Country Info
- Kathmandu
- Capital
- Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
- Currency
- 25,284,463
- Population
- NP
- Country Code
Kathmandu Slideshow
Kathmandu
Travel Blogs from Kathmandu, Nepal
Not so crazy taxis
... . This is a world heritage site and it is situated about five kilometers noth east of the city centre of Kathmandu. It is the biggest stupa in Nepal, in terms of height and expansion. The Stupa is known as Khasti Chaitya, Khasau Chaitya and Khasa Chaitya. ...
Heathen Hawk
... went promising to return later that day sometime between 5 & 8. With little option but to wait around I had a walk round Kathmandu. I can't help feeling there's a lot of angry young men roaming around just waiting to start another infamous riot! I met ...
Blown Away By Nepali Hospitality
... . So I found myself taking off an hour and a half earlier than scheduled, with an ideal seat! When I got to Kathmandu I checked into a guide-recommended hotel (the switch of guide-book has required some serious mental re-adjustment!), had a look ...
Everest Base Camp
... broke up between a few locals over a business issue. I never saw a guy lose so much hair at once! Now we are in Kathmandu and very tired. We are leaving on the Annapurna trek tomorrow, so you may not hear about us for while!! I will add stories and ...
The End is Nigh
... games have not changed. There are the very positive children to the very quiet shy and unconfident ones. They have become the Kathmandu Welsh Rugby Supporters Club. On returning back from a village visit to Grandparents one of the children told me of a ...
Kathmandu
... burst over the sleeping guy on the other side of the bus. Real trouble began once we descended from the bus at Kathmandu bus stand; a group of boys swarmed us tourists and while wishing us a 'Happi Holi', they smeared our faces with some sort ...
The roof of the world
... get some more taken. As is often the case the power was out until 2pm so I was told to come back later. Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal with a population of 1.5 million. A small city, but in ways still a metropolitis, albiet a ...
KATHMANDU
In October of 1997, Marjorie and I stopped off in Kathmandu, on our way from Ladakh to Thailand. In addition to spending time in the Kathmandu Valley we did a mountain bike trip to Nargokot, which overlooks the Himalayas to the north. The accompanying ...