Day 1: view of the Himalayas from the plane
walking in downtown Kathmandu
street in Kathmandu
prayer wheels
Swayambhu - Buddhist Stupa
prayer flags
crafts fro sale
prayer flags around Swayambu
necklaces for sale
lots and lots of prayer flags
detail
monkey enjoying a frooty
mandalas galore!
Sadhu
shiva and pavrati. notice him holding her booby
House of the Kumari
House of Kumari
bangles
before the pulling of the “raath” - yes, that's blood from an animal sacrifice
the spectators start moving towards the raath
my young friend is right in the thick of things!!
Neeraj in the thick of things
Kids pulling the mini-raath and getting water poured on them
Neeraj with his newly acquired volunteer t-shirt
people watching from the windows
police watching from the sidelines
Patan Kumari
women waiting to collect water
Day 2: trip to Mankamana. Traffic jam because of headon collision that killed at least one of the drivers
View from the cable car up to Mankamana
cable car to Mankamana
traveling up the cable car to Mankamana
up up up on the cable car
view from the cable car
Mankamana, which means heart's wishes - people go there to ask for their wishes to be fulfilled
Mankamana
offerings
Neeraj and I on the bridge
bridge!
Day 3: walking around Kathmandu and relaxing
goat on the little stupas - many times there were Hindu temples and Buddhist stupas right next to each other
"river"
goat
this is the temple that Neeraj's grandfather used to go to everyday and tell stories to the people there
vegetables sellers
rickshaws
pigeons
cutie playing with the pigeons
Pashupati
shiva lingas
lingam
no entrance for caro
monkeys
monkeys grooming each other
view of the city
view from outside the temple
on the bus to Last Resort
passing small villages and little towns
our accommodations!
tabla
fire twirlers
bungeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Fire performance
Nepal pop!
Riding on top of the bus
Riding on top of the bus!
watching the brave souls jumping
protestors burning tires in the middle of the road and causing a 2 hour delay
running through the fire
Neeraj showing the kids his photos
driving over the burning tires
