Thanks for so far, good on ya, look forward to the next episode !

bmk to read later.

LL - just joining in here and enjoying your candid views, though will be reading others too for "balance".

please carry on with your TR - it has prompted me to think seriously about how I can get DH [and myself] to the Himalayas next spring, so anything you can tell me will be most useful.

if you start a new thread, please post the link here so that the rest of us can find it!

annhig.

Here's the link to the new thread...

http://www.fodors.com/community/asia...d-bandipur.cfm

I'm sitting back waiting for another spurt of energy!

As there's a current thread on Nepal, and Bhaktapur, a UNESCO Heritage Site gets a mention.

We stayed in Bhaktapur for the Nepalese New Year [Bisket Jatra Festival] in Bhaktapur in April 2014 for a week. I've just stumbled across this video of the opening day, which certainly stretched all our senses, and a whole lot more...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6oyCmKVM-Q

We were sat crushed-up on steps at the top of the Temple in rear of the video, and were stuck there for 4 hours. At one stage 500 Riot Police turned up, just in case! I

For much of the Festival, which went on for a week, there are a lot of amazing things going on, some quite unedifying, but it's their country [VIEWER CAUTION]...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNjcLTsl6C4

Unforgettable experience!