After Bhaktapur the Kathmandu Valley rises up into mountains. We read that, if you don't go anywhere near Mount Everest Basecamp, visiting small mountainvillage Nagarkot is giving you an almost as great mountainview over the Himalayas. And I definately got rewarded with some nice pics.
We took the bus, this time with people sitting on the roof too, via a tight swirling road up to 2200 m. high Nagarkot. While driving we noticed the air getting fresher and we loved the nice smell of pine forest. Higher and higher, with beautiful views all the way.
In his small village we stayed our first night very cheaply in Himalaya Heart Hotel, we didn't like the room (mouldy, damp, broken toilet, no (promised) hot water) except for the sunrise rooftopview and very good black spice tea.
We changed to New Elephant Head Hotel, which seemed a lot better, up mountain in a foresty green surrounding. Sunny weather and dazzling, though misty, views made us really like this place and Jaakko played guitar with some nice local guys. Now we know that the mountainvillages have again even less electricity (about 5 hours per day) so we just had to get used to that.
We stayed a lot longer than planned, the views and locals made us very much enjoy this extremely relaxed village.
It almost felt like we knew everyone by face and made already quite some friends; mainly Nepali boys managing bars and restaurants that without asking made us come back. On our last night we found in our favorite place, the Hookah Bar, the best spaghetti of Nepal so far.. And our rooftop breakfasts are unforgettable with many types of birds and butterflies around us, hawks circling above us, looking down onto the sunny valley below.
We took the bus, this time with people sitting on the roof too, via a tight swirling road up to 2200 m. high Nagarkot. While driving we noticed the air getting fresher and we loved the nice smell of pine forest. Higher and higher, with beautiful views all the way.
In his small village we stayed our first night very cheaply in Himalaya Heart Hotel, we didn't like the room (mouldy, damp, broken toilet, no (promised) hot water) except for the sunrise rooftopview and very good black spice tea.
We changed to New Elephant Head Hotel, which seemed a lot better, up mountain in a foresty green surrounding. Sunny weather and dazzling, though misty, views made us really like this place and Jaakko played guitar with some nice local guys. Now we know that the mountainvillages have again even less electricity (about 5 hours per day) so we just had to get used to that.
We stayed a lot longer than planned, the views and locals made us very much enjoy this extremely relaxed village.
Himalaya view
A cloudy day in Nagarkot
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