breakfast at our hotel - the Chowdhury family - minus Chuck, who had to be working back in ny :(105 views
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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 unfortunately90 views
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arriving at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan airport - my mom, me, brother, Shahrina (my sister), sister-in-law87 views
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Kathmandu's Durbar Sq (there are 2 other Durbar squares near the city)78 views
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one of the many sadhus you see around there77 views
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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 here73 views
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marigold flower sellers for the temples73 views
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the famous Nepali windows, small wooden intricately carved.70 views
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70 views
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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 69 views
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celebrating my mom's birthday69 views
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yet another maoist procession69 views
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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)68 views
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68 views
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Kathmandu valley67 views
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67 views
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rooftop cafe in Thamel. more nepali tea! (it was so cold there, the tea felt good)67 views
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at a rooftop cafe overlooking the stupa where we got nepali tea and momos (i got so addicted to nepali tea, i crave it all the time now)66 views
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female sadhu65 views
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65 views
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having breakfast at yet another rooftop cafe. kathmandu is filled with these rooftop cafes, that was one of my favourite things about the city.65 views
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visiting my mom's friend - her husband works for the UN and they've lived in Kathmandu for a long time61 views
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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)60 views
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one of the many maoist processions while we were there60 views
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hundreds of pigeons in this one section of the sprawling Durbar Square (one of the UNESCO world heritage sites) 59 views
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