What a holiday it was! Of course by default visiting the second poorest country in Asia (second to only Afghanistan) is going to be special but Nepal really exceeded many of my expectations. Very few places I've visited before have felt as original as Nepal has.
On the way back we had half a day to spend in Dubai. For the second year in a row I end up in some of the hottest places on Earth during summer, and this time we weren't even allowed to drink or eat during the day because of Ramadan! I really have to start timing these trips better.
I'll save the details for later (there will be a trip report :) but I'll at least share some photos here.
P.S. I had intentions to write some updates on the road but my server doesn't have static IP address here in Romania and the connection had failed while we were in Nepal, preventing me (or anyone else) from accessing the page at all. In addition the router we have here is very unreliable and its port forwarding works whenever it feels like. Sorry about those!
Annapurna south basking in the last rays of sun
A damselfly in the jungles of Annapurna sanctuary
The jungles in Chitwan national park are full of animals. Unfortunately very few wild elephants reside there nowadays.
The area of Swayambhunath (The Monkey Temple) in Kathmandu lives up to its name for sure!
Buddhism is the second biggest religion in Nepal and it shows.
An evening ritual in Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu
The Nepali women are strong!
A local woman selling corn seeds to feed pidgeons with
The contrast between Kathmandu and Dubai is quite huge!
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