One Night In Bangkok And The World's Your Oyster

So sang Murray Head. And now I understand why. You can't get a direct flight to Kathmandu, Nepal without an overnight in Bangkok, Thailand. I'm sort of thrilled at the opportunity to get a tiny taste of the infamous city. Though the big haul across the Pacific brings us to Narita, Japan first for multi-hour stop over. I had a hard time wrapping my head around having to 'stop over' in Japan but as I'm told by other travelers it's pretty common.

So after our sojourn in Bangkok we fly to into the Tribhuvan Airport in Kathmandu. Instead of diving headfirst into Kathmandu City only to have to extract ourselves 2 days later in order to make out way to Bhutan in time for the Phunaka Festival I thought it would be interesting to focus on a smaller location.

Bodhnath located just North of the Tribhuvan Airport marks the location of one of the largest Tibetan stupa's in the world, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a strong Tibetan Buddhist community in Nepal.

Two pictures of the Tibetan stupa at Bodhnath.