| Page Views: 1,404 Last Visit to Kathmandu: April, 1992 | Kathmandu by nepalgoods - last update: Sep 10, 2003 |
Paradise?? | Buddha painted with the colors of Holi |
Kathmandu - city of my dreams. After backpacking about 1 year in Asia I reached Kathmandu, the fairytale city of the 60s and 70s. Friends of mine had been there, driving with a car from Germany to Nepal in 1975.
But paradise it isn't! A big polluted city surrounded by the high mountains of the Himalayas. Poverty everywhere. But where I did not see that in India I found this in Nepal: poor people obviuosly happy. It seemed, that Buddhists and Hindus live peacefully together. Everybody celebrating the Holi-Festival in March 1992, when I visited.
Today the country is marked by some kind of civil war. Maoist and Royalists fighting.
So sad! |
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toonsarah Tue Jun 23, 2009 17:07 UTC
This is a place I really want to see one day. Thank you for sharing your memories of it :-) | DAO Thu Jul 31, 2008 22:33 UTC
Hi Ulrike. I would really like to visit here someday. | yumyum Fri Feb 2, 2007 18:47 UTC
Thanks for bringing back memories! | kokoryko Sun Nov 19, 2006 22:04 UTC
This woodcarving is impressive. I am prepared for the Holi, even I am a man!Thanks for sharing your nice pictures. |
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