Showing posts with label kathmandu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kathmandu. Show all posts

Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Eid in Nepal - Day 2

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Beautiful roof-top longue at Shang-ri La Boutique Hotel
Today entry is my 2nd day in Kathmandu, Nepal. After a few trip in the city we will drive 6 hours to Pokhara. At the hotel we stayed, we were provided with vegetarian breakfast set which is Muslim friendly. FREAKING GOD, that was one of heavenly breakfast that i have ever tasted!!! 
Egg,potato,cabbage, orange juice, coffee, capati & freakin delicious original Nepal Fruit yogurt 

After a spoiled delicious breakfast, we were greet with our tour guide for our next destination which is Boudhanath Stupa.  The stupa's massive mandala makes it one of the largest spherical stupas in Nepal. The Buddhist stupa of Boudhanath dominates the skyline. The ancient Stupa is one of the largest in the world. The influx of large populations of refugees from Tibet has seen the construction of over 50 Tibetan Gompas (Monasteries) around Boudhanath. As of 1979, Boudhanath is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. More info, do check wikipedia >>> Boudhanath Stupa
Entrance fee per person, in nepalese rupee
Boudhanath Stupa view from entrance

The believer chanting at the prayer wheel  
More temple inside with giant buddha statue
One of their respected monk in the religion 
I really adore the design of surrounding buildings, according to our tour guide.. Kathmandu building design is influence by the Dutch taken by one of their king in the past. 

My favourite photo i`ve taken
The lady pay to the monks to pray for her wishes to comes true & have bless
Three Ladies on top of the stupa taken by our sweet Mr.Prakash
After an hour or so, we finish our tour at Boudhanath & went to our last destination in Kathmandu city, Pashupatinanth Temple for Hinduism. Which according to our tour guide, in the next few days of our visit, the temple will be visited by The President of India. The temple is the most sacred Hindu shrine and one of the greatest Shiva sites. The temple serves as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath. This Hindu temple precinct is on UNESCO World Heritage Sites's list.This "extensive Hindu temple precinct" is a "sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati river" and is included as one of the seven monument groups in UNESCO's designation of Kathmandu Valley as a cultural heritage site. Taken from Pashupatinath Temple wikipedia.
The cost to enter this temple is RS, 1000 per person.


Hindu shop infront Pashupatinath
Main road entrance
The temple entrance

Entrance park to the temple
with Mr.Prakash, our Kathmandu tour guide
Goodbye Kathmandu
This is the end of our trip in Kathmandu sightseeing. We finish it around 10 am and drive straight to Pokhara through Nepal mountain road, valley, river and stream. The road trip took 6 hours drive to reach Pokhara. The view of the valley is really a paid-off for the long drive... so beautiful and majestic.

For Malaysian, the road mostly look alike a lot to Cameron Highland highway. Its only two-way lane, we drive through mountain valley and It`s really, worth your time to take this long journey....

Lets re-fill our gas before long drive :)
Let`s go Pokhara!
LUNCH BREAK!!! After 2 hours and a half at last we make a stopped at this Hill Top Restaurant. Lets take a break and make sure finish your business here too :P
We also met an Indian family from Melaka that came here to pray & on their way back to Kathmandu. Such a small world :-)
Enjoy our lunch here!!
We spot L O V E shape cloud!
Their chapatti tastes great & Potato finger fries.
The restaurant is huge, awesome view & i like its exterior.
Annndddd after 3 more hours we finally arrive in Pokhara!!! Yeay :) We change our drivers & cars, since for tourism they only allowed small car in Pokhara. WHY? Let the picture explain...
Our way to Sarangkot Hills.
For tourist spot up a hill, only can be access via small car! Honestly the road is so scarry that i tried to close my eyes everytime we bump with other car but the view is just too breathtaking for me to close my eyes. Just for the view.... i braces myself open my eyes :)
Local bus, flat tire in the middle of road -..-
On top of Sarangkot!!!
Pokhara city! Breathtaking views.
Having a lovely moment with my Queen on top Sarangkot.
Sarangkot hotel room that we suppose to take.
Ok, our itinerary actually is 1n Kathmandu - 1n Sarangkot - 2n Pokhara - 1n Kathmandu. Our pokhara guide advise us not to stay in Sarangkot bcuz he keep saying the hotel didnt fulfill his satisfactory level, so after he success persuade my mum & sis... we decided to spend our night in Pokhara instead of Sarangkot. Thats the end of our day 2 in Nepal. We spend the whole night in room.. eating maggi, nyum nyum nyum.


