Kathmandu Cable Car

Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 2 Apr 2018 22:37
Kathmandu Cable Car Ride
 
 
 
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Our taxi dropped us just before nine at the cable car Base Station
 
 
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The sign told us we were at 5,148 feet in old money.........
 
 
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Our tickets told us we could get discount on Turkish Airlines ???? we can’t find out too much in the way of information other than the cable car was opened by the Prime Minister on the 15th December 2016 as seen on the memorial plaque.
 
 
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The security guard saw the queue growing behind us and set out a zig-zag using the nylon ‘airport type’ system with poles. Hysterical watching the process.
 
 
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Getting closer. Bear liked the delivery car.
 
 
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I loved these two old friends waiting their turn
 
 
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Settled in our car, we saw the Doppelmayr credit above the door. Shooting out of the base station we soon left it behind.
 
 
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Looking up and down.
 
 
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Looking right and to the top.
 
 
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Our shadow and a guard hut half way up, long hike to get to work......
 
 
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At the top we made out little due to the haze.
 
 
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On a clear day we should have seen the Annapurna range to the left and the Himalayas to the right.
 
 
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Bear stands by the sign that tells us we have come up 3,120 feet. Lots of huts and toilets.
 
 
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One of the huts sold ice cream, loved the advert.
 
 
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As we began our walk up the hill to find the temple and viewpoint, we looked down to see a building site. When complete this will be a one hundred room eco-friendly boutique, there will be an amusement park, zip flyer and paragliding, such a pity to see site rubbish spilling down the hillside.
 
 
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Steeply up another hundred and one feet to the temple.
 
 
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Time for a cup of tea. Bear ambled off and returned with two frothy-like-cappuccinos that smelt like hot chocolate and tasted so sweet with not the remotest taste of tea. A ladybird tried mine and scampered off quick sharp. Quite amusing to see BBQ, chips and hot dogs on the menu.
 
 
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We bimbled back to the upper station and were lucky enough to have a car our to ourselves.
 
 
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This would have been a spectacular view of the valley, pity about the haze.
 
 
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The wind sock was now doing a mad dance. From the window on the right we could more clearly see the scar on the hillside care of the building site.
 
 
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On the left, we could just make out the tiny image of a JCB, working close to the edge. What a walk to and from work....
 
 
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Half way down, the security man was busy on his mobile.
 
 
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Kathmandu Valley.
 
 
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Back to the Base Station.
 
 
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Coffee and gift shops
 
 
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At the bottom we passed the spare parking bay and looked out of the window.
 
 
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A couple of happy colours as we waited for our driver and off we went to Monkey Temple.
 
 
 
 
ALL IN ALL QUITE SOMETHING
                     SPECTACULAR VIEWS, PITY ABOUT THE HAZE