A few weeks ago I joined a group of guys who go on mountain bike rides on Saturdays. We meet up in the morning, bike out of the city, and dont look back for the next eight or so hours. Whoever comes up with the day's route will plan a few stops. We'll stop for tea and lunch in villages along the way. This week we took a break at the top of a pretty brutal climb and wandered around a historic temple complex. We also got lunch in the children's home in which Suraj grew up and in which Daan now volunteers and lives . Suraj's sister, who still lives there, cooked up some of the best dahl baat I've had in Nepal.
Outside of temple complexes and monastaries there is almost no open space in Kathmandu and it can get pretty suffocating so these trips always feel really refreshing.
Picture1: (left to Right) Dawa, Suraj, and Daan in the temple complex.
2: We ran into some children on the trail who saw our cameras, got excited, and asked to have their pictures taken. They were from the same ethnic minority as Suraj so he got a kick out of chatting with them and ended up taking quite a few pictures.
3: Fording a river (makes us look a bit more hardcore than we really are)
4: Suraj messing around
5: Just something on the side of the road I thought was cool.
Also, sorry for the image quality on most of these. I haven't gotten very far in my episodic account of Mustang but in Lo-Manthang my $70 camera broke so I've been using another student's even cheaper back up.
Outside of temple complexes and monastaries there is almost no open space in Kathmandu and it can get pretty suffocating so these trips always feel really refreshing.
Picture1: (left to Right) Dawa, Suraj, and Daan in the temple complex.
2: We ran into some children on the trail who saw our cameras, got excited, and asked to have their pictures taken. They were from the same ethnic minority as Suraj so he got a kick out of chatting with them and ended up taking quite a few pictures.
3: Fording a river (makes us look a bit more hardcore than we really are)
4: Suraj messing around
5: Just something on the side of the road I thought was cool.
Also, sorry for the image quality on most of these. I haven't gotten very far in my episodic account of Mustang but in Lo-Manthang my $70 camera broke so I've been using another student's even cheaper back up.
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