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Kathmandu - The capital of Nepal

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Kathmandu - the capital and largest city of Nepal.  Its economic, historical, political and cultural centre. Its population is 1,003,285 according to here . Kathmandu valley height of about 1300m – mountain valley and the historical region of Nepal, the famous Newar towns of Kathmandu, Lalitpur (Patan), Bhaktapur, Kirtipur, Panauti and numerous monasteries and temple centres and cultural monuments. The appearance of the capital remained in XVII-XVIII centuries, when the Kathmandu Valley is actively built up during the reign of the Malla kings. The city has many Buddhist and Hindu temples from the stupa Bodnath to tiny street altars within the walls of houses. Locals say that in the Kathmandu Valley, 10 million lives of the gods. Swayambhunath stupa complex and Bodhnath were built in the III century BC. and have been rebuilding a millennium later. Svayambhunath known primarily stone reliefs created in VI-VIII centuries. It is equally well known and Pashupatinath – a temple c...

cheap flights from London Heathrow to Kathmandu Nepal 11/09/2017

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Bhaktapur: an ancient Newar town

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Bhaktapur, is also called Bhadgaon and Khvopa. An ancient Newar town to the east of Kathmandu, Nepal, which has a huge number of outstanding architectural monuments. With 78 000 thousand inhabitants is the third largest population and smallest of three royal cities of Kathmandu valley. Bhaktapur is situated on the river Hanumante, and, just like Kathmandu, lies at the foot of Tibet, which could not but reflect on its history and features. The idea that this city is made up of distinctive landscape, pottery and Newar traditional music . More than 150 music and 100 cultural groups have created an image as the capital of arts Bhaktapur Nepal. Residents of the city for the most part belong to the Newari, 90% are Hindus and 10% – Buddhists. From the XIV century until the second half of XVIII century the city was the capital of the Malla dynasty. From that time until we reached the building 172 temples, 32 artificial ponds, and many houses decorated with wooden bas-reliefs. Although in...

Lukla - A world toughest and dangerous airport

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Luka - a town in the Khumbu region in eastern Nepal, the transit point of tourists and mountaineers heading to Everest neighborhood. Lukla lies at an altitude of 2860 m. There is no road to Lukla, but there is a small airport. Also see plans to open the first tarmac road from Kathmandu to Lukla . At the initiative of Sherpas living in the surrounding villages, and other airports in the vicinity of Mount Everest (in particular Namche Bazar ) are not used for mass tourism, and the main stream of tourists are walking from Lukla to Namche Bazaar (one day go with a recommended overnight), with Sherpa guides and porters are hired, and local residents include hotels and restaurants. This procedure is also justified in terms of acclimatization, because falling from an airplane once in the highlands, travelers are at risk of mountain sickness. A small part of the tourists prefer to travel to Lukla walk from Jiri, the trip takes seven days and is very interesting. Lukla – just a comfor...

In the shadow of the Himalayas [part 2 of 2]

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Another world, unlike the strange This is Asia, in its pristine, not yet spoiled by civilisation. People of Nepal – are people with extremely expressive faces. They do not have a drop of falsehood and artifice, games. They do what they feel. It's just people with other people, not dead, not exhausted, not feigned, and the clean, clear, alive. For me it was contact with the parallel world. They are natural, they are not poisoning the falsehood. Their faces are much more interesting than those lean, those far-fetched that we see in the West, where everyone puts on a mask being fed, a noble weariness and intelligence. It seems to me that the fruits of progress only distort the very essence of human nature. Compare the modern man with a man of nature – would be like to taste and ground greenhouse cucumbers. As coffee – instant and natural: the farther from civilisation, the stronger the drink, fragrant and delicious. Sometimes they just blend in with trees, rocks, flowers. Someti...

In the shadow of the Himalayas [part 1 of 2]

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There are countries, which immediately forget as soon as returning home. There are some where you do not want to come back for any price. Nepal is not one of them. Its enough to see even in passing, to remember forever. Impressions stun, shock, delight. This – the mysterious and unfathomable country, a country of mountains, mnogorukih Gods, beautiful women in colourful saris and poverty, which fascinates with its beauty. It is easy to admire it, but need many years to learn to understand it. Nepal is such that what you want to see it. Maybe this how he wants to show you. Very few countries in the world by the beginning of the XXI century may boast that they have managed to maintain their language, their culture, their customs and traditions as they were centuries ago. Sometimes it seems that the Creator began his work with this country, giving her all his power and fantasy, and only then, tired, quickly made the rest of the world. But it's not the fabulously beautiful nature. P...

A quick guide to respecting the culture of the Nepalese

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Nepal is a country sandwiched between two largest countries China and India. The country itself is small in size but in real is known as a paradise, diverse in many aspects,culturally, historically and topographically, a natural park. Nepal may be the only country in the world where people no matter which religious sect they belong to respect one another and live together in peace, harmony and happiness. Nepal is known as the kingdom country of high Himalaya, country of the Mt. Everest, called crown of the planet or roof of the world, birth place of lord Buddha, world highest lake Tilicho (4919m), world deepest gorge kaligandaki, highest paddy field, Huge Cultural diversity, bio diversity, multi climatic zone. Home of the Gurkha soldiers and Sherpa mountaineers in international repute. We obviously could say that a living book of medieval history and ultimate land who dream of soul to nature, culture, spiritual and adventure. We strongly encourage you to read the books an...