South Asia '08, part one:
Kolkata to Kathmandu
Hello. As I write, I can look to my left and see the southwestern face of the Great Stupa at Boudhanath through the window. We arrived in Nepal on Wednesday, after three and a half days in Kolkata (the former Calcutta) in NE India. Here are some of the photos from...
10th-century statue
of the bodhisattva Tara
at Kolkata Indian Museum
The Maidan
The flower market near Howrah Bridge, Kolkata
The Indian Botanic Gardens
Boudhanath Stupa
Kumari Palace in Kathmandu
The area around Durbar Square in KTM
Boudhanath Stupa, once more
We will depart for Varanasi, India, tomorrow.
Perhaps I'll get some of the videos online before then.
Part two
10th-century statue
of the bodhisattva Tara
at Kolkata Indian Museum
The Maidan
The flower market near Howrah Bridge, Kolkata
The Indian Botanic Gardens
Boudhanath Stupa
Kumari Palace in Kathmandu
The area around Durbar Square in KTM
Boudhanath Stupa, once more
We will depart for Varanasi, India, tomorrow.
Perhaps I'll get some of the videos online before then.
Part two
South Asia '08, part one:
Kolkata to Kathmandu
mr damon, 19:37
2 Comments:
My son's father lived for many years in both Kathmandu and Varanasi. Did you see any trouble caused my Maotse?
There were slogans painted in Nepali on compound walls here and there (sometimes accmp'd by the hammer and sickle), but no activity I know of. It seems that the new government is moving forward. I did see a brief about a bombing in some other city, though nothing about Maoists was mentioned. Three of the four people killed were under 12 years old, which was very unfortunate. What did the perpetrators of that at hope to accomplish?
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