We have spent now some time here in Katmandu. This town grew very fast during last 50 years (not so long time ago it was a village).
According to the legend and archeology, there was a huge lake where is now Katmandu. It is so flat that we could wonder if it is really the country of the highest summits of the world.
Temples are everywhere. Little and big ones, at all corners of streets and for all Hindu gods, and all representations of Buddha.
Hinduism and Buddhism are SO mixed that one can see Buddha and a Hindu god in the same temple. Strange...people seem to have 2 religions. Today we where in a buddhist place. It was full of Hindu people.
many of us get sweet feelings when hearing the word Katmandu. The reality is a bit less romantic. A big pollution fog surround the city, the river Bagmati is the place where all kinds of trash arrive and the noise (symphony?) of horns just makes me crazy !!
We live now in Freak Street, the place in Katmandu where all hippies where gathering and resting after a long trip through Asia.
