Title | 2010 Aug – D2Hawkeye Hiking from Swayambhu to Nagarkot via Bhaktapur |
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Start Date | 2010-08-08 |
End Date | 2010-08-08 |
Duration (hrs) | 10 Hrs |
Distance (km) | 150 KM + (round trip) |
Hike coordinator | Rohan Bhattarai |
Participants | Andreas Dorn, Neeraj Dhungana, Pratik Joshi, Rajendra Banjade, Rohan Bhattarai, Roshan Raj Tamrakar, Suresh Maharjan |
Photos by | Suresh Maharjan, Andreas Dorn |
Captions by | Dipesh Shrestha |
Report by | Neeraj Dhungana and Pratik Joshi |
Creative Support | Dijup Tuladhar, Prerana Pradhan |
Origin | Location2 | Destination | |
Name | Kathmandu (D2 Office Premises) | Swayambhu | Bhaktapur Durbar Square – Nagarkot |
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District | Kathmandu | Bhaktapur | Bhaktapur |
Zone | Bagmati | Bagmati | Bagmati |
Longitude | 85.5247°E | ||
Latitude | 27.7236°N | ||
Altitude | 2,195 m | ||
Recommended Items to See | Kathmandu Valley | Hills, Forest, Mountain Range, local people, | |
Recommended Places to Eat | Hotels | Hotels | |
Recommended Places to Stay | |||
Recommended Activities | Hiking and Photo Journalism | Hiking and Photo Journalism | Hiking and Photo Journalism |
Recommended means of transportation | VAN/Bus | ||
Available means of transportation | VAN/Bus/Bike | ||
Weather | |||
Culture | |||
Distance from previous Location | 10 kms | 50 kms | |
Means of Transport | VAN | ||
Duration | 1 hr on VAN | 3 hrs |
Report Section
Pratik Joshi Recollection:
This hike was truly a special one. After quite some time I was able to visit Bhaktapur, where I did my schooling. It reminded me of my old days. It was truly a wonderful experience.
It was a beautiful sunny Sunday morning. We reached our office at 7 AM. As we had plenty of rain this monsoon, the temperature was not as high as usual. So, many of the hikers were not feeling well. However, because this hike was specially arranged for Andreas Dorn (our friend from Germany), he duly turned up even though he was not 100% fit. We wanted him to see the wonderful places, views and landscapes of Kathmandu. We reached Swayambhu and the first thing he saw were the monkeys roaming around casually. He was pretty excited to see all the monkeys in the temple area. We started to describe and tell him all the things we knew about Swayambhu. The cloth pieces hanging from the rope with all the inscriptions fascinated him. We showed him the main Swayambhu Stupa and the images of various deities (even though we could not describe him all of them). The view of the valley from Swayambhu was breathtaking. From there, we had our breakfast and decided to first visit Bhaktapur, the living museum andthen to Nagarkot. We were supposed to hike but because Andreas was not feeling 100% well, we only decided to have a short hike. Andreas started taking pictures all along the road. For that he sat in the rear end of our van. We cruised towards our destination singing, laughing and talking all the way. We roamed in the streets of Bhaktapur like small kids. We gazed at the wonderful “Thanka”, ate the mouth watering “King Curd” and clicked the wonderful temples and art works along the way. I was pretty excited to hear Andreas say “there are lots of temples here, maybe more than the number of people living here”. We visited the Bhaktapur Museum and showed him all the images and sculptures, some dating back to the 5th century. We also visited the Nyatapola, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Dattatraya and surrounding areas. Since Bhaktapur is such a wonderful city we had to cut short our visit there as we had to reach Nagarkot and it was already noon. We reached Nagarkot and did a short hike till the Nagarkot tower. We sat there for a while and clicked photographs. We roamed the surroundings and even managed to go to a Shiva Temple there. All in all it was a wonderful hike. “Short and sweet” – if I have to summarize this hike.
Neeraj Dhungana Recollection:
It was one of the most exciting hikes and a visit that I had participated in after joining D2. The starting of the hike was very funny as just 3 people arrived in D2 office till the preplanned departure time.
But we managed to start our trip after 2 hours later than scheduled. But the wait paid off and we moved towards Swayambhu with our guest Andreas Dorn. After one hour of stairs stepping and walking around we came back and headed towards Bhaktapur Durbar Square. We moved there for 2 hours and explored all the historical palaces in the square. Then we reached Nagarkot tower and hiked around 1 hour to reach the Nagarkot tower. We took a few snaps at the tower top and stepped back and headed to Sunsaan Resort for lunch cum dinner. All I can say is, it was fun filled hike rather than a thrilling one. But our guest enjoyed the trip.
01 Ready to Go!!
02 Hiking team
03 Start
04 Having a laugh
05 Swayambhu
06 Explaining stone tap
07 Classic Stone Tap with Morden Touch
08 With ancestors
09 Shaolin
10 To Swayambhu
11 Buddha and Andreas
12 Niru bhai
13 Peeping
14 Hungry
15 I saw a plane
16 Group photo
17 Traditional wear
18 Very deep
19 Guards
20 indifferent
21 Meditation
22 Big bell
23 Durbar square
24 Nepali Windows 7
25 Nyatapol
26 Visit Nepal 2010
27 Start walking
28 Andreas & Rajendra waiting for rest
29 Pratik catching up
30 Top of Nagarkot
31 Mr.Dorn
32 Windows Collection
33 Going down
34 From the back
35 From the front
36 Tour guide briefing
37 Gurill concept
38 Throw your coin
39 View from back
40 Prayer flags
41 World peace
42 Bajra
43 Downstairs
44 Wanna ride
45 Hills
46 From the top 1
47 From the top 2
48 Un ko Yaad Ma
49 Bamboo
50 Jay bhudi
51 Discolored
Wow! I love seeing this kind of pictures you posted it seems that I already go to that place. You illustrate it very insightful from the ground to the top. Really amazing. I enjoyed so much and entertain.
How very interesting! I agree that you have a creative solutions and tips in selecting a photo shoot. hopefully I want to go in this kind of place too.This is a very great idea to all.
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Being in a place like this is awesome. I’ve been on a trip last week and I enjoyed it a lot. Your photos remind me of our trip it’s almost like this. The Beauty of Nature, it’s always relaxing to be in places like these. I am glad you’ve shared about it.
This is such a wonderful blog. Really love the pictures. It seems you guys are enjoying the tour.
It was a wonderful hike…
@Suresh: Chito ghara farkim bhanda manenau… ani. hehe
23, 24 nice shot
btw how long did u guys hike there ??
Besttttt…..Hike…
pic 48…Unn ko Yaad ma…Kada..
pic 27,28,29….Kada Acting of Hiking…
pic 21…RoBUuuuuuuuuuuuuu