Kathmandu is the largest city in Nepal with a population of about 4 million if you count the surrounding "suburbs" but it is much more dense than similarly-populated Atlanta and takes up a smaller footprint. Most of the areas you would want to visit are within walking distance. The city is old and full of shrines, stupas, and artifacts which are incorporated into the many businesses and markets.
Thamel is the city's tourist area where most if the hotels and Western-type restaurants are located. It is also the home of merchants selling pashminas, mountaineering gear (remarkably good knock-offs of North Face and Mountain Hardwear), masks of Hindu gods, and tiger balm ("good for chest colds, distemper, and flatuance"). We are staying at Hotel Marshnangdi in the middle of Thamel.
We took a self-guided walking tour of Thamel to Durbar Square and wandered into a Grand Finale dance competition. People were crowded into the square and hanging off the shrines and monuments to see the stage. It was too crowded to see the shrines, so we will have to come back another day.
H&C
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Planning our next route over cappuccinos and a map of the city!
Thamel is the city's tourist area where most if the hotels and Western-type restaurants are located. It is also the home of merchants selling pashminas, mountaineering gear (remarkably good knock-offs of North Face and Mountain Hardwear), masks of Hindu gods, and tiger balm ("good for chest colds, distemper, and flatuance"). We are staying at Hotel Marshnangdi in the middle of Thamel.
We took a self-guided walking tour of Thamel to Durbar Square and wandered into a Grand Finale dance competition. People were crowded into the square and hanging off the shrines and monuments to see the stage. It was too crowded to see the shrines, so we will have to come back another day.
H&C
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Planning our next route over cappuccinos and a map of the city!
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