We left Pokhara and got the bus back to Kathmandu and then straight on to Patan half an hour up the road. Stayed in Patan for a couple of nights and saw the sites such as the Durbar Square and the Golden Temple.
The traffic is not quite as mad as in Kathmandu, but still dusty and noisy.
One morning we spent about an hour or so watching a cat trying to entice her kittens down from a precariously high rooftop. Scary bananas, but they made it.
Then on to Bhaktapur which was a breath of fresh air, even though you had to pay to enter the city it was worth every penny.
Really beautiful temples and so much cleaner than Patan and Kathmandu, its a World Heritage Site and seems to be better looked after. Had some great street food - Buffalo momos - yuuuummmmy!
The Second day we were there though it rained torrentially all day, which was the first day we couldn’t really go out exploring, so we had a lovely time playing Uno, Sorry & Dice. But it turns out--as we read in the papers the following morning--this was the fateful snowstorm day in Annapurna when a lot of trekkers were caught in blizzards and lost their lives. We were very fortunate to have had the good weather for our trek with no problems.
So after a few days of culture, we thought we would venture up to Nagarkot in the mountains to see if we could spot Everest, which we did, just abou, although it looked like a small spec through our binoculars.
We found a beautiful little place to stay, very bucolic, it's an ornithologist’s dream.
We spent a lot of time watching the black kites soaring above and below us and the myna birds just being generally cheeky.
Really relaxing, had a few walks, but mainly reading, playing games, and chilling out--oh its such a hard life!
Weather up here is a bit mixed. Can be scorching one minute and very cold the next. We had an amazing hail storm a couple of days ago where the hail was the size of marbles.
As with everywhere in Nepal there always seems to be building works of some sort going on. Yesterday we saw two young men loading up an old lady’s basket with gravel so that she could then walk it across the road to be put in the concrete mixer, imagine your granny doing that!
So, off to see the Boudha Stupa tomorrow, which is the largest stupa in Asia.
Patan
Bhaktapur
Nagarkot
The traffic is not quite as mad as in Kathmandu, but still dusty and noisy.
One morning we spent about an hour or so watching a cat trying to entice her kittens down from a precariously high rooftop. Scary bananas, but they made it.
Then on to Bhaktapur which was a breath of fresh air, even though you had to pay to enter the city it was worth every penny.
Really beautiful temples and so much cleaner than Patan and Kathmandu, its a World Heritage Site and seems to be better looked after. Had some great street food - Buffalo momos - yuuuummmmy!
The Second day we were there though it rained torrentially all day, which was the first day we couldn’t really go out exploring, so we had a lovely time playing Uno, Sorry & Dice. But it turns out--as we read in the papers the following morning--this was the fateful snowstorm day in Annapurna when a lot of trekkers were caught in blizzards and lost their lives. We were very fortunate to have had the good weather for our trek with no problems.
So after a few days of culture, we thought we would venture up to Nagarkot in the mountains to see if we could spot Everest, which we did, just abou, although it looked like a small spec through our binoculars.
We found a beautiful little place to stay, very bucolic, it's an ornithologist’s dream.
We spent a lot of time watching the black kites soaring above and below us and the myna birds just being generally cheeky.
Really relaxing, had a few walks, but mainly reading, playing games, and chilling out--oh its such a hard life!
Weather up here is a bit mixed. Can be scorching one minute and very cold the next. We had an amazing hail storm a couple of days ago where the hail was the size of marbles.
As with everywhere in Nepal there always seems to be building works of some sort going on. Yesterday we saw two young men loading up an old lady’s basket with gravel so that she could then walk it across the road to be put in the concrete mixer, imagine your granny doing that!
So, off to see the Boudha Stupa tomorrow, which is the largest stupa in Asia.
Patan
Bhaktapur
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Nagarkot
I may have put this in twice - wouldnt believe i worked in IT would you. Glad to hear you werent caught in the disaster - was well worried and listened on radio since happened for news. Ludwig must be your lucky gaurdian angel. Pics are fantastic and catch up most days to see if there is an update. Keep safe ZXX
ReplyDeleteGlad you both ok, it all looks so amazing and very high up !!
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Phew we are so glad you are both OK. It's great reading about your adventures, keep on posting. Oh could you both just pop back next weekend please we need some one to put the chickens in for us :-) . Love to you both Michael and Jill.
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