Delhi to Kathmandu

The Moghul Red Fort in Old Delhi with Korbi in this new traveling episode!

Some more sightseeing in Delhi. That's Qutb Minar, a watch tower from the 12th century build by the first but not last muslim ruler in Delhi.

That's... Humayun's tomb, pretty impressive! I get even more curious now to see the Taj.

Hey, Hey!! On our way to one of the best muslim restaurant in Old Delhi with a whole leg of lamb waiting for us! It's Thejas on the Rickshaw behind who so kindly hosted us and brought us deep down into Delhi nightlife.

That's Pan the biggest mix of sweets and other stuff I've ever seen. Still, it's very tasty but difficult to eat, as you're supposed to chew all in one go to taste all the flavours at the same time...

Can you see the mountains far in the sky, higher than the clouds?!?! That's the Himalya, with Dhaulagiri (7th highest mountain in the world, 8167 m) on the left and the Annapurna range on its right (where we are going trekking around!!!)

Just arrived in Kathmandu and I run into Ruben and his spanish crew! Unfortunately, they are already leaving the next day for a camping trek in Langtang... I was later on happy not to have decided to jump on their tour as I got pretty sick.

This is a mysterious place where a chosen little girl is kept as a goddess and is only allowed once in a year to show herself to public at this window during a big religious festival

This is Durbar Square, where Hindu and Tibetan religious architecture meets Nepali culture

Thamel is wonderful for not normal sized (at least in Asia) people like me, you can tailor made jackets, sleeping mats and bags at a good price but medium quality...

A cow with an extraordinary fifth leg on the back which makes her a special holy cow. Poor beast is standing all day in this small carrier to get stared at by passers-by.

Little monkey at the... monkey temple!

The monkey temple which is actually THE place of cremations in Nepal. One man is taking care that the fire starts with burning the head and the rest of the body of a high cast corpse. At the back a low cast body is burning already...

This is a scary place, but which is thankfully no more in use. 150 years ago when a person got caught having two or more partners, they were put in this "temple" and their head was chopped off! Also another ritual was: when a man died her widow jumped alive on the fire and let herself burned together with her husband.

On the right there is a washing ceremony to prepare the body for the cremation. On the left an important (high caste) person is getting burned. All around are monkeys fighting, screaming
and jumping around.

Korbi and our guide observing the happening securely on the side of the fertility temples.

Those are temples dedicated to fertility, symbolizing sexual interaction of the god symbols Lingam (Shiva) and Yoni (Shakti). Couples come to follow a tasty sweet ritual when they wish to get kids

As a holy man, this is the way to follow for meditating years and years in the dark of those caves. After each reached step towards the nirvana they get into a higher cave and teach newcomers to find their way to achieve the state of being free from both suffering and the cycle of rebirth