Bhaktapur, Nepal Travel Blogs

Relaxation and World Heritage City
Mar 24, 2007 (41 photos)

... setting up the market again!!! - right outside our window!! -oh well.... All part of the adventure as mum would say. Bhaktapur is Nepals most visited day trip and is just about compulsory for anyone coming to Nepal. Most tourists come by tourist but ...

Day 8: Walk to Bhaktapur
May 29, 2008 (10 photos)

... half hour on foot through farmland from the nearest bus stop. Since the orphanage sits midway on the journey between Kathmandu and Bhaktapur, the rest of the day was used to take a patient stroll through the valley and sightsee Bhaktapur old town. One of ...

Bopping around Bhaktapur
Apr 2, 2008 (43 photos)

... clay fired pots and urns are laid out in the sun, the technique largely unchanged for hundreds of years. The old town of Bhaktapur is car free, and makes for a great pedestrian experience. While expensive to visit, (about $10 American), it is worth it ...

UNESCO sites amidst the chaos
Nov 25, 2004 (10 photos)

... each of these places manages to retain some of their distinct characteristics, such as Patan's wonderful metal-working and Bhaktapur's much quieter, traffic free streets and its reputation as the very best wood-carvers in the country, making Bhaktapur's ...

Bhaktapur
Mar 19, 2008 (13 photos)

I went to Bhakpatur which is one of the three main cities in the Kathmandu Valley. It has a very medieval feel and much of its glorious architecture dates from the end of the 17th century. There are lot of woodcarved temples there and I found out that ...

Sari Fest in Bhaktapur
Aug 1, 2009

... about $2.20 CDN but $150 r sounds so much more expensive than $2.20. And hey the bus is 22 cents! I show up in Bhaktapur after shuffling around, being bent in odd ways, exercising each arm while hanging on to the small railing above my head, and trying not ...

The Entrance to Nepal
Feb 28, 2007 (1 photos)

... to say, it has been this biggest culture shock of anywhere i've been to, and this is for several reasons. At the moment Nepal is just getting out of some recent troubles and civil unrest owing to some Maoist's knocking on the door of Kathmandu one day with ...

Tharu Village
Dec 8, 2008 (15 photos)

... I interviewed him. Here is the interview: INTERVIEW WITH NETRA, age 8 (his name means "eyes" in Tharu) Beltadi, Tharu Village, Terai, Nepal Who do you live with? My mother, father, and my six-year old brother Do you go to school? Yes, I am ...

Bhaktapur
May 2, 2008

... not out until just before eleven. We walk to Bhawal Barg and get two of the last seats on an express minibus to Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur does not allow cars in the city; it is eight kilometers east of Kathmandu. The irony is that to reach it, ...

In the Jungle, the Royal Chitwan...
Dec 6, 2008 (8 photos)

... live chickens. They were hanging all around him. We also got some oranges in a town where they have the best oranges in Nepal - they were delicious. Finally we were out of the mountains and in the lowlands. The road was terrible - very rocky and lots ...

Shivaratri and Bhaktapur
Mar 10, 2008 (32 photos)

... to the river to do some offerings.       On the next trip, my host family took me to Bhaktapur. It's a city lying 14km East of Kathmandu. We went to the darbar square which is very well preserved and roamed around the city ...

Escape from Kathmandu
Oct 29, 2005 (15 photos)

This pretty, orange city is the second of the three old cities in Nepal. Kathmandu; Patna; Bhaktapur. One a day trip, Bhaktapur has all the antique charm tourists have trashed in Kathmandu. On the entrance permit reads 'Welcome to the City of Culture...Let ...

Strikes and Babies
Mar 14, 2009 (13 photos)

... pick up ever baby who is crying. Took a mini holiday yesterday evening, Alex and I took a taxi to the city of Bhaktapur, which is about 10 miles about from Kathmandu, and stayed there overnight.  Having spent two weeks in Kathmandu, it was nice to ...

Bhaktapur, Nepal
Jun 29, 2009 (15 photos)

... it.  I did not enter Durbar Square from the main gates so that could also be another reason. I totally enjoyed Bhaktapur going from one square to another including the Potters' streets. Unfortunately, late afternoon I was not feeling ...

Peaceful Cottage and café du mont, Nagarkot
Jul 18, 2006 (4 photos)

Nagarkot, an internationally renowned resort set on the edge of the kathmandu valley, close to the city of Devotees, Bhaktapur, is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful areas of the country.It is 32 km North-east of Kathmandu. Peaceful cottage and ...

