My Thoughts On Visiting Kathmandu, Nepal

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Overall, I had a very enjoyable three-day visit to Kathmandu, Nepal. Here, I’ll share a little bit more about what I did and my impressions on the Nepalese capital city.

My Impressions Of Kathmandu, Nepal

My reasons for visiting Kathmandu were three-fold:

I’m on a quest to visit every country in the world and had never been to Nepal
A helicopter tour of Mount Everest has long been a bucket list item
I wanted to fly the Nepal Airlines A330

The flight on Nepal Airlines from Bangkok to Kathmandu was excellent.

Visiting a new country and not just staying a night but staying for a few days was quite enjoyable and even relaxing.

But the city is rough. It’s not clean, either, and the air quality is poor. Crossing a street is a dangerous thing. It reminded me of Vietnam a bit…you just go for it and somehow the heavy traffic weave around you. It is when you stop that you get hit. The people were generally pleasant, though.

We spent one day relaxing, one day touring Kathmandu, and one day doing the helicopter tour.

I already mentioned our problem with the tour guide

Below are some pictures of our stops at Taleju Bhawani Temple Bhaktapur in Durbar Square, then Gokarneshwar and a walk around Boudha Stupa.

This was the restaurant–Roadhouse Café–our guide insisted had the best food in town:

The final segment of my trip report in Nepal will be about the Mount Everest day trip…one of the thrills of my life (I already teased it here). Stay tuned.

But is Kathmandu dirty and hectic? Most certainly. Is it worthwhile? For sure. I cannot wait to return with my family.