In Spring 1999, after a two weeks trip through Tibet, we ended up in the Nepali capital Kathmandu, for a couple of days. I have very few notes of this, and of our visit to Kathmandu’s neighbouring city across the murky Bagwati River, Patan, and it is quite some time ago. However, I do have some photos – scanned slides -, of which a sample is included below. Not the best quality photos, but as an impression of the atmosphere at the time, it will do.
several temples in Kathmanduthe main temple square in Kathmandutemple window in KathmanduKathmandu houses and a mellon sellernothing strange here, elephants in the streetstreet market in between templesand more street marketunusual market stalls, toothe wooden windows in a courtyardNepalese men restingcopper cans are another popular productDurbar Square in Patanentrance to one of the templeslots of wooden temples, intricately decoratedeach window with a raster, each pilar with a sculpturegolden door, another temple entrya rare metal sculptureanother Patan temple
