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Kathmandu, Nepal.
Nepal has been gracious with its mountains and rivers, with the little it has in terms of food and money, water and electricity. But, at the end of a month and half in the country, I was counting every minute until it was time for my flight out.
The constant dishonesty and fraud in the tourism sector made this one of my worst travel experiences so far. A consistently corrupt government and a lack of positive change in its social issues has left the country so hopeless and dreary, you can smell it on the streets.
I felt aggression and malice pointed towards outsiders who paint a clear picture of a lifestyle the Nepalis cannot dream of having and of a lifestyle the Nepalis don’t want to have. At the end of the day, a nation must fight its own demons and no amount of foreign aid, NGO’s and donations can help.
Change must come from within.
The revolution is not an apple that falls when its ripe. You have to make it fall.
-Che Guevara
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Bhaktapur, Nepal.
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Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Nepalis play the most intense games of chess and cards.
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Bhaktapur, Nepal.
A dhaka topi has been added to my new hobby of collecting traditional head gear from different countries.
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Bhaktapur, Nepal.
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Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Bhaktapur is by far one of the most beautiful parts of Nepal. The city seems stuck in a time warp from fifty years ago as tractors run through the streets carrying wood, chillies dry out in the sun shining against the red brick houses, men play bagh chaal, artisans sculpt ferocious masks and dry their hand-made pots out in the sun, the dogs laze in the shade, the aromas of fresh momos and the sounds of temple bells fill the streets.
I could have spent days walking through the backstreets just observing and photographing…..
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Patan, Nepal.
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Patan Durbar Square, Patan, Nepal.
Built in the third century BC, the Patan Durbar Square has been a royalty residence for various dynasties over the centuries. The alleys around the square take you through a maze of thousand year old Hindu and Buddhist temples that are scattered on every corner.
Women dried their clothes around the temples, did their laundry in the ancient step wells and kids played on top of sculptures that could belong in a museum. It’s funny how history means different things to different people.
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Kathmandu, Nepal.
Boudhanath is one of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world and is also one of the largest bases for Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet.
