Nepal - Kathmandu

A group of kids were playing in a courtyard in Kathmandu downtown and happy to be on the picture.
 

Nepali girl.
 

All kinds of souvenirs can empty ones pockets...
 

A woman in Kathmandu valley drying rice.
 

Typical street with Newari architecture. Newari is the original culture in Kathmandu, still being around 75% of the population.
 

A man transporting fabrics to make prayer flags.
 

Streetscene, everybody is selling something...
 

Woodcarvings in the least obviouse places around town.
 

Another Durbar square, in the Kathmandu valley. Unfortunately here they heavily discriminated foreigners by charging 15 times above the 'Asian' price. Not a nice practice, which scared us away from the place...
 

The Durbar square in Patan, south of Kathmandu.
 

The Swayambhunath temple a little outside Nepal.
 

A lady is painting a symbol on the forehead of girls, which is normally used in Hindu culture, but well the boundaries are blurry in Nepal.
 

A Buddhist woman is burning candles for prayer.
 

The Hindu temple on the Swayambhunath hill. There is a great synthesis of religions, here visualized by Nepali Monks playing soccer.
 

Having fun with soccer.
 

An ocean of Buddhist prayer flags.
 

Big flags a spanning from the Hindu temple to the Buddhist stupa. Symbolically linking them.
 

Cycle Rikshas are even funnier in Nepal, with that little Paraplu/sol they give a certain comfort also to the driver.
 

Hinduism is much more common in Nepal than Buddhism. Here a Hindu temple grown into a tree, or the other way around?
 

Entrance to the Royal palace on Durbar Square.
 

Traditional Indian Saree and modern clothing - all can be found in Kathmandu.
 

Everywhere there are small doors next to small doors and behind every such door a different life.
 

Washing place in the middle of the city.
 

Sneaking into a courtyard brings unexpected silence and a typical mix of old architecture with modern means of transportation.
 

A girl selling dried fish, probably from one of the many rivers in Nepal.