2006 Spring Nepal Travels (back plus all day 2)

Day12 2006-2-9

Morning getting up early to watch the practice of the Sunrise fantasy golden sunlight shines in this ancient Palace of beauty 7 points out early.

But today the bad weather, the weather was overcast, Sunrise, not as to their residence depressing went for breakfast. Leave met a fellow, discuss the next go together to the famous pottery market here, and hope the pottery from the legendary lost some feel on a morning market. Pottery market is very small, the feeling is an ordinary Street, we put on either side of the street potteries, only a very small flat, and the concept of difference of squares. We also walked through it, after a bridge also saw the bridge wall with Maoists slogan in the capital find hair party banners, which can be relatively rare, quickly photographic pictures.

Perhaps because of the strike to make, pottery market only some stoneware bottles and jars of everyday use, passers-by are locals, the individual is also fast, there is nothing you can take photos and buy.

Deliberation, we decided to go to the main entrance, asking whether there is a Local Bus today. In accordance with the peer in the sixth sense and fallen "on a map as shown below, we finally found the front side of the Bus station, almost out of Bhaktapur walk in a circle.

This Bus has resumed operations to Tamil there is 12Rs/people, by the way, the next Street TAXI, offer or very high, 500Rs a, was estimated to be about, but it's still 300Rs higher than usual in a normal price, so there wasn't much breath, went back to the square where, in the vicinity found a shop on the upstairs to eat breakfast.

Look at the following square, old buildings, more people (all local people, the square is actually more like their maturing), coupled with bad weather, no camera, less and less like here.

Back to the shelter, packed bundle Check out, put the bag on GH, and then take to the streets to buy gifts.

Pottery market have nothing to buy, visit the shopping is preparing to abandon, companion strolling into a roadside carving shop. This shop is workshop, carving sound statue is in the shop front on the steps. Did not want to buy, because a few stores to ask, wooden statue mangui Mask, and the shop owner is not in the House (later discovered that folkway Nepal may be better, often met stores open and there's no one), you enter the shop mainly is not willing to finally came to this famous du bus Plaza but what special gift didn't buy (Bhaktapur comparison famous pottery, wood carving, paper lanterns). Beside shop owner's help, the shop owner managed to rush back to receive us, large wooden Mask, made with metal above the eyes, lips, ears, you can hang on the wall, only one, overjoyed 150Rs, purchase, shop is small, the goods. Although there are travel, buy 2 can cut half the price, but the price, we compared the one ring, believes are reasonable, so we have no owner doesn't allow, then there is also a partner and back en route to buy some. Also just bought some paper lanterns returns GH to the other peer (we had scattered out shopping, a collection of time only conventions).

At GH, doing nothing, and GH boss chat, he also opened a knife shop.

Know that I want to buy a knife, he had a few from the outside that the knife to make me pick up, as seen on the travel notes, just like he used to be their own, the boss of the knife looks very much like to do my business out again for a while and got a few knife back. 7 knife, a lined up, boss started to give me a different interpretation of a knife.

Those used to craft knife only carved above "ARMY" "No. 11" and other words that they used the knife was nothing carved.

Judgment of a knife is good except put my finger on the cutter body bent parts whether knife vacant balance live, there is to see the knife and sword sheath. Knife bristled, good tool is not from out of the scabbard, and those who craft knife, although not completely out of the scabbard, but be exposed to slide the part of the body. In addition, the tool is over the sword, a good knife will be more smooth out the process, but there is also a knife too tight.

Boss about Kabul Saber destruction is very powerful, if knife like playing fly to go out to vote that way, the person's head cut off, the more terrorist more listen, listen to feel the knife in his hand sinking.

Boss also deliberately taught us the sword, must not be used for holding the knife sheath sword, easily hurt their hands because the Kabul Saber body is bent, to hand on the back of the knife sheath knife and sword to the outside.

To further explain what is a good knife, boss from his knife in his good knife to cut other knives, those beautiful knife indeed taken away under sweepings.

Boss explained his good knives are used car brake drive shaft materials do, thinking maybe the steel, and the art of knife is a layer on the outside of the iron are bright membrane.

Finally I spent 32 $ bought his claim that the knife in the second the cut (himself a boy, afraid of the best but not the best), at the same time, he opened the formal invoice in order to meet future access gateway check, because indeed heard because the locals themselves with knives and lethal is too large, is not allowed private sale to tourists.

Go shopping companions began to come back and buy a colleague to a very beautiful copper vase, really nice.

That is the local people are bought by the pound, she also requested that the sale of her weight, very cheap. But this is Nepal's own craftsmen do not India people do, haha, later heard from Nepal who stressed that good things are made of Nepal.

At around 4 p.m., please contact GH boss help a small van to PATAN, another du bus Plaza, 350Rs (If TAXI, son, because there are luggage needs two vehicles, it's too much).

PATAN ticket 200Rs, originally companions wanted to free riders, because so many travels, as recommended by the PATAN door is not checked, but I insisted that he should buy a ticket, I think 200Rs on

I am speaking not a burden, but I need to protect China's image abroad.

Ticketing office side stood a Nepal should use Mandarin greets us, also remind us of the ticket can only be one's own use, do not lend it to others.

Listen to my heart is from time to time, why so many Chinese tourists love covers xiaobianyi, we poor, but we also want to have the determination, Ah, in fact, our free riders in small doses, they are also clear, shame.

This person said that their teacher is a Beijing, because this time many Chinese people came here to travel (Spring Festival), the Government asked him to come here.

Companions wanted to live in PATAN, staff presented the accommodation only 2 home, we went to the head of a House, room 25 $ a night, the room is not good, indeed the surprisingly expensive.

But men are tired (all travel and guides are not recommended in PATAN), no longer willing to look outside the PATAN, fortunately I have LP. LP's treasure book Ah, above for a cheap, we immediately saw the (CAFÉ DE PATAN), standard room (2 beds), a 300Rs, but a public Bathroom. Downstairs is the dining room, the upstairs room. In addition a cheap in PATAN outside, but even the locals are not quite sure how to get there.

PATAN to my first feeling is more dirty, was quick to dusk, the square is full of people, everywhere is hawker, ground also is full of water and dirt, but the next day by day and then stroll PATAN, really is not the same feeling, this building is combined with all three du bus Plaza's most beautiful, very beautiful.

PATAN features articles is copper products, as well as a variety of silver jewelry, here we also found a home at the shop, we looked at the outside 黑灯瞎火 samples and shopkeepers in the inside edge doing new copper edges and our simple Exchange.

50Rs a copper our carvers, descending mochu 100Rs, peer with knowledgeable, said that the weight of the brass, in Beijing is also far more than the price, we bought a lot.

Later, we find that a rule, these are usually made in the store to another store suppliers, often they are not individually sold to tourists, just been deliberately found, so sell us things, first they don't know what price they opened to over half a day.

We often meet again the next day to buy, I found the price went up, it is estimated that someone told them to sell to tourists to expensive, but offer still more than those outside the formal shop to low. We hope that our experience can Share this little to you.

We live in a layer of GH should be local very famous restaurants, evening many locals eat here, also some tables in the afternoon, when it has been reserve.

The next day at noon we eat meal here, all points of delicious Soup, similar to the Chinese noodle soup. This restaurant GH in LP also recommended that the door of the gate attendant, and it looks like a movie that United Kingdom luxury Hotel room door was, in uniform, very polite as you switch on the door, feel good, the second day, go also took specially for him.