breakfast at our hotel - the Chowdhury family - minus Chuck, who had to be working back in ny :(115 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 unfortunately99 views
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arriving at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan airport - my mom, me, brother, Shahrina (my sister), sister-in-law94 views
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one of the many sadhus you see around there86 views
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Kathmandu's Durbar Sq (there are 2 other Durbar squares near the city)86 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 here83 views
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the famous Nepali windows, small wooden intricately carved.82 views
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marigold flower sellers for the temples82 views
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yet another maoist procession81 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 79 views
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celebrating my mom's birthday78 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)75 views
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female sadhu75 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)75 views
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Kathmandu valley74 views
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rooftop cafe in Thamel. more nepali tea! (it was so cold there, the tea felt good)73 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.71 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 time70 views
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one of the many maoist processions while we were there70 views
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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!69 views
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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)68 views
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