Two months exactly, give or take a bit of time leakage as you cross different zones, I'll be landing in Kathmandu. The Lonely Planet website says it is a:
tale of two cities: one a 'fabled capital of convivial pilgrims and carved rose-brick temples'; and the other 'a splenetic sprawl smothered in the pollution of diesel fumes, dirt, monkeys and beggars'.
Should at least be interesting then...
Oh, the pic's a manifestation of Kali in Kathmandu. Didn't know this, but 80% of the population is Hindu - Buddhists only account for 10% - and it is apparently the only official Hindu state in the world.
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