Images of Nepal....

Images of Nepal.... ancient and modern at the same time.....
Ornately carved temples hidden behind a profusion of powerlines... internet cafes in old wooden buildings with low carved doors.... Monks with mobile phones and rugged old ruddy cheeked tibetans in traditional costume huddle around laptop computers.... Cheerful kids allow us to take their photo without asking for money!.... and cheeky mini-monks play hide and seek in the grounds of an ancient temple that "flew" here by the powers of an old monk who got ripped off by the Indians he built it for... so he made it rise into the air and fly to kathmandu - where the kids play hacky-sack under it...

Pictured here is my last solid meal before I succumbed to the clensing influence of the east... or perhaps it was my cupputeano that came with it... but thanks to the local ayrevedic remedies I am up and about and may eat again some time soon.....