bhaktapur, nepal

Wednesday, July 3

Bhaktapur stole my heart.

 I love this little town. It's only about 30 minutes outside of Kathmandu, but it sweeps you into a whole other world from centuries ago. The city is so well preserved, and is a UNESCO world heritage site {which basically means it's adorable and expensive at the same time! haha} . We went for the day, and couldn't believe how peaceful and lovely the people and town remain. We ate lunch in an adorable restaurant on a terrace overlooking a courtyard where people milled about their daily life. 

The town is known for their artisans; pottery and painting being the order of the day. There is one large plaza called pottery square where all the local potters dry their clay. I even got to throw a few pieces of clay on the pottery wheel! Man, these potters were impressive...It's a lot harder than it looks, haha! 

If you are ever in Nepal, go to Bhaktapur:) 

happy Wednesday, love Katie


{Peter, the mustache on this statue is a tribute to you:)}
 {taking it for a spin! yikes...I was horrible!}

13 comments :

  1. Oh WOW!!!!! Its amazing. Gosh experiencing Nepal through your eyes has me itching to jump on a plane and come visit!!!

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  2. What a cool place to visit! What a beautiful city. Your pictures are always so wonderful.

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  3. Amazing photos... I love the statues and architecture :)

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  4. Wow! What an amazing place! I love experiencing things through your trip! How fun that you got to attempt pottery. :-)

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  5. Wow, what an amazing place!! Love that last picture of you 2.

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  6. Your photos are too fabulous. I might have to stop reading your blog because every post makes me want to come to Nepal even more. Also, the whole pottery thing reminds of the verse about the Lord being the Potter -to think about His power, control, creativity, patience . . . it just amazes me.

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  7. I soooo want to do pottery! It looks so much fun! :) Love these pictures girl. Is Nepal as beautiful as it looks?? And speaking of beautiful! Have I told you that you are gorgeous! God did an amazing job on you! LOVE U!

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  8. Wow! So much to see and to explore! This makes me miss travels!

    Beautiful, girl!

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  9. beautiful, as always! You look gorgeous! That's so cool that you got to make pottery! I've always wanted to do that! Such cool experiences living abroad! :)

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  10. You guys sure look like you're having an awesome time!!

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  11. Beautiful pictures! Love the pictures of you and the pottery wheel!
    Looks like a wonderful daytrip from Kathmandu!

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  12. love these photos! the pottery making looked sooooo fun, I love that you got to do that!

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