Kathmandu, Nepal 2004-A without direction city 3

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Most of the shops at eight o'clock in the morning, not yet open, there is a rare quiet Thamel.

Ask the hotel reception to a rental bike sharing location, find past, bargain, with 100 rupees rent a mountain bike. My plan is to go to the nearby temple of swayambunath monkey (15 minutes by bike) and patan (road straight, 20 minutes to arrive), lunch in patan, 5 p.m. return to Thamel.

Although not a bike for a long time, after all, the Foundation has also for many years.

In the streets of scattered drilling Thamel a moment, almost. The old road to go, I soon to yesterday's five forks, is still nowhere to set foot in busy. But this time I seem to be a little more than a clear sense of direction, know about another road, straight away, cross the bridge, the mountains, we will be able to look around, the Quartet of swayambunath great Buddha eyes.

There is a corner of a room of meat stalls, selling of mutton or beef, water, gory setting on the door also hanging his head.

Booth sitting in the other side of the door to see who crowded Chhetrapati morning to travel to, trance.

The road is crowded, at least I can follow people come slowly riding, big deal down push; jaywalk, pedestrians and vehicles, which we are experienced, and what is not; however, if coupled with holes in the road, rugged terrain and the sky and the Air Sandy, I started a bit too much.

What's more, I bike Bell could get no sound. Meet in front of someone, I pulled a la brakes failed, the metal sharp noise and sounds can let distance front 10 cm away from the pedestrian collision avoidance of sound and smell.

Is still uneven narrow streets and old houses, the old city, the original is a quaint houses turned ugly and likewise dirty cement House, the dust in the air too much at once.

I like sitting coaster, nervous, as if you had just learned to ride a bike on the road, at the beginning of playing video games is generally of the adventure. Finally bump at came to a bridge, is the sweat. Looked up in the middle of the bridge lies a cow, and great Buddha glance on the opposite Hill.

At the entrance, the bike and a telephone pole lock together, has a, Sun Jiudianduo gave Sun.

Monkey Temple is very shady, people also. Climb about ten minutes of solidity, top-to-peak, Nepal that signs like Buddha eyes. Buddha eyes art in high white pagoda, a Simian, superior overlooking the Kathmandu Valley. Colors very colorful and enchanting eyes, eye turns and charm. Between the eyes that represents Buddha wisdom circle of the third eye, here is a question mark-like nose, Nepal text "a", expressed the harmony between man and nature, all into one.

Sitting in the pagoda, the huge eyes but some see clearly, some are too close.

Pagoda are wooden structure on the edge of the temple, the women's legs crossed sit inside or outside a shrine in front of the tika kowtow to dedication, point. They are mostly some age, barefoot, Sally, comb long braids, braided shoot with the tassels, bright red. Next to the shops in the sutras of the tape, only to chant the six words of truth, but it is not a style, the music sounds great, the whole is not in the Mahayana Buddhist monk chanting that tedious and lengthy. This is a Buddhist temple, monks, clockwise around a stupa, promote a full circle around the Tower of prayer, both on each drum carved Tantric six along… Lama dress well-dressed armeniacum ocher, red, bright colors. New yellow satin has hidden the Brocade patterns in the Sun is shining.

Monkey Temple in Kathmandu West Hill, you can see the whole valley.

The best time is in the early morning or evening, and see the changes in the Valley. If the weather is good, Langtang North can be seen in the snowy mountains. But at this point, the Sun was jiudianduo clock, looking down a lit Tablet gets confused, Kathmandu is a bunch of Random House, ten people in the world, and slim. It has an elegant architecture reflecting snow sky newar scenery, I see.

Down the Hill, roadside stalls someone asked if I was Thailand.

This is my first time to be misinterpreted as a difference miles places, surprise, did they not seen Thailand, nor seen Chinese people?