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Kathmandu is a city filled with tourists and enthusiastic, hard-working locals. When I first decided to head to the Himalayas, my expectations echoed the very ambiance of a documentary that I had watched on the historical Lhasa city so with the thrilling anticipation we charted out our visit to the lands of the monks.
ARRIVING AT TRIBHUVAN AIRPORT, Nepal
Me and my accomplice, my husband of 3 years, opted to save on air fare and flew by Air Arabia directly to Nepal from Sharjah in the Middle East, without any stop-over’s . Initially the compactness of the air carrier unnerved me but upon settling into my window seat, I was soon satisfied. The meal of hot Barbecue chicken, Cheese Tacos and Potato Wedges for a mere 5 dollars also diminished our hunger pangs mid-air.
Although famously known to awe and inspire globe-trotters, my first vision of the Kathmandu valley held less charm. Little was I to know that in the moments that followed, a lenient, smart but shabbily dressed cab driver would escort us to the very heart of Bhaktapur, a small city within the Kathmandu valley which illustrated a picturesque environment of the rural life of the Nepalese and was much devoid of the modernism, crowded and fast-paced city of Kathmandu.

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