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<h1 class="p-name entry-title post--title"><a href="/2005/12/sunset-over-himalayas" class="u-url" title="Sunset Over the Himalayas">Sunset Over the Himalayas</a></h1>
<p class="p-author author hide">Scott Gilbertson</p>
<time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2005-12-17T21:03:43">December <span>17, 2005</span></time>
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<span class="p-region">Pokhara</span>, <a class="p-country-name country-name" href="/writing/nepal/" title="travel writing from Nepal">Nepal</a>
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After about forty-five minutes of paddling I reached a point where the views of the Annapurna range were, in the words of an Englishman I met in Katmandu, "gob smacking gorgeous." I put down the paddle and moved to the center of the boat where the benches were wider and, using my bag a cushion, lay back against the gunwale and hung my feet over the opposite side so that they just skimmed the surface of the chilly water.
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<time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2005-12-15T18:02:59">December <span>15, 2005</span></time>
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Nestled on a hillside beside the Bagmati River, Pashupatinath is one of the holiest sites in the world for Hindus, second only to Varanasi in India. Pashupatinath consists of a large temple which is open only to Hindus, surrounded by a number of smaller shrines and then down on the banks of the Bagmati are the burning ghats where bodies are cremated.
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<h1 class="p-name entry-title post--title"><a href="/2005/12/durbar-square-kathmandu" class="u-url" title="Durbar Square Kathmandu">Durbar Square Kathmandu</a></h1>
<p class="p-author author hide">Scott Gilbertson</p>
<time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2005-12-15T17:57:48">December <span>15, 2005</span></time>
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<span class="p-region">Kathmandu</span>, <a class="p-country-name country-name" href="/writing/nepal/" title="travel writing from Nepal">Nepal</a>
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After saturating myself with the streets of Thamel I went on a longer excursion down to Durbar Square to see the various pagodas, temples and the old palace. The palace itself no longer houses the King, but is still used for coronations and ceremonies and Durbar Square is still very much the hub of Katmandu.
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