Note: All the pictures (excluding the Angkot) has been taken by my family and I. Click on pictures for close up.
I think it's been over a month since I last blogged and you can clearly blame that on the sudden school load I had to do. 8th Grade clearly is a lot more tough but thank goodness it's the summer holidays now!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Getting back, I want to start on a section or series or whateveryoucallit called Destination. It's basically a travel series where I show you the places I have recently went to. Travelling is one of my favourite things to do. Over a month ago I went to Nepal. You know I never imagined myself to actually reach Nepal. It's like "the top of the world", where Land meets Sky. Kind of a Earth Meets Heaven mojo going on, well... That's what I thought anyways. But it's actually not like that.
When I reached Kathmandu, the capital, I saw that they didn't really have any high rise buildings. The streets were over crowded with so many vehicles, like many cities but what I found interesting was there were more minibuses then there were cars. These minibuses are used as a mode of public transportation, much like the angkot I can find in Indonesia. Kathmandu itself is quite messy, as in the planning of the city but it gives it a unique charm. I found so many interesting souvenirs and hand made things in Kathamndu in the alley near the Radisson Hotel. There was a shop there that sold stuff, from bags to bottle holders, that are made from recycled items, which I found really interesting and cool. Bigmart, a supermarket, is actually one of my favourite places...ironically, because it has sooo much more imported stuff and at a cheaper price than specialists stores in Chandigarh! It got stuff imported from Malaysia! So. Unfair.
Moving on to nature... I visited Bhaktapur and Nagarkot. Bhaktapur is a town filled with history. It's around a 2 hours drive from Kathmandu and when you reach there, there will be a counter. You need to pay them to look around the place. We got a paid tour guide from the counter took take us around. You've got to hike a bit to reach the actual place and when you get there you enter Durbar Square, a Temple Courtyard, with Temples dating centuries back. From the courtyard there are many different alley ways that lead you to other squares, this is the reason why I recommend getting a tour guide as the chances of you getting lost is very plausible. I loved Bhaktapur because it made me feel like an explorer going through those alleys, travelling back in time.
Nagarkot is a town nestled in the mountains and it's famous for their Himalayan views. We went there to see the sunset and my,oh my how lucky we were! It was a cloudless evening, unlike for the pass few days. The views were breathtaking!
Nepal was amazing and not just its views. So were the people who were kind and honest. It was quite the adventure.
Ni sa
I think it's been over a month since I last blogged and you can clearly blame that on the sudden school load I had to do. 8th Grade clearly is a lot more tough but thank goodness it's the summer holidays now!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Getting back, I want to start on a section or series or whateveryoucallit called Destination. It's basically a travel series where I show you the places I have recently went to. Travelling is one of my favourite things to do. Over a month ago I went to Nepal. You know I never imagined myself to actually reach Nepal. It's like "the top of the world", where Land meets Sky. Kind of a Earth Meets Heaven mojo going on, well... That's what I thought anyways. But it's actually not like that.
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| Angkot |
When I reached Kathmandu, the capital, I saw that they didn't really have any high rise buildings. The streets were over crowded with so many vehicles, like many cities but what I found interesting was there were more minibuses then there were cars. These minibuses are used as a mode of public transportation, much like the angkot I can find in Indonesia. Kathmandu itself is quite messy, as in the planning of the city but it gives it a unique charm. I found so many interesting souvenirs and hand made things in Kathamndu in the alley near the Radisson Hotel. There was a shop there that sold stuff, from bags to bottle holders, that are made from recycled items, which I found really interesting and cool. Bigmart, a supermarket, is actually one of my favourite places...ironically, because it has sooo much more imported stuff and at a cheaper price than specialists stores in Chandigarh! It got stuff imported from Malaysia! So. Unfair.
Moving on to nature... I visited Bhaktapur and Nagarkot. Bhaktapur is a town filled with history. It's around a 2 hours drive from Kathmandu and when you reach there, there will be a counter. You need to pay them to look around the place. We got a paid tour guide from the counter took take us around. You've got to hike a bit to reach the actual place and when you get there you enter Durbar Square, a Temple Courtyard, with Temples dating centuries back. From the courtyard there are many different alley ways that lead you to other squares, this is the reason why I recommend getting a tour guide as the chances of you getting lost is very plausible. I loved Bhaktapur because it made me feel like an explorer going through those alleys, travelling back in time.
Nagarkot is a town nestled in the mountains and it's famous for their Himalayan views. We went there to see the sunset and my,oh my how lucky we were! It was a cloudless evening, unlike for the pass few days. The views were breathtaking!
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| Nagarkot Pictures |
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| Picture of mountains taken in the plane |
Nepal was amazing and not just its views. So were the people who were kind and honest. It was quite the adventure.
Ni sa
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