Thursday, September 23, 2010

Nepal, Kathmandu... Part 2 ;))) and it is not all the photos ;)))



Bhaktapur...

With my friend Ritesh ;))) who was in Moscow, now he showed me around and told me a lot about their culture, it was nice ;)))) at least after that I have more understanding of all their Gods and myths ;))))











With friend Ritesh and new friend Masha, who lives in Kathmandu 9 year ;))) she is from Moscow, nice meeting ;))))

The view from Swayambhunath, Monkey temple

With new friend Nitesh, he is Ritesh's brother ;)))





Stupas... that is instead of icons or states

Monday, September 20, 2010

Nepal, Kathmandu...

Now I am in Nepal, in Kathmandu! ;))) Actually tomorrow early in the morning I am leaving... ehh... but it was amazing!! I like this city so much!!!! Something special in this city, in this country, it is difficult to explane, it is difficult to describe, it is quite different!!!! You can't compare it with something, that is why it is unique and after Nepal I want to go now to Tibet! ;)) hehe I even in hotel "Tibet guest house",that is very nice and cute!!! ;)))) My hotel is full of foreigners, a lot of Russians there who take Tibet tracks... Oh, I like it!!!

I can't upload right now all my photos, but knowing me you can't imagine how many of them I have already now ;))) hehe so this some of my photos, look at them, even this small amount of photos show how beautiful Kathmandu is !!!!;)))

In a buddhist temple ;)))





View from above ;)))) whole Kathmandu can be seen from here, nice, hah?

Monkey are everywhere, especially in the Temples ;))) they are very fast ;)))) That is why tourists should be very careful with their staff ;)))


Gates to the Temple ;)))

Place of Krishna Temple, Krishna movement ;)))

The view from inside ;)))

Beautiful... ;))

Another temple, the name I will write later, now I don't remember for sure ;))) I visited a lot of them ;)))

In this temple is not allowed to enter for foreigners... eh... How it looks inside you can see on the phote above ;))) Holy cow ;)))

One more Temple ;)))



Night ritual in the temple

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Peter's hobby ;))

Yesterday Peter showed us his hobby in Kolkata - he has started his Sitar classes. Sitar is traditional instrument.



Muslim praying

Muslims praying... That you can meet it on the streets







P.S. About religion in Kolkata

Being a cosmopolitan city, Kolkata represents a blend of different religions. Majority of people inhabiting Calcutta are Hindus. Muslims are in minority. Other minority communities include Christians, Buddhist, Sikhs and Jains. Thus, the religion of Bengal India is not very clear. Read on to know more about the religion of Kolkata West Bengal…

On the basis of religious sects, Hindus can be further classified into a number of categories ranging from monotheists to polytheists. The largest religious sect follows Vaishnavism. In the traditional caste hierarchy, the highest position is held by the Brahmins, who are considered to be the main guardians of sacred scriptures. After Brahmins, the next caste in order of the precedence is that of Vaidyas followed by Kshatriyas and Sudras.

Every morning starts the same ;)))

So every morning we have the same ;))) We buy breakfast at the same place, on breakfast we have bread with omlette and buy juice at the same guys ;)))
This guys prepare eggs ;))) And our breakfast coast 9 Rs ;))

Here we buy mango juices ;))) Janka takes big bottle, I usually take small juice, sometimes big bottle of juice. These guys they really know our taste already ;))) they just see us and give us juices without even words ;))) so funny ;)))