Kathmandu Photo Gallery

Fair or not, I always associated the name Kathmandu with Timbukto - both sounded like far-off places where only a select few people are lucky enough to visit. You can imagine how great it felt to spend several days here. There were still signs of the civil war that ended a few months before my visit: military checkpoints were everywhere, as were armed guards and sniper stations. The city itself was vibrant and colorful, and the buildings were definitely different from the norm. The poverty was sad to see.

Bovine beasts were always in the strangest places	I had to run after taking the picture		I feel safe already
	Rickshaw driver		A high school
Typical architecture	Hindi Shrine	Hindu ceremony of applying red-powdered tikka	You can see the mess it creates
Holy man applying the tikka on a small family	Alleyway outside the center part of the city	Dire poverty	A pig eating rubbish from the sewers
Imagine living in that house	Heads always startle me... Especially when they are nailed to the wall		City of Kathmandu
Just a random guy passing me on the street