


Nepal was something very unique. Although I was sick for about half of my stay and had some challenging times there it will certainly hold a special place in my heart especially because I met truly goldenhearted people there. The country is very poor, whith the economy almost solely based around Kathmandu. Beggars are common, but it's nothing like for example Tibet. Then again in the countryside people don't even have that much need to use money, because the villages they live in are self sustainable. But it's still very poor.


building big with bamboo:
Everything really shuts down after dark in Nepal. Once the sun sets the streets get empty and dead. It might not be that late, but it really seems several hours past midnight..
Some snaps from the streets:



They're seriously into cricket:

A Ganesha carved straight into the side of a banyon tree:


From a day party in a club named Roxy:
Another street vendor:

It was somehow intriguing to be in Nepal at the time of the condemning of the king. The maoists really rolled into Kathmandu and you could see marches and cars spitting out propaganda..
Hope they can keep the peace..


Don't you just love the smiles on these people?:

A shot of the monkey temple:

And a view down from the same hill:

Me and Ile decided to start a bit of import and by buying responsibly buying stuff and trying to help these people by finding things made locally which are produced in a responsible way.
So this is one of the things I was doing after Ile left back to Finland and when I wasn't feeling that sick.
So here's some of the stuff we bought:
Some bedclothes for beds or hanging onto a wall. Different kinds.
Early morning in Pokhra lakeside:







I even got invited into one tiny shivatemple, where two young guys were squatting.

Lovers sitting in front of a temple:










That's all folks. Hope you enjoy the pic's.
