Tag: kathmandu
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Namaste, Nepal: Death at One’s Elbow
Today’s the day I see a dead body for the first time. I’ve left Thamel and the centre of Kathmandu behind, and I’m off to Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley. My hotel has arranged a “taxi” for me, and I’ve asked if the driver can drop me off at the Pashupatinath temple and the Boudha…
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Namaste, Nepal: Running Up That Hill
For all my talk of liking to do things alone and wandering around getting lost in new cities, there are times when I feel like I would like the company of others. My friends Marc and Yvonne visited Nepal a couple of years before I did, and Yvonne puts me in touch with a chap…
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Namaste, Nepal: A Day in Patan
To the south of Kathmandu, across the river, lies Patan. It is another city, and it can be reached in around 30 minutes by car. I don’t really know what to expect to pay for a taxi, so I google it and I read that one should haggle with the taxi driver and pay no…
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Namaste, Nepal: The Road’ll End in Kathmandu
“And when you walk around the world, babe, You said you’d try to look for the end of the road, You might find out later that the road’ll end in Detroit, Honey, the road’ll even end in Kathmandu. You can go all around the world Trying to find something to do with your life, baby,…
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Namaste, Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal. Mid-February 2018. For the first time since I left Korea in January, I am in a country I have not been to before. After my illness over Christmas, the trip to Japan, saying goodbye to some very special people, the packing up of my apartment and the selling off of pretty much everything…
Postcards From Dan 