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  • Writing Inspiration from Tribhuvan International Airport

    <—-Previous Story Time was so fast. Yesterday afternoon I was still exploring Basantapur area. But now it was four in the morning. I had just soaked myself under a warm shower of Shangrila Butique Hotel. After making sure that nothing was left behind, I immediately went to reception desk to check-out and a step later…

  • Goodbye Basantapur

    <—-Previous Story Stepping away from Kumari Ghar, I was still thinking. When Kumari retires later, how does she live in society after only leaving Kumari Ghar once a year for a dozen years, how does she work until which man who is lucky to marry her…. Hmmhh. My steps arrived at a wide plaza. Elongated…

  • The Beauty of the Living Goddess in Kumari Ghar

    <—-Previous Story It was King Prithvi Narayan Shah who first in using the two-triangular flag when he succeeded in unifying all kingdoms in Nepal on 1768. Yes, two triangles on the Nepalese national flag represent two great dynasties which once existed in the Land of a Thousand Gods, namely the Shah Dynasty and the Rana…

  • Madira at Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square

    Early morning….No doubt, I exchanged 1.000 Rupee with a pink-white ticket as an access to enjoying the history of Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square. Walking on andesite-covered Layaku Marg Street which looking gray color and the thin dust which thrown by the cleaning staff’s broomsticks, I was ready to entering ancient Nepal are which was still…

  • Indra Chowk before Kathmandu Durbar Square

    Unusually, a slightly luxurious breakfast had been prepared on the top floor of Shangrila Boutique Hotel. Fried rice sprinkled with diced buffalo meat, two slices of sausage and a sheet of beef eye egg. Two layers of toast with a sheet of cheese were also prepared. Then they closed with a cup of hot black…

  • Bollywood Dance in Thamel

    I was put in the first floor room to the right of Shangrila Boutiqe Hotel’s reception desk. Putting my 45 litre backpack and took my boots off, after some time, I let the warm water splash my tired body after almost half a day of hard journey in a road trip leaving Pokhara. Not wanting…

  • Wrong Seat in Pokhara-Kathmandu Tourist Bus

    Mr. Tirtha still accompanied me to speak, we leaned back in his tiny taxi while observing the bustle around Tourist Bus Park. Several hawkers took turn getting on and off in all small sized-buses offering their wares. A while later, Mr. Tirtha widely spread his arms and we lightly hugged as a substitute for saying…

  • Himalayan Coffee and Nepali Thali

    Before I really finished descending Anadu Hill, I stopped at a shop. A grocery store which sell some snacks, mineral waters, as well as soft alcoholic drinks. A small shop which spread smell of coffee aroma from the roasting stove at right. “Himalayan coffee bean”, said the seller when I watched how he roasted coffees.…

  • Ponytail at Shanti Stupa

     “Preparing your leg to climb Anadu Hill!“, Said Mr. Tirtha while clenching his right fist forward. Yes I knew. At the end of that time, I had to conquer hundreds of steps to enjoying the beauty of 47 years old pagoda, one of eighty pagodas of peace which scattered all over earth. Riding northwest, the…

  • Peeking a Devi’s Fall at Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave

    <—-Previous Story Horn sound made me see to left when I just walked out of a noodle food stall in Tashiling. Yes, that shrill sound came from Mr. Tirtha’s taxi which I never knew since when it had been parked under a tree right out of Tashiling area. “I think we don’t need to go…