Final Post: My trip In Numbers

My big trip is over and I'm now safely back in France, catching up on my red wine and foie gras intake. There's a number of ways of looking (back) at this trip. Here's the numbers version:

4,325 pictures taken
301 days on the road
80 cities visited (more or less...)
24 Flights
16 counties visited... (19 if you include Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore)
More bus rides than you can shake a stick at...
Loads of new friends
9 Books read
9 Months of solid travelling
4 New stitches. Ouch...
=
1 Hell of a trip

Kathmandu. Over and Out...

Back to Kathmandu and my flight out, as well as the end of my trip... In any case, Kathmandu is a place of contrasts.. While there are some transporting parts:

There's some pretty blah parts of town... polluted, busy, full of trash, local guys pushing drugs and girls...

But then again, some parts are really well-preserved. Like Durbar square

Local butcher shop:

 Visit to the "monkey" temple:

Funerary cremation

Beheaded goat for a sacrifice type of situation...



"Best Of" Bhaktapur Wood & Stone Carvings

The entire place is covered with the most intricate carvings.

Gods

Lotus flowers

Snakes

Including some naughty ones!

Elephants get it on