Off we go to Khatmandu for our final stop on our Asian wedding tour. The city is kind of hard to describe. We arrived the night before the e
lections were taking place, and it was like a ghost town. Everything was shut down, and the city was experiencing it's daily cut of electricity for 4 hours or so, so it was eerily silent. Two days later, when everything opened again and we ventured into the town, it was like someone just hit the on button. The craziest traffic I have seen so far (even worse than Shanghai), people EVERYWHERE on the streets, rivers that smelled pretty awful, the most beautiful brilliant colors of clothing set against a backdrop of dusty orange buildings, chickens clucking on the street, donkeys pulling on the road, and just all around craziness. But it felt so alive, and I couldn't seem to take it all in at once.
The temple we climbed up to is also nicknamed the monkey temple (see video). It was very peaceful in an organized chaos sort of way, and the prayer wheels that surrounded the temple showing years of wear signified the amount of people dedicated to coming up here to meditate and pray.
lections were taking place, and it was like a ghost town. Everything was shut down, and the city was experiencing it's daily cut of electricity for 4 hours or so, so it was eerily silent. Two days later, when everything opened again and we ventured into the town, it was like someone just hit the on button. The craziest traffic I have seen so far (even worse than Shanghai), people EVERYWHERE on the streets, rivers that smelled pretty awful, the most beautiful brilliant colors of clothing set against a backdrop of dusty orange buildings, chickens clucking on the street, donkeys pulling on the road, and just all around craziness. But it felt so alive, and I couldn't seem to take it all in at once.
The temple we climbed up to is also nicknamed the monkey temple (see video). It was very peaceful in an organized chaos sort of way, and the prayer wheels that surrounded the temple showing years of wear signified the amount of people dedicated to coming up here to meditate and pray.
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