Bhaktapur
Oct 26, 2008 (14 photos)

Die Stadt Bhaktapur liegt eigentlich direkt vor den Toren Kathmandus. Mit dem Taxi braucht man dorthin aufgrund des Verkehrschaos doch etwas ueber eine Stunde. Als eine der wenigen Staedte in Nepal verfuegt diese doch recht grosse Stadt noch ueber einen ...

Bhaktapur
Sep 15, 2009 (9 photos)

... families all travel to be together, they dress up in new clothes and generally eat, drink and make merry! So that was Bhaktapur! I had an early breakfast and left the hotel after getting very clear directions to the bus station. I had no problem locating ...

Elephants and Gharials and Girls
Dec 7, 2008 (10 photos)

Being an Elephant Mahout is a very, very hard job. This afternoon we visited the elephant camp and learned more about Asian elephants and how they are trained. I found out that I would not want to be a mahout, even though some parts of the job are lots ...

Our last Nepali stop
Mar 14, 2009

... less than one hour.  Once at Bhaktapur gate, we paid the fee, again charged only to tourist, of USD 10! Bhaktapur is famous for its numerous temples, sculptured court yards, squares, and water tanks.  All buildings are encrusted with wood and ...

Just A Couple Of Dweamers
Nov 11, 2008 (4 photos)

... biking event in Nepal and I just happen to own a mountain bike. Pretty frickin' weird. From there we scuttled back to Bhaktapur, which you may remember from such hyperboles as "This is my favourite town in the world!" It is quite nice, though, I'll ...

The Tantric City, KamaSutra Elephants & Pickpocket
Jul 15, 2009 (158 photos)

... welcome relief to find that traffic has been kept out of the main part of town making for a pleasant atmosphere. Bhaktapur's Durbar Square has some interesting structures still standing but many of the original temples and buildings were destroyed in the ...

Risking Life by Bike
Sep 30, 2007 (22 photos)

... was entirely his fault.  Nobody got mad at me or anything but it really shook me.  Other than that Bhaktapur was beautiful.  I actually ended up getting brushed and knocked by several motorcycles and a car myself.  I guess that ...

Bhaktipur -- 15th century in 2005
Jul 31, 2005 (5 photos)

We are to meet at the Golden Gate Temple at 10am. Durbar Square, Bhaktapur. Now i am staying at the Shiva Guesthouse which was actually built out of the Tadhunchen Monastery, which, ironically was mainly used as a dharamsala (resthouse for pilgrims). These ...

Bhaktapur
May 14, 2006

... one of the temples in the main square in the evening, great to watch. We took a guide around the sights of Bhaktapur, which although very similar to Kathmandu and Patan: Royal palaces, squares and temples, they were much better preserved, and much more ...

Kathmandu Valley
Oct 1, 2008 (21 photos)

... rice-terraced lanscape of the local subsistence farmlands, with big smiles and waves aplenty back down to traffic-free Bhaktapur. In its heyday a tremendously powerful city, now with the assistence of German funded restoration projects commenced in the 70s ...

Goodbye to Nepal
Nov 18, 2008

... nbsp; Then after a coach ride back to Kathmandu we spent our last day visiting the ancient city of Bhaktapur. Another highlight - really well kept ancient town full of temples and little winding alleyways. We visited a papermaking factory which ...

Bhaktapur
Aug 23, 2006 (42 photos)

Bhaktapur is only 14km away from Kathmandu s we packed up our stuff paid our heafty room bill (we had been in Kathmandu 12 nights!) and then got in a taxi. The one i aranged did not show but it was ok as we got a cheaper deal with another one! For 300 ...

Bhaktapur
Jul 16, 2008 (18 photos)

... via motorbike through the Eastern Kathmandu valley.  So we headed out through the chaotic road system and traffic towards Bhaktapur, another former Nepali capital and world heritage site.  On the way there, we felt more justified for paying& ...

Bhaktapur and White Water Rafting
May 3, 2005 (2 photos)

... of Europe) for a couple of days, we decided it was time to get back out and see the real Nepal. We decided to spend a few days in Bhaktapur, a short distance from Kathmandu. Bhaktapur was the ancient capital of the Kathmandu Valley and, partly due to a ...

Saturday in Nepal
Sep 13, 2008 (2 photos)

It is Saturday in Nepal and the weather is gorgeous after several days/nights of Monsoon.  We did nothing in Kathmandu because of a strike shutting down the roads.  A young man was (or was not) killed by the police and a major strike ensued.  ...