Him A-Layin' 'Round 4

So, wandering around the city of Kathmandu is so bloody interesting. I see things I’ve never seen before, all the time.

Large portions of cow

Wall to wall madness. The traffic gridlock is crazy here sometimes. Sometimes it’s almost impossible to squeeze past the vehicles, as they completely cram the laneways.

Serious market bustle

Nepal is 57 years ahead of the West. It’s currently 2080 here, which is still well below Thailand, where it’s currently 2565. Just to confuse matters, this red banner welcomes in the lunisolar year of 1144, which is another local Newari calendar system.

Wow, I’ve been time travelling like crazy lately, I hardly know when I am anymore.

Both sides of this long road were packed with jewellers. Give her a diamond! Or, more accurately around here, buy her some silver!

I wandered back to the Durbar Square area one late arvo. The light was beautiful.

I climbed up the many flights of stairs to the Himalayan Cafe. This cute yeti and her keeper followed me up.

The views at the top were amazing.

It’s weird how the moon follows you around

Chic shimmer

I found Chinatown. It’s small.

And Koreatown.

And Blahblahsameaseverywhereelsetown.

And Ifyougotmoneyyoucanhavehoneytown.

More unrepaired infrastructure. Some suburbs seem to be just left like this.

Not the leafy ones though, of course.

People frequently complain about the corruption within the government here. I haven’t heard one person say a nice thing about it yet.

Guess I need to start mixing with the elite, as befits my caste.

They really nailed this wall.

Last Himalingerings

So in a couple of hours I’ll be on another overnight bus, finally heading out of the magnificent Himalayas, and heading south on those steep and windy roads to the plains again. And the Indian border.

Tomorrow, Insh’Allah, I’ll be back in the crazy motherland, heading to the completely untouristed eastern state of Odisha, south of the city of Kolkata, and home to some of the most incredible and sacred temples in the whole of India.

And some bloody good food too, I hear.

Some of the places I’ll be visiting are perfect examples of dirty crowded and overpopulated India.

Yep.

Time to get back in amongst it❤️

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