Durba Square in Patan. Looks Balinese isn't it? DUH! it's Hindu afterall..
Sarah's dirty feet!
From the rooftop restaurant
Qz inspecting his dirty feet
It feels like Spain huh?
Buddha's Eye
Watching you from all direction... wahahahha
Still peeping at you...
The kids gambling den...
Sarah posing
Shanli sneaking into my picture
too many birds poo liao~!! btw... this is Durba Square in Kathmandu itself
Hindu god
Kamari's house
err... painting the floor... oh well.. in sg, we have the smaller version
Durba Square
Beef wanton.. it's quite good leh..
Nepali version of the Keropok!
A lot of shops are closed today, no thanks to Dewali festival.
By a strange mis-communication and mistake, we ended up walking like 5km out of Thamel and ended up in Durbar Square- Patan. We didn't realize that there are 2 Durbar Square around; Kathmandu and Patan until we were there as the maps just didn't make sense. Haha... Durbar Square Patan is errmm.... How do I say... A very ancient city with very little hope for preservation? Not being sarcastic. Really. The Nepalis lives and does business in the city itself and it's to a point filthy and driven by economies of the poor businesses. The stupas are amazing but so poorly maintained. Jiao sai everywhere and tourists get harassed by the touts every other moment. Must I say that our dear Sarah got "carrot-headed" by the souvenir auntie. Tsk!
The Bodhna Stupa is a lot more well-maintained, possibly cos it's an Unesco heritage site. Loads of Tibetan lamas were there too. It's a great place to hang out even if one's not a buddhist.
The Kathmandu Durbar Square us even worse than the one in Patan. It's super filthy.
Frankly, nothing impressed me more than the mountains in Nepal. Kathmandu is not the type if place that I would spend more than a couple days in and probably only to consolidate trekking gears. Too dusty, too dirty, too noisy. It's horn abuse here! If u think Vietnam is bad, this is hell.
We had dinner in another Tibetan restaurant on Thamel. Sizzling steak and chicken! Tibetan restaurants are usually quite well- run and a good cheap bet for food. Did a number of last minute souvenir hunting but guess this sums up my trip to Nepal.
I am going to miss the mountains, a lot!
By a strange mis-communication and mistake, we ended up walking like 5km out of Thamel and ended up in Durbar Square- Patan. We didn't realize that there are 2 Durbar Square around; Kathmandu and Patan until we were there as the maps just didn't make sense. Haha... Durbar Square Patan is errmm.... How do I say... A very ancient city with very little hope for preservation? Not being sarcastic. Really. The Nepalis lives and does business in the city itself and it's to a point filthy and driven by economies of the poor businesses. The stupas are amazing but so poorly maintained. Jiao sai everywhere and tourists get harassed by the touts every other moment. Must I say that our dear Sarah got "carrot-headed" by the souvenir auntie. Tsk!
The Bodhna Stupa is a lot more well-maintained, possibly cos it's an Unesco heritage site. Loads of Tibetan lamas were there too. It's a great place to hang out even if one's not a buddhist.
The Kathmandu Durbar Square us even worse than the one in Patan. It's super filthy.
Frankly, nothing impressed me more than the mountains in Nepal. Kathmandu is not the type if place that I would spend more than a couple days in and probably only to consolidate trekking gears. Too dusty, too dirty, too noisy. It's horn abuse here! If u think Vietnam is bad, this is hell.
We had dinner in another Tibetan restaurant on Thamel. Sizzling steak and chicken! Tibetan restaurants are usually quite well- run and a good cheap bet for food. Did a number of last minute souvenir hunting but guess this sums up my trip to Nepal.
I am going to miss the mountains, a lot!
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