KATHMANDU (VALLEY)

I really don't know what to write about and how to start. After a while after travelling and writing about the places I had visited, I decided to form the texts before I sat down in front of the computer. Until Kathmandu, it had helped me to organize my thoughts and feelings before passing on you.

I enjoyed my days in Kathmandu; it wasn't because of amazing Newari architecture, delicately carved windows and doors, in and around (esp.) Patan's and Kathmandu's Durbar (Palace) Squares, or it wasn't because of meeting so many people, I met with in Pokhara and Annapurna Circuit, and it wasn't because of the wide range of restaurants, book and music shops and very colorful textile products. Yes, it's a huge valley in the middle of Himalayas that caused a dozen of civilization to set their lives on all through centuries. Yes, it's the meeting point of trekkers and travellers and merchants. And yes, it's a city which has the characteristic of a typical cosmopolitan city.



But I loved it from the first moment I stepped in Thamel, because I simply felt myself walking in Istiklal Street* once again. I saw Tarlabasi St. and Lale Iskembe (Tribe Restaurant) at the start of it, when I looked at the road seen from my table in The Yellow House**. The city had easily pulled me inside of it. After staying there for a week, I can say that it's a huge continously changing puzzle, of which every piece is so unique, but at the same time perfectly fits each other. You just have to come here and make it your own.

* Famous street in Beyoglu, Istanbul (Turkey)
** Very recommended place to stay in Paknajol (near Thamel)