Kathmandu from Dhaka, the views were pretty stunning. what we thought at first were clouds above the clouds, turned out to be the Himalayas. it was pretty mindboggling the first time, but these photos don't capture that unfortunately
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still exciting here (by my fourth time of flying close to the Himalayas, i was too jaded and that initial sense of wonder was lost)
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flying low over the countryside, you can see the roads and villages built into the mountains
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Kathmandu valley
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arriving at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan airport - my mom, me, brother, Shahrina (my sister), sister-in-law
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breakfast at our hotel - the Chowdhury family - minus Chuck, who had to be working back in ny :(
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Kathmandu's Durbar Sq (there are 2 other Durbar squares near the city)
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the famous Nepali windows, small wooden intricately carved.
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the Kumari palace -i was hoping to see the Kumari, I'd seen a documentary about the kumaris a few years ago & was fascinated. only hindus were allowed inside, she was busy praying so i was asked to come back in 2 hours (they assumed i was hindu)
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one of the many sadhus you see around there
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marigolds for offerings - the main palace of durbar sq is dedicated to the hindu god hanuman, and there are so many temples here
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hundreds of pigeons in this one section of the sprawling Durbar Square (one of the UNESCO world heritage sites)
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female sadhu
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marigold flower sellers for the temples
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the massive buddhist stupa of Boudhanath, supposed to be one of the largest in the world, and one of the holiest buddhist sites in nepal (and yet another unesco world heritage site)
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this was one of my favourite places in Kathmandu. seemingly endless streams of pilgrims, monks, buddhists circle in a clockwise direction around and around the stupa, spinning the prayer wheels, walking & praying
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a huge number of tibetans have settled around the Boudhanath area
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the "square" (really a circle) around the stupa. it was beautiful being there at sunset, with the people, the mountains, even the pigeons!
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the prayer wheels all around the stupa
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the tibetan buddhists have a very interesting way of praying. they constantly move from the standing position to prostrating completely flat on the ground in an endless pattern, seemed very strenuous. here they are in different positions of praying
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