Passion Nepal (4) — the ancient heritage charm

Back from Pokhara and are still living in the Star Guest House.

This year's April 13, Nepal's new year's Eve, a corner bar noise at night, the street crowded, people in the streets to celebrate the new year, hilarious.

New year on the first day we went to the Patan, plus all three, one of the ancient city of Patan architecture still fine, with the atmosphere of the new year, full of festive, city of temples in the crowd, people with flowers and grain to the temple towards Bong, blessing, they went to the Buddha's mouth red paper and rice, so we can see statues are red mouth it.

Really, I'm on Nepal's religious practices are does not understand or cannot understand, even with the people behind on narrow stairs, circling around Bamiyan, pounding in my head of Bell clangs of melodious issued, also is to follow the blessing ceremony and program only, not an in-depth experience.

Patan Museum, a very nice building, the museum displays a lot of beautiful Buddha statues, reflects the Nepal of religious worship and culture, in addition to the heritage of exquisite, Museum-use orange light tones, with ancient buildings and corridors, patio, Tower Bell music is light, creating a very quiet and peaceful atmosphere, leaning on a fan of old Windows, the Street outside to voice loud noise, people watching in the ancient history, lived a life of ordinary folks.

Leave the Patan to Boudhnath, purportedly the largest stupa, pagoda in neighbourhoods, RS 50 tickets is, in the evening, when we recently and many people in Nepal, circling around a stupa, pagoda base is white, who is a famous Nepal Buddha eyes, around lit torches, flames of many people and tourists in Nepal are sitting round slope, watching the sun sink, leaving a splendid sunset.

The next day we went to the Bard posts (Bhaktapur) — Nepal history's oldest town, a distance of about a half hour drive from Thamel.

RS. 750 Bhaktapur tickets, but Chinese passport (except Hong Kong and Taiwan) is only 50 rupees, don't know if the history of the Chinese Government for the city of building out a force, so that we can enjoy this offer, after all, is the world's cultural heritage, tickets only $ 6 equivalent money, you can also visit the indefinite extension of the time. Then I hit the city, the old town still found as many tenants live, free riders also is very easy, but they already offer a Chinese, we really don't need to account for this xiaobianyi. Lily and I decided to live in the city at night, in the ancient city of drice, searching for hotels, find a few homes are no room, Hotel City heart did finally find Himalaya Guest House accommodation, double room 350 rupees. At noon we arrived online recommended Max dinner, Momo the depths in the lane shop small facade, family restaurant, really cheap and delicious.

The sun began to fade when sitting alone in the Durbar Square, surrounded by a boy, I greet the initiative he called Suwal, fifth grade with a cousin and several children at play, our friendly conversation, he told me that new year's holiday to a five-day, every day he went everywhere in town, had a good time.

I want to send a postcard, and would like to ask him to take me to the post office, he was a little hesitant to say that time not to eat at home, so I ask myself after road, walked suddenly he said, with the accompany me to, I somewhat unexpectedly happy the way he describes the ancient buildings, schools, cinemas, pond ... Send a postcard I in order to thank him and ask him to drink soft drinks, we sit at the snack in front of the couch, watching traffic, I was relaxed, he is satisfied, get up to leave, he has some niunie, hesitant to ask whether I can give him to buy some cake, I'm a little surprised that my impression of Nepal children are particularly vulnerable to meet, but to buy him, after all, just a few dollars in small things, he was particularly pleased that the picking up some love to eat cake, pack up and carry in your hand, return to the Durbar Square, the other children to see him back, joyfully meet up, he put the cake all gave them their own piece also did not eat, I immediately understood that he is the brother of sister took the hard he was a child, he knew, courteous and caring for the children's smiling face, make me feel special.

Bhaktapur built in the 12th century, the history, the House is also very old stale, rich vicissitudes, night, old town is very cool and quiet, with red brick paving of streets, shade, street lamps, also belong Hotel wooden staircase, they give the illusion of the clock.

And when I woke up early in the morning, trance and feel between fell into the bird's nest, the Dove cuckoo, Crow's Wow Wow sound, other bird chirps of battles, and sleep, anxious to see the ancient city of life in the morning. Taumadhi Square into the market and farm, hawkers ' shouts, motorcycle through the crowd, the human voice, in the bustling, apart from the temple Square Dattaraya also can enjoy the famous Peacock window, exquisite sculpture is the art of Nepal represents works of architecture, flooded Durbar Square of the Sun is still quiet, we walked in the dawn of the ancient city, in one corner of the Earth, has missed Millennium history, again.

Until you are hungry, they return to the hotel for breakfast.

See the weather has not clear, I also gave up to Nagakot, decided to sit together with Lily Local bus back to Canada, ticket only need 10 rupees, Thamel from the station, the street saw a car of riot police, not guns just holding shields and wooden sticks, see we are also on our friendly and smiling, and now it has become a scenery with all the streets, no longer makes us feel uneasy.