breakfast at our hotel - the Chowdhury family - minus Chuck, who had to be working back in ny :(119 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 unfortunately103 views
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arriving at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan airport - my mom, me, brother, Shahrina (my sister), sister-in-law100 views
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Kathmandu's Durbar Sq (there are 2 other Durbar squares near the city)92 views
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one of the many sadhus you see around there91 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 here88 views
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yet another maoist procession87 views
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marigold flower sellers for the temples85 views
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the famous Nepali windows, small wooden intricately carved.84 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 84 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)80 views
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celebrating my mom's birthday80 views
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Kathmandu valley79 views
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female sadhu79 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)79 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.78 views
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rooftop cafe in Thamel. more nepali tea! (it was so cold there, the tea felt good)77 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 time74 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!73 views
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the Garden of Dreams! what an evocative name, and so disappointing. 3 minutes walk from our hotel, we got lost & got to it after walking around for 40 minutes & finally taking rickshaws. basically nicely maintained old colonial garden73 views
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one of the many maoist processions while we were there73 views
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