Thursday, 11 September 2014

Eid in NEPAL - Day 1

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Are you guys excited to go to Nepal? Yeayyyy.. me too. Our flight is at noon, but look at all the sleepy face hehehe. We took an early morning bus from our hometown which took 4~5 hours drive to KLIA2 and arrived around 6am in the morning. Very tired mah.... TT__TT

Sleepy, early rise in the morning at KLIA2

World Best Low Cost Airlines, AirAsia "Now, everyone can fly~~~" is our flight choice to Kathmandu, Nepal. This is my 1st time in KLIA2. The place was huge... no more last minute arrive at the airport, since we need to walk for 30 - 50 minutes to our departure gate from entrance gates. T0T really far..huhuhuhu. 

The plane ride was comfortable & a bit bumpy when hit the cloud, the food is good. When we enter Nepal airspace, you can see beautiful mountain, hill & river view so magnificent from the window. It took 6 hours to arrive from Malaysia. 

Bonus: There is a handsome korean male flight attendant <3 <3 <3
Landed!! Nepal, im HERE^^
Mountain view from airport, Kathmandu is surrounded by it.
As soon as we landed, its photo time!!^0^

We were greet by our tour guide & driver from HolidayNepal.com at the airport & took us to our own choice of hotel. Shangri-La Boutique Hotel nearby Thamel Street (famous shopping district). The place was quite, peaceful, nice & cosy. No elevator, luckily our room is at groud floor T0T. The staff were helpful, available to speak english fluently & even chinese too.

Our sweet hotel, near Thamel Street
After we finish check in, our guide took us to Patan Durbar Square which is situated at the centre of Lalitpur City. Patan Durbar Square is one of the 3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu. Check wikipedia for more information... My cousin is a photographer & he said Nepal is like a heaven to them with a lot of exotic, unique & scenic scene to capture.
Patan Durbar Square

Another view of Patan Durbar Square
Our sweet tour guide, Mr. Prakash
with my mum, enjoy the beautiful World Heritage
Then we move to our next location which is Swayambhunath Temple or known as Monkey Temple is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. It is known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in the north-west parts of the temple.  

Monkey temple entrance

Wishing well, make a wish.. throw syiling to bowl then your wish will come true.


Highlight of the visit!! Monkey swimming pool \ ^0^ / There is a lot of tons monkey there, please be careful & dont give them anything. Here is Monkey pool, where the monkey play, swimming, dive leisurely. Its very fun & entertaining to watch them^^
You can go check on my instagram, @nody_meow for insta vid of their playful swimming. Serious! Freakin, adorable cutie <3
From entrance, we need to climb for main temple
The main temple, my sis keep saying she watched documentary about this place at National Geographic. 
#np Rain - Rain, is falling down! LOL
On top of the hill, the view of Kathmandu was breathtaking, sadly the moment we arrived.. rain started to poured down. So no more pic & this is the end of our day 1 tour. During our trip, its the raining season in Nepal, July to August. My driver recommend  to visit Nepal for best season in March & November.

During our drive in Kathmandu city, below photo left a deep impression for us. A bunch of tangled cable & still people can lived comfortably with it. Please noted, that Nepal at night always blackout. No electricity, people usually used their own generators at night. Dont worry, mostly hotel has their own generators too... make sure you charge your phone, camera asap when electricity is available, bring your own plug extension if you have a lot of electronic device to charge.  

The tangled electric cable

Eid Mubarak 2014 In Nepal [Part 1]

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Assalamualaikum readers.

First thing first, im Malaysian & muslim. For us, eid mubarak is always a huge festive to celebrate finish of ramadhan. Say what!!! this year my family & relatives decide to go to Nepal to celebrate our eid & travelling at the same time. Crazy... yeah absolutely unbelievable , until now i still thought it as a jokes hahahaha but the trip is worth your time & the view is magnificent. Definitely EXCITED to visit nepal again!!!

Rombongan Keluarga Tok Arif di KLIA2 to Nepal, 31st July 2014

Nepal Starter Tips
1. Book a travel agent

For safe & comfortable trip, i suggest book a travel agent a month before your trip especially if you go with large families & kids. Just search any travel agent in Nepal & choose your desire itinerary or you can make your own & the travel agent will customize it for you. 

Our family had a special request, 6d 5N  Kathmandu - Sarangkot - Pokhara - Kathmandu. After sending a few request to several agent & we decided to choose holidaynepal.com. The travel agent successful to fulfill all our needs & amendment during our trip. We strongly recommend this travel agent. Their service is tip top & the price is affordable.

You can email to: info@holidaynepal.com

2. Adrenaline rush

If you an addict to adrenaline rush... Nepal must be in in your list. There is tons of exciting activities to do here such as paragliding, bungee jumping, zip flyer, ultra flight, rafting, canoeing, hiking, biking & many more. Just pick anything, tell your travel agent & they will book for you.

3. Countdown

After booking everything, just relax.. prepare your cash in nepalese rupee & counting your days to your Nepal Trip.

Ok, thats the end of my Nepal starter tips... now lets go to my Nepal Travel Diary Part 2.

My mum, me & my big sis

Safely landed & Welcome to Nepal