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Title	Rainy Hike to the Palace (Nuwakot)
Start Date	04/18/2010
End Date	04/18/2010
Duration	4 hrs.
Distance	6 km
Hike coordinator	Ravi Sharma
Participants	Anuj Bhandari, Bhanu Chalise, Lava Kafle, Nischal Shrestha, Ravi Sharma, Rajiv Shrestha, Sandeep Pradhananga, Sangharsha Bhattarai, Shilpa Shrestha, Suresh Maharjan
Photos by	Bhanu Chalise, Nischal Shrestha, Ravi Sharma, Sandeep Pradhananga, Sangharsha Bhattarai, Suresh Maharjan
Captions by	Bhanu Chalise, Ravi Sharma, Sangharsha Bhattarai, Lava Kafle
Report by	Amit Nepal
Creative Support	Dijup Tuladhar, Prerana Pradhan, Sangharsha Bhattarai

Amit recollects Amateur hikers and backpackers: we’re all over the place, and we'll hike anything we think is within our capability, and sometimes we'll even hike things that we think might be beyond our capability. We love standing at the top of a mountain, and seeing amazing views that we'll never forget and share special moments with friends and family. We love the excitement of seeing some piece of wilderness...whether animal, plant, or mineral...that was never seen before. The feeling of second wind makes us feel like we could keep on going forever. We hate the feeling when we realize that we can’t keep on going forever but we're just too stubborn to accept that fact.

But “With Every New dawn There Is a New Beginning ".

All refreshed and ready to travel, for my second hike from D2, I was the first to reach at the office premises (just a 15 minutes’ walk from my home)“Sometimes it's the path of mistake and uncertainty that turns out to be the best ". The plan was to go to Tarakeshwor to Kakani but as per everyone’s interest, we headed to Nuwakot. Lava dai's unstoppable exaggeration, phrases like (wow, so sweet) and awesome music added sweet toppings to the journey. After about 4 hours of ride we reached to Nuwakot. But unfortunately, it turned out to be Nuwakot Bandh. It was dubious that whether we could be able to hike or not. Everyone felt like it was a blunder heading to Nuwakot. Nepal Students Union did the band for the protest against YCL. It was a proud feeling that we went to Nuwakot even though there was Nuwakot bandh. On reaching Nuwakot, a mass of 15-20 people ran towards our vehicle threatening to destroy it. There was nervousness and similar unpleasant emotion in everyone’s face, a feeling that we jeopardize ourselves. Thank God, nothing serious occurred and we decided to hike through keeping the vehicle behind.

"Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you." - Kahlil Gibran

Surely not one of the toughest hikes, nevertheless it was great fun as the weather was on our side. High humidity was of no problem as rain helped us all along the way, drenching us all the way, making the perfect situation for hike in the summer. After couple of hours we reached the destination - Nuwakot Durbar where Great Prithivi Narayan Shah (an ebullient leader) used to live. We walked through the place, grasping all our memories in the camera. After some hours of travelling and photo shooting, it was time for lunch. We fueled ourselves in of the restaurants out there. Ah! The food was so tasty. I will surely go to the same restaurant if I get another chance to travel to Nuwakot. It was already 5:30 pm and so wasting no time, we packed our bags and travelled back to Kathmandu. Rain; which seemed to be benediction before turned out to be a whammy on the way back. Vision was very difficult as murk surrounded the whole area. As driving is very difficult on those condition, everybody’s charm just mused. Hey we arrived safe! Thanks to Ram dai, we reached safely, where it seemed to be some evil conditions surrounding the area. Finally, it was an awesome hike with many more things to remember and travelling to a new destination surely makes your life interesting and adventurous. Please click on the image to see its large version.

