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cup of ginger tea

 Sujan at the KU Art Department

At KU,  Kathmandu University, everyone greets each other with the hands together, and namaste, then they shake your hand, then they hold your hand.  Same thing in the little stores here.  the street vendors seem to think selling is more of a joking game. Or maybe this is all my imagination. But I feel like when I buy something in one of the small shops, I have made a friend for life.  Like the ginger honey tea, for example...which symbolizes Kathmandu, a quiet peaceful cup of tea, served carefully and politely, while outside is the chaos of unpaved streets, construction, almost being run over every minute, lots of honking, wild mix of smells, dogs, children in school uniforms, lots of motorbikes all running on very narrow streets.  

a driving ordeal, starting on the back of Nima’s motorbike, then in a taxi for two hours up terrible roads to Nagarkot.  Instead of this:  To start your trek drive approximately one hour to Sakhu, an ancient Newari town on the northeast corner of the Kathmandu Valley. The hike takes approximately four hours through pine forests. On reaching Nagarkot you can look around the village and watch the sun set spectacularly over the Himalayas., we did this:  We drove the entire way, spent 5 minutes walking, climbed a 15 foot tower, and could see the Himalayas way off in the distance...where they fry the lentil with an egg, or buffalo, or other things if you want. I ordered the simple version, egg on top of lentil 

Lilitpur, Nepal

Lilitpur or Patan is going through lots of rebuilding from the earthquake from 4 years ago.

One of the manifestations of Buddha, this is the Buddha of Magic and Teaching

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Last year at this time I was wandering up the pre-Cambrian ocean of the Khumbu

a young very talkative monk at Boudha

Nima Sherpa looking over the great stupa at Boudantha, from the terrace

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 Delhi Airport 3:00 AM

 my tiny room in Lalitpur

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  Pramila Giri at the Nepal Art Council

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 Angels and Lions are watching over you

 A room made for Photo
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From Virginia Wolf's A Room of One's Own, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction"

Restored Newar House in Lilitpur, Patan is the third largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu and Pokhara and is located in the south-central Kathmandu Valley. Lalipur or Patan is also known as Manigal.