Thamel
Kathmandu Kaleidoscope: Farewells, Shamanism and a Momo Safari
The morning began with a rare treasure on a group trip: free time. No monks chanting, no pujas or treks—just Patan, wide open and breathing slowly under the morning sun. With four hours to burn, some of us melted into temples and alleyways, others succumbed to the magnetism of yet another pashmina. And me? I wandered the [...]
Of Monkeys, Spirituality, and Group Travel Alchemy
I landed in Kathmandu on the morning of 20th April, disembarking from what can only be described as a budgetary experiment in human endurance: Air Arabia. No food, no drink, and not even the faintest hint of in-flight entertainment for a 20+ hour odyssey that took me from Dublin to Orio al Serio, then onward to the glowing glass limbo of [...]