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Nepal Travel: Lydian vs. Bus
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Nepal Travel: Lydian vs. Bus

In this video, we're walking back to our vacation rental in Kathmandu after getting groceries. On the way, there are practically no sidewalks. During our walk Lydian walks out around a motorcycle parked along the road and gets grazed by a bus.Related Posts:Traffic in Nepal: Crossing the Dotted Line at Home vs. Abroad -- By Jennifer ShippKathmandu Tourism: Taxi Ride and Kathmandu Traffic ...
Nepal Travel: Street Encounters in Kathmandu Part II
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Nepal Travel: Street Encounters in Kathmandu Part II

When we visited Kathmandu, Nepal in 2014, we went on an urban hike from Patan to Thamel via Kathmandu's ring road. In this video, a girl walks with us telling us where she's going and asking where we're going. She doesn't seem to have an agenda, and just remembers us from when we'd stopped at her family's store to buy things.Related Posts:Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part I ...
Nepal Travel: Street Encounters in Kathmandu Soldier
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Nepal Travel: Street Encounters in Kathmandu Soldier

In this video we stop to talk to and ask a soldier for directions to Freak Street in Thamel. This video was taken in 2014 when we visited Kathmandu, Nepal and went urban hiking on Kathmandu's ring road.Related Posts:Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part I (video)Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part II (video)Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road ...
Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part III
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Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part III

To acquaint ourselves better with Kathmandu, we decided to go urban hiking along the city's ring road from Patan to Thamel.Related Posts:Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part I (video)Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part II (video)Nepal Tourism: Street Encounters in Kathmandu Soldier (video)Nepal Tourism: Street Encounters in Kathmandu Part II ...
Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part II
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Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part II

This video is Part 2 of our urban hiking trip from Patan to Thamel on Kathmandu's ring road.Related Posts:Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part I (video)Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part III (video)Nepal Tourism: Street Encounters in Kathmandu Soldier (video)Nepal Tourism: Street Encounters in Kathmandu Part II (video)Traffic in Nepal: ...
Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part I
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Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part I

We visited Nepal in 2014 before the Kathmandu earthquake. During our visit, we decided to go urban hiking from our neighborhood in Bhaisepati to Thamel via Kathmandu's ring road.Related Posts:Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part II (video)Nepal Travel: Urban Hike along Ring Road in Kathmandu Part III (video)Nepal Tourism: Street Encounters in Kathmandu Soldier ...
Lydi Has Yet Another Breakdown in Kathmandu Nepal
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Lydi Has Yet Another Breakdown in Kathmandu Nepal

When we visited Nepal in 2014, Lydi was 14 years old and sometimes she could be adversarial. Her moods were whimsical and unpredictable, but overall, she went along with us on our long walks and silly adventures without arguing. In this video, though, she bares her teeth a little.Related Posts:Nepal Travel: Snappy Lydian in Kathmandu (video)Lydi Has a Breakdown in Kathmandu Nepal (video)Lydi ...
Lydi Has Another Breakdown in Kathmandu Nepal
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Lydi Has Another Breakdown in Kathmandu Nepal

Some days were better than others for Lydian as a 14 year old in Kathmandu. We did a lot of long walks, spent a lot of days without electricity, got the rabies vaccinations (and corresponding illnesses to go with them), and spent most of our outdoor time either in the hot sun or the rain. She hung in there, but every now and then would lose her cool.Related Posts:Lydi Has Yet Another Breakdown in ...
Lydi Has a Breakdown in Kathmandu Nepal
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Lydi Has a Breakdown in Kathmandu Nepal

Lydi was 14 years old when we visited Kathmandu and although she smiled for photos, she was often in a bad mood and regularly resistant to our outings.Related Posts:Lydi Has Another Breakdown in Kathmandu Nepal (video)Lydi Has Yet Another Breakdown in Kathmandu Nepal (video)Nepal Travel: Snappy Lydian in Kathmandu (video) ...
Nepal Travel: Public Peeing in Kathmandu Nepal
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Nepal Travel: Public Peeing in Kathmandu Nepal

