Travel Photography | Bhaktapur Nepal, I’ll Be Back

© 2013 Photograph of Me at Baktapur Nepal Taken By Mhilmi

“Were there nothing else in Nepal, save the Durbar Square of Bhaktapur, it would still be amply worth making a journey halfway round the globe to see.”

– E.A. Powell –

If I ever need just one reason to visit Nepal again other than for trekking, it is because of Bhaktapur, I really fell in love with this place, talking about love at first sight. It was totally different from what I saw in Thamel, where we stay,  and hundreds times  beautiful to my eyes than what I’ve seen published  in the travel magazine.

Bhaktapur is just approzimately 25 Kilometer from Thamel, backpackers heaven, and it will cost around Nepalese Rupee NPR 500 – 1000 for a taxi ride to Bhaktapur from Kathmandu depending on how you discussed with the taxi driver, this fare is per taxi not per person and most of their taxi is quite small, if you traveling with four person, then you need to get two taxi, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to squeezed four person inside a small taxi for a 45 minutes journey, depending on the traffic.

This is the place chosen by David duChemin , one of my favourite travel photographer to conduct his Travel Photography Workshops and in fact, accidentally I met him here in Bhaktapur.

To be honest with you guys, I really don’t have many photograph taken here, maybe too exited and don’y know where to begin, it is too awesome for me, talking about awestruck by its beauty. That’s why I need to make a come back.

Bhaktapur has more temples per square foot than Patan or Kathmandu and is far enough out of town to keep the crowds away. As a World Heritage site listed by the UNESCO, Bhaktapur has been heavily restored since a 1934 earthquake severely damaged the city. Bhaktapur is an open museum or maybe shall I say, a living museum.

I wish I can share with you guys more picture of Bhaktapur but unfortunately I don’t have many. Next time if I ever come back here, I will make sure that I spent at lest one or two night here, so I can take advantage of the beautiful early morning and late afternoon light here and I can start early in the day if I stay here where tourist has yet to arrived.

The people are quite friendly here but to get the best of them, spent some time with them, talk to them, have a chai or tea with them, strike a conversation with them, make friends with them and all this things can only be done if you have more time and not rushing anywhere.

Bhaktapur, for sure, I’ll be back, InsyaAllah…