Day 16 - Friday 16th August 2003

Back to Kathmandu
Click on an image to view full-size Street scenes and temple visiting
Street Scenes

 

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Maybe not quite typical as there were areas of greater poverty.
Flags Outside Temple

 

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The prayer flags are a constant sight throughout Nepal, from here in the capital to stupa's high on the mountains.
In The Temple

 

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One of many temples we visited on a whistlestop guided tour.
View Over Kathmandu

 

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Looking down from the temple. Over 1 million people live down there.
Swimming And Cremation

 

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Surreal sights abounded. In the background young boys are bathing in the river (which flows down to the holy Gangees). In the foreground a cremation is in progress
Cremation

 

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It was difficult not to have a morbid sense of curiosity as we watched the pyre being built and then lit.