breakfast at our hotel - the Chowdhury family - minus Chuck, who had to be working back in ny :(99 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 unfortunately85 views
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arriving at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan airport - my mom, me, brother, Shahrina (my sister), sister-in-law82 views
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Kathmandu's Durbar Sq (there are 2 other Durbar squares near the city)71 views
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one of the many sadhus you see around there70 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 here67 views
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marigold flower sellers for the temples66 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)65 views
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the famous Nepali windows, small wooden intricately carved.64 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 64 views
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celebrating my mom's birthday64 views
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yet another maoist procession64 views
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Kathmandu valley61 views
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rooftop cafe in Thamel. more nepali tea! (it was so cold there, the tea felt good)61 views
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female sadhu60 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)60 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.60 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 time59 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)55 views
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brother & sister-in-law enjoying a rickshaw ride (actually, we got lost in the narrow winding streets trying to get to the Garden of Dreams, and so we ended up taking riskshaws only to discover it was 3 minutes walk from our hotel)55 views
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one of the many maoist processions while we were there54 views
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