Nepal (Part 5)

Ulleri villagers

horses

Grandmothers in Ulleri watching the toddler, and watching some older kids having a red-paint-stained waterfight on the day of the "Holi" festival.  I got nailed three times walking through the gauntlet.

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A bucolic scene.

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 04:23:52 -0800:  It is now about 6pm Nepal time on the 11th. Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese occupation. I happened to encounter a parade of Tibetans in Pokhara marching through town, and, like Mount Everest, it was there, so I joined them for a while. I was not the only westerner there. Nepal has historically been a multi-ethnic, multi-religion, tolerant country, and it has the largest number of Tibetan diaspora. And due to the persecution by the Chinese, the Tibetan culture is now being preserved here in Nepal.

Tibet Freedom Parade

Buddha Air flight

March 10:  This was the 40th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against the tyranny of the Chinese occupation.  A parade through the streets of Pokhara by a couple thousand Tibetans and other supporters. 

Well, I wasn't feeling too great when I got back to Pokhara from the mountains, and after some rest there, still not feeling so great, I decided to splurge.  Instead of an 8-hour bus ride back to Kathmandu, I took a 25 minute flight in a twin-turboprop business aircraft.  A beautiful tour of the Himalayas ensued.  You may be able to barely make out the name of the airline on the winglet:  Buddha Air

Baktapur, woman in red

Baktapur

About 14 km east of Kathmandu 
is the ancient capital city of Baktapur.

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Pottery Square in Baktapur.

I have met many travellers so far, and many of them are repeaters. I am tending more and more toward becoming one of those repeaters. I think that the second time around (or third, fourth...) in a country is better because the learning period is much less and the comfort level much higher, etc etc. And the regrets ("I wish I'd done this or that...") are remedied. So, one day in the future I will return.


This is the last page.  No, I obviously didn't just remain there in Nepal (hmmm...).  My return was a backtrack of my journey out.  I passed again through Thailand, Seoul, and Tokyo on the way home.  Hence, some of the photos are not in strict chronological order, but it makes for a simpler website experience and takes nothing away.  There's one more page to see, called "Links", which may have a few items of interest to you.  I'd appreciate your input on comments, questions, corrections, improvements, etc., for this site. Thanks for stopping by and looking in.  

- Dan


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