In this video, a man is shamelessly relieving himself alongside the road. ...
Nepal Travel: Teens Try to Scam Jennifer in Kathmandu
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Nepal Travel: Teens Try to Scam Jennifer in Kathmandu

While Jennifer is shopping for a notebook for John, some young teens try to scam her at a Kathmandu store.Related Posts:Nepal Travel: Buying Notebooks ...
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Nepal Travel: Big Truck Backs into a Small Space

Taken in 2014 from our vacation rental Bhaisepati, this video shows a big truck backing into an impossibly small space to the tune of "it's a small world." ...
Nepal Travel: Buying Notebooks
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Nepal Travel: Buying Notebooks

When we visited Kathmandu in 2014, we needed to buy notebooks to use for our Nepali language lessons. In this video, we finally manage to buy some after numerous other attempts where we either didn't have enough Nepal currency or the vendor didn't have change for big bills. ...
Nepal Travel: First GoPro Outing in Bhaisepati Near Kathmandu
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Nepal Travel: First GoPro Outing in Bhaisepati Near Kathmandu

In this video, we went out with the GoPro for the first time to explore Bhaisepati, the area where our vacation rental was when we visited Nepal in 2014. Bhaisepati is a district in Patan, which is a suburb of Kathmandu.Related Posts:Traffic in Nepal: Crossing the Dotted Line at Home vs. Abroad -- By Jennifer ShippOn Being Hungry… -- By Jennifer ShippNepal Travel: Lydian vs. Bus ...
Nepal Travel: The Vacation Rental in Kathmandu
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Nepal Travel: The Vacation Rental in Kathmandu

This video is a brief tour of our apartment and the surrounding community that we stayed in in Kathmandu when we visited for one month in 2014. The apartment was on the fourth floor, and had very small appliances, extremely hard beds, and poorly fitted furniture. But it was clean, and it was clear the owners cared about their property.Related Posts:Finding a Vacation Rental Abroad -- By Jennifer ...
Nepal Travel: Straight Men Holding Hands in Kathmandu
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Nepal Travel: Straight Men Holding Hands in Kathmandu

Nepal's culture is very different than that of the United States. It isn't unusual to see two men holding hands in Nepal, regardless of their sexual orientation. In this video, two men (probably straight) walk together holding each other's hands in Durbar Square.Related Posts:Straight Men Holding Hands in Kathmandu -- By Jennifer ShippTraffic in Nepal: Crossing the Dotted Line at Home vs. Abroad ...
Nepal Travel: John Gets Smacked in the Head with an Umbrella in Kathmandu
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Nepal Travel: John Gets Smacked in the Head with an Umbrella in Kathmandu

On hot summer days in Kathmandu, Nepal, the umbrellas can be dangerous. Watch out. ...
Nepal Travel: Trash Heap in Downtown Kathmandu
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Nepal Travel: Trash Heap in Downtown Kathmandu

Trash is a HUGE issue in Nepal. This video (taken in 2014) shows some of the litter issues in in downtown Kathmandu near Freak Street.Related Posts:Nepal Travel: Trash Heap in Downtown Kathmandu Part II (video) ...
Nepal Travel: Trash Heap in Downtown Kathmandu Part II
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Nepal Travel: Trash Heap in Downtown Kathmandu Part II

Walking in Thamel near Freak Street in downtown Kathmandu, Nepal, we see a large amount of trash along the sidewalks.Related Posts:Nepal Travel: Trash Heap in Downtown Kathmandu (video) ...
Nepal Travel: Kathmandu Grocery Store
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Nepal Travel: Kathmandu Grocery Store

In 2014 (one year before the Kathmandu earthquake) we stayed in a Kathmandu suburb for a month. Our first goal was to find a grocery store near our apartment in Bhaisepati that supplied foods that we could eat. This video walks through a grocery store in Kathmandu.Related Posts:Nepal Travel: John Asks for Directions to Organic Store in Kathmandu (video)Nepal Travel: Another Kathmandu Grocery ...
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