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Photos from Kathmandu


by Robert Tompkins, Aug 14, 2001 | Destinations: Nepal / Kathmandu
Freelance holy man, Patan. "Suddenly a wild man with long unkempt hair and bedraggled beard confronted us."

Freelance holy man, Patan. "Suddenly a wild man with long unkempt hair and bedraggled beard confronted us."

Image © 2000 Travel, Ink. / Robert Tompkins
Freelance holy man, Patan. "Suddenly a wild man with long unkempt hair and bedraggled beard confronted us."
Sadhu or holy man, along the streets of Thamel.
Curious children, Thamel, a raffish area that has replaced Durbar Square as Kathmandu's main tourist enclave.
Very young incense vendor along the streets of Thamel.

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