Kathmandu

Full size Temple in Asan Tole and the surrounding street.

Full size Akash Bairab temple in Indra Chowk.

Full size A small Ganesh shrine om Indra Chowk.

Full size Taleju Temple in Durbar Square viewed from Makhan Tole.

Full size Detail on Taleju Temple in Durbar Square.

Full size Entryway on Durbar Square.

Full size Kala Bhairab near Durbar Square. From the Lonely Planet book: "It is said that telling a lie while standing before Kala Bhairab will bring instant death and it was once used as a form of trial by ordeal."

Full size Detail of a well-endowed goat-guardian carved onto a roof strut.

Full size Vegetable vendor near Makhan Tole.

Full size Vegetable and spice merchant near Makhan Tole.

Full size Flower vendor on Jaganath Temple at Makhan Tole, in Kathmandu.

Full size Detail of lions on Akash Bhairab temple.

Full size Flower vendor on Makhan Tole.

Full size Legume and rice vendor on Makhan Tole.

Full size Bicycle vendor peddling apples and pomegranates. Bikes rigged this way are a common way of selling vegetables and fruits.

Full size Street scene looking down Asan Tole taken from a pedestrian overpass.

Full size Facade of the Yak and Yeti hotel.

Full size Street demonstration on Durbar Marg near the Hotel Sherpa. This was to celebrate the birthday of the King's father. Mr. Shah told us that these are paid demonstrators organized by the government as a show of support for the king.

Full size Street demonstration on Durbar Marg near the Hotel Sherpa. This was to celebrate the birthday of the King's father. Mr. Shah told us that these are paid demonstrators organized by the government as a show of support for the king.

Full size Street demonstration on Durbar Marg near the Hotel Sherpa. This was to celebrate the birthday of the King's father. Mr. Shah told us that these are paid demonstrators organized by the government as a show of support for the king.

Full size Street demonstration on Durbar Marg near the Hotel Sherpa. This was to celebrate the birthday of the King's father. Mr. Shah told us that these are paid demonstrators organized by the government as a show of support for the king.

Full size Street demonstration on Durbar Marg near the Hotel Sherpa. This was to celebrate the birthday of the King's father. Mr. Shah told us that these are paid demonstrators organized by the government as a show of support for the king.

Full size Small stupa, Kwa Bahal Street.

Full size Detaiol depicting one of Shiva's gana (companions) on Nateshwar Temple in Thahiti Tole.

Full size Nateshwar Temple in Thahiti Tole.

Full size Chusya Bhahal temple in Thahiti Tole.

Full size Colorful prayer wheels on Chusya Bhahal Stupa, Thahiti Tole.

Full size The ubiquitous taxi cab in Thamel.

Full size A cycle rickshaw in Thamel.

Full size Shrine and carved door near Kathesimbhu Stupa.

Full size Monestary near Kathesimbhu Stupa.

Full size Small stupa on a balcony on the side of a building near Kathesimbhu.

Full size Kathesimbhu Stupa viewed from an alleyway.

Full size Hindu temple on the road south of Thahiti Tole. I was struck by the very utilitarian placement of a clock on this temple.

Full size Hawkers on Basantapur Square.

Full size Small shrine on Maru Tole. This is a mouse, which is the vehicle-animal for Ganesh.

Full size Shiva and Parvati looking from a window near the top of the Shiva-Parvati Temple on Durbar Square.

Full size Auto-rickshaw and statue of Garuda in front of the Trailokya Mohan Narayan Temple in Durbar Square.

Full size Two boys who wandered by while I was sitting on the steps on Maju Deval in Durbar Square.

Full size Looking up Freak Street towards Basantapur Square.

Full size A street advertisement with a small shrine inset into the wall. This kind of intimate combination of the religious and the commercial is very common in Nepal.

Full size The Vishnumati river seen from the bridge near Hotel Vajra. Note the large pile of trash, the files, and the grazing livestock.

Full size Skeleton carving on a roof strut in the courtyard of the Kumari Temple in Kathmandu's Durbar square.

Full size Guardian lions in front of the Vishnu Tample in Durbar Square, Kathmandu.

Full size Erotic carvings, Jaganath Temple, Durbar Square, Kathmandu.

Full size Erotic carvings, Jaganath Temple, Durbar Square, Kathmandu.

Full size Erotic carvings, Jaganath Temple, Durbar Square, Kathmandu.

Full size Erotic carvings, Jaganath Temple, Durbar Square, Kathmandu.

Full size Erotic carvings, Jaganath Temple, Durbar Square, Kathmandu.

Full size View of Taleju Temple with Kakeshwar Temple in the foreground, near Kathmandu's Durbar Square.

Full size A tree overgrowing a structure near Kakeshwar Temple in Makhan Tole.

Full size The Great Drums, Makhan Tole, Kathmandu.

Full size Durbar Square, Kathmandu, with Taleju Temple in the background.

Full size An interesting door in the Nyokha neighborhood, Kathmandu.

Full size The shrine in the courtyard at the Hotel Vajra.

Full size The shrine in the courtyard at the Hotel Vajra.

Full size The shrine in the courtyard at the Hotel Vajra.

Full size Mother pig and piglets with a crow on the banks of the Vishnumati river close to the Hotel Vajra

Full size The terminus of a tuk tuk line. Tuk tuks are three-wheeled, 10 (or so) passenger buses powered by electric engines that zip around Kathmandu.