Hindu Cremation at Pashupati Temple

Hindu Cremation at Pashupati Temple on the Bagmati River in Katmandu Nepal 2-13-2008.

An Afternoon at Durbar Square, Katmandu

Music in the Park - Katmandu

Once again it is time for an addition to the Notebook. Today I am featuring a Nepalese Rock concert. Well, it probably isn’t an actual rock concert; rather it is the Nepalese equivalent of the rock concert in the park. It’s a short video clip, just to give you the favor of the event. It took place in Ratna Park in the center of the old district of Katmandu.

Ratna Park is not what we in the west would consider a park – it is a dirt field, not a blade of grass grows, the edges are covered with litter. It does have a band shell, but they were not using it for this performance. Despite the lack of the manicured lawns of the west the kids were the same. They loved the music as much as any crowd in the west.

The Streets of Thamel in Katmandu

Finally I am back and I have a lot of things to add to the blog. I recently returned from a trip to Bangkok and Katmandu. Today I have added a short video showing the Thamel neighborhood in Katmandu. Over the next few weeks I will be adding a video of a Hindu Cremation at the Hindu Pashupati Temple on the Bagmati River in Katmandu, a video of a rock concert in Ratna Park in central Katmandu, the story of my experience with Blastocystis hominis, photos from Monkey Mountain in Katmandu and experiences I had in Bangkok and Katmandu. As always comments are very much appreciated.