To & From Cable Car

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Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 2 Apr 2018 22:27
More of Kathmandu on Our Journey To and From the Cable Car
 
 
 
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We set off at eight in a taxi heading to the city cable car, fourteen kilometres or just shy of an hour away (thank you Google Maps). We took the opportunity to take lots of pictures. In brief, Kathmandu stands at fourteen hundred metres above sea level. The Metropolis is home to two and a half million in just under twenty square miles. Until the fifteenth century Bhaktapur was the capital until Kathmandu and Lalitpur were established. Nepal had a royal family from 1768 until it was abolished on the 28th of May 2008 (the subnationalities in October of that year).
The ‘gateway’ to all tourism and therefore the ‘cash register’ for much trekking money (some collected at the airport) makes us wonder where all that cash goes to, certainly not on road surfaces, especially as Kathmandu was ranked in the top ten rising destinations in the world and the top in Asia. In fairness though, the city did suffer a brutal 7.8 earthquake in April 2015 (4.9 in 2017 and 3.6 this year).
The city, dissected by eight rivers, is surrounded by the mountains of Shivapuri, Phulchoki, Nagarjun and Chandragiri where we would ride the cable car from base to top station. The Kathmandu Valley – Kathmandu, Lalitpur Patan and Bhaktapur are listed under one heading “Kathmandu Valley – UNESCO World Heritage Site” with so many old temples, palaces and antiquities.  
 
 
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ALL IN ALL YOU WOULD THINK THE MAIN CITY ROADS WOULD BE.........
                     BUMPIEST CITY RIDE I HAVE EVER HAD