Not entirely a day in the life, but at least a trip in the day. If you have never taken pictures while riding on the back of a motorcycle, you should try it. Its fun. You would probably get pulled over doing this in the States, but I doubt they even have a term for "pulled over" here in Nepal.
I had to visit the school where I will be taking my language classes. Vishwa Bhasha Campus of Tribhuvan University. (Just a hint, the 'h' is not pronounced. Like in Buddha, no 'h' just 'd'.) I will be taking a six month course in Nepali starting February 1st. So here are some pics of the journey today. Enjoy!
Traffic is insane here. Simply put, if you can go, you go.
Intersections are always a treat.
And there are always a few obstacles.
But if you keep your eyes open, you can see some pretty interesting stuff.
This just makes you scratch your head.
The Bagmati River. It separates Kathmandu from Patan (or Lalitpur) where I am living.
A Buddhist Stupa.
And finally on the way home we bought some oranges. The man was very nice and he gave me a couple of bananas for free. I'll be doing my fruit shopping there from now on.
And where do you keep oranges while riding a motorcycle? Right there, of course!
4 comments:
ha ha, traffic, quite amazing and amusing. "If you can go you go." that is so so true.
I just read an article about honking and it mentioned Katmandu. It said that they have honking issues.
http://www.slate.com/id/2204988?y=1
Cool pictures.
Why are you there?
If it's anything like India the honking issue is really just that they don't get offended when people honk...so horns are used much more frequently. I'd say we have the honking issue :)
Personally, I thought the photo of the electrical wires was scarier than you taking a photo while on the back of a motorcycle.
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