01 Just the beginning of the End the cool calm road waiting for peddlars and vehicles	02 Granpa says School fee atti mahango bhayo the sad face of a old man wishing good future for grandchildren
03 Recommended place to eat on the way to Kakani, Nuwakot, Rasuwa Dhunche	04 Deforestation or Forest management the Nepalese commitment to preserve greenery has always been challenged
05 Amit n Anuj have their own story	06 And the sound of this vehicle awakened us the tractor the friend of farmers who work in fields and agricultural production in nuwakot nepal
07 Leaving Kakani behind the scene of beautiful fields of farmers	08 On the way to Nuwakot the tall mountain showing its strength
09 Taadi-Bank the most beautiful place on earth going to Nuwakot district of Nepal
10 Rebel XS n PowerShot SX the pair uncomparable unbeatable	11 Lava busy handling the Protestors of NSF nebisangh congress irate students who called nuwakot bandh on the fateful day and police was on their side too
12 Hiking Starts from here leaving the VAN and nebisangh NSF Nepal Student Federation activists surrounding the hikers during so called nuwakot bandh	13 Rebel leader talking to his aides to find solution to the problem
14 Rajiv with his crew escorted by Police as it was nuwakot bandh by Neapl Bidhyarthi Sangh	15 Hike and only hike Shilpa following the team with much awaited pleasure on top of the trail in nuwakot
16 We are left behind say the astrayed guys who missed the longest snake ever saw by lava in his life	17 Slippery Road with Sangharsha nearly falling down
18 Getting together the love sharing umbrella sharing	19 It is Raining - Raining soon the tranquil forest in nuwakot nepal
20 We walked the Rain across slippery terrain Tired feeling drousy lousy and crouchy	21 After the rain the team rests for cucumber grapes orange
22 Still more to go oh lazy ones run run run meet me soon reach destination Nuwakot Nepal sooner	23 Durbar from here Sangharsha, Shilpa and Rajiv wonder as evening is drawing near inside deep forest
24 Thanks for the hiking really enjoyed a lot the most blissful blessed reaction of enthusiatic Bright Shilpa	25 Is it sweat or the rain see Suresh`s back difficult to comprehend
26 Group Snap the hiking team rocks remembering adventures in jungle	27 Shooters behind the Butterfly the craze to photography
28 Nostalgia unseen before the evening scene at Nuwakot district of Nepal	29 A time for fun As Rajiv stunts as a gynmastic player in nuwakot tree
30 I`m on Air says Rajiv who always likes naughty stunts amid friends	31 Pansies lilies are they or can you name the flowers and what about the leaves in nuwakot nepal
32 Yet another trail with nice stones marbles and peebles	33 Goddess Bhairavi blesses the D2 team that went for hiking
34 She was in her maternal home, yet offered us the glance	35 Bhanu - Do you know the name of this insect or is it beetle bug or bently
36 Bhote taalcha @ Bhairavi Temple in nuwakot durbar area to protect from evil omens thieves who steal idols statues and God crafts	37 Different people Different Thought Anuj, Amit, Sangharsha and Bhanu enjoying the shdaes of historical nuwakot palace
38 BadLuck could not enter the nuwakot 7 storey palace in nepal	39 Nuwakot Durbar and Garuda in front of Lord Vishnu temple
40 Seven Storey historical Nuwakot Palace durbar in nepal	41 Abstract scene at evening in nuwakot the nice capture
42 Nuwakot Palace blossoming its charisma	43 Walking across the Palace premises Sandeep and the guys
44 The 7 storey Nuwakot Palace photographed from extremely sweet angle	45 Just Out of Durbar Premise near security check point of nuwakot palace Nepal
46 My Nepal - My Pride; Sangharsha in Taleju temple alongside backdrop of Nuwakot palace durbar square	47 The Durbar nuwakot palace as seen from Taleju that was built in malla period Save me protect me it is crying but nobody to listen
48 Support like this are decaying in Nuwakot palace as nobody is taking care of this historical monument	49 Seems Alive the 1000 year old tree that was cut by Prithivi Narayan Shah who built the 7 storey Nuwakot palace
50 Palace and the Bajaar a different display of Nuwakot palace square	51 Not Aware in Taleju temple Nuwakot the trio inspecting the unattended uncared temple that is falling down anytime soon
52 I Gotchha get you the beautiful butterfly says the Photographer (Ravi) in Nuwakot	53 Nischal enacting crucification in Taleju temple in malla period before many centuries
54 This is for me the beautiful pink flower and dragonfly	55 We missed the festival in Nuwakot Nepal as they did not advertise about the event to reach our notice
56 Ashok in the full Bloom rarely seen experienced elsewhere other than Nuwakot	57 WallPaper of a flower to all the visitors of EverestUncensored
58 You are HERE the map sitemap arrows in nuwakot	59 An evening in a village with majestic smoke the calmness and the clean environment of nepal nuwakot
60 Prithvi Narayan Shah`s Dhaara the many centuries old natural tap	61 The storbes effect by best photographers in world at nuwakot nepal
62 Typical Nepali Khana being ready for dinner in typical nepali kitchen nuwakot palace buspark