Kathmandu by Night

Nicknamed the helicopter of the street here, I met a local guide tonight for a rickshaw tour of Kathmandu by night. These rickshaws are powered by bikes but some of the streets have potholes and ditches making certain stretches bumpy. The streets are also crowded with pedestrians and motorbikes as everyone shares the sidewalk-less roads.

We’re nearly shoulder to shoulder, wheel to wheel as horns sound. The chaos from the morning resumes again after a slight afternoon break. It was quite interesting to see the same ground I covered twice already earlier but at a different time.

Lanes and squares first occupied by morning vegetable vendors gave way to shopkeepers minding their stalls during the day and then back to vendors in the night. From the market we stopped by a few templesRead more