Tuesday, February 8, 2011

भक्तपुर Bhaktapur


An ancient Newar town in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. It is located in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone. It is the third largest city in Kathmandu valley and was once the capital of Nepal during the great Malla Kingdom until the second half of the 15th century.Bhaktapur is listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO for its rich culture, temples, and wood, metal and stone artwork
 Bhaktapur is The Pollution Free City in Nepal!!


(THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF BHAKTAPUR)


  • Three Squares - Durbar Square, Taumadhi Square, and Dattatreya Square.
  • Popular Places - Changu Narayan (World Heritage Site), Nagarkot, Surya Vinayak, Kamal Vinayak, Siddha Pokhari, Chonga Ganesh etc.
  • Devine Miracolus Vision - Largest Shiva lingum, Golden Spout and Gate, Magnificent peacock windows, around 40 temples etc.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Pokhara - A city of lake and Macchapuchre Himal

                                      Pokhara is situated 200km west of Kathmandu valley, center of adventure, has several beautiful lakes and Himalayan peaks.The serenity of lakes and the magnificence of the Himalayas rising behind them create an ambience of peace and magic. So today the city has not only become the starting point for most popular trekking and rafting destinations but also a place to relax and enjoy the beauty of nature.
Pokhara is slightly warmer than Kathmandu with daytime temperature around 35 degrees in summer and 15 degrees Celsius in winter.Pokhara is a water full city and it's always raining, mostly raining city in the country. Best time to visit is between October and April.

            Gliding and the flying in Nepal is always spectacular with great views of the himalaya had while soaring above the beautiful lake and laid back town of Pokhara. But concerning the desire of flying, from september 2009 pokhara has also started Sky diving which is more adventurous, fun and dangerous.

Place to visit At pokhara:

Phewa Lake:




   It is the second largest lage in nepal and is the centre of all attraction here. You can see the beautiful image of Mt. Annapurna as the reflection on the lake.

Begnas lake:
    Begnas lake is the Biggest lake in bepal and Rupa lake is quiet lake of all. Both are located about 16 km from pokhara. Both lakes and divided by the forested hillock called panchabhaiya danda.

World peace pagodas:
Gifted by china, The pagoda is a Buddha stupa which is situated on top of the hill on the shouthern shore of Phewa lake. From the pagoda we have see the refreshing views of himalaya peaks and Phewa lake with whole pokhara city standing aside.


others:
Sharangkot- one of the best place for hiking


Davis fall- 
        The Beautiful stream AKA Patale Chhango (Hell's Fall)An interesting modern legend says that a foreigner named David was skinnydipping in the Pardi Khola (river) when the floodgates of the dam were opened, sweeping him into an underground passage beneath the fall, never to be seen again.Mahendra cave:stunning cave where you can have a view of beautiful stalactite and stalagmite.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Langtang - One of the best Trekking around !

                                                                       TREKKING!

 
 Langtang is the closest trekking region to Kathmandu also can be started in Kathmandu itself.
           From Sundarijal, just outside Kathmandu the fourteen day trek follows the Shiva pilgrim trail for 150 kms, over the Shiva Puri Ridge, over the Gosainkund Lekh. The Langtang Trek provides an opportunity to see the nearly whole Nepalese Himalayan mountain range from Annapurna in the west, to Makalu in the east. On the morning of the second day, this amazing view can be seen for the first time from the top of the Shiva Puri Ridge.
 


                 
                                  The trek continues along a high ridge for 6 days until it crosses the Laurebina Pass. Just below the pass lies the Gosainkund Lakes at 4,300 metres. The Gosainkund lakes are the object of the Shiva pilgrim trail for they were once visited by Shiva himself. From here, the path descends to Syabru, an interesting village on the crest of a ridge.
                                            The trek now enters the Langtang valley. The Langtang valley is sacred and no animals may be killed here. It is also a national park. The forest is full of wildlife.
                                                Higher up, past the tree line, lies Kanjin Gompa, an architectural master piece. Its sloping walls complement the slopes of the mountain behind, Langtang Lirung.
            
The Langtang valley continues west and then north for another 50 kilometres beyond Kanjin Gompa. This is beyond the range of tea house trekking, for there are no lodges.       
                   This region was visited in the 1950s by TW Tilman, who found rumours of Yetis amongst the local herdsmen. Today, the upper Langtang region is visited mainly by expeditions to Dorje Lakpa and Shishi Pangma.
                  Finally the trek returns down the valley to Syabru Bensi from where the bus can be caught to Kathmandu.
 
You can find many interesting things while walking towards like 


MOuntain Grapes Only found in mountain region



Bee-hive n honey!!

                                             Rivers floating around the region

Mount Everest - Peak Of the World

MOUNT EVEREST(8848 meters)                                  

                                        

                                   The early 1950s when Tenzig Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary first climbed its summit.It was that day when a human foot step was printed at the toppest of the World, Mt. EVEREST, 8848 m tall.  
           Mount Everest is just one of over 30 peaks in the Himalayas that are over 24,000 ft/7315m high. Himalaya is a Sanskrit word meaning, "abode of snow", which is so true. The snowfields which dominate many of the peaks in the Himalayas are permanent. Yes, they never melt (not even in the summer). That means there are glaciers in the Himalayas - lots of them. Mount Everest is permanently covered in a layer of ice, topped with snow. The "top" of the mountain at which the elevation was measured can vary as much as twenty feet or more, depending on how much snow has fallen on its peak. Scientists believe that the actual tip of the rock lies tens of feet below the ice and snow on its summit. There are current plans to use ground penetrating radar to get a reading of the actual height of the mountain beneath all that snow. Although the Himalayan Range is only 1,550 miles/2480km long, the average height of all the major peaks in the Himalayas easily makes it the highest mountain range on land.
                                More than 4,000 climbers have since scaled the mountain and tourism, including climbing, is a key source of income for Nepal, among the world’s underdeveloped countries

Here are some pictures to enlarge your view :








Monday, December 27, 2010

Happy New year 2011

I would like to Wish all of you a warm and very special new year 2011.