Archive for the 'Nepal' Category
Food For the Gods
Friday, June 15th, 2007Showing respect for the Gods is an essential part of daily life in Kathmandu. Every morning women walk through the streets carrying a plate, usually copper, filled with an assortment of goodies. They are not delivering breakfast. The food, flowers, water and money will be offered to temple idols as part of […]
Food For the Gods
Friday, June 15th, 2007Showing respect for the Gods is an essential part of daily life in Kathmandu. Every morning women walk through the streets carrying a plate, usually copper, filled with an assortment of goodies. They are not delivering breakfast. The food, flowers, water and money will be offered to temple idols as part of […]
Spiritual of Kathmandu
Monday, June 11th, 2007There is something impressive about a large of people who all believe the same thing. There are places in Kathmandu that have a spiritual energy you can almost sense in the air, like the buzzing of overhead power lines. The spirituality of Kathmandu seems to resonate with most travellers - not many leave […]
Spiritual of Kathmandu
Monday, June 11th, 2007There is something impressive about a large of people who all believe the same thing. There are places in Kathmandu that have a spiritual energy you can almost sense in the air, like the buzzing of overhead power lines. The spirituality of Kathmandu seems to resonate with most travellers - not many leave […]
The Spirit of Kathmandu
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007Kathmandu is trying hard to make up for lost time, but many of its day-to-day essentials still arrive via the croweed mountain road from the Indian border. And while broadband internet and ATM banking have reached the city, there is no reliable mobile phone signal and the network is often turned off completely during […]
Anatomy of Kathmandu
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Kathmandu sprawls across the bottom of a bowl-shaped mountain valley, shaded by the towering peaks of the ganesh Himalaya. The official centre of town is the Royal Palace, but most of the famous temples and monuments are clustered around Durbar Marg at the south end of town. Between the two are the winding, […]
Kathmandu City - Vital Stats and People
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Kathmandu is a city in Nepal and it is known as City of Temples. Kathmandu is founded in AD723. The peak in Kathmandu city is 1355 m and the size of the city is 600 sq km (Kathmandu Valley). It has a population of 1.1 million.
The population of Kathmandu is fairly modest, […]
