Kathmandu videos

A week spent in Kathmandu, Nepal after finishing the Annapurna Trail Including a festival celebrating the Monsoon season set to the Music of "Deep Forest" featuring Peter Gabriel.

The sleepy, all-seeing Buddha's eyes that stare out from the top of this hemispherical shrine have become the quintessential symbol of Nepal. Perched atop a forested hill on the western edge of the Kathmandu Valley, Swayambunath Stupa is Kathmandu's most important Buddhist shrine. Swayambunath is also known as the Monkey Temple, and as you start up the hill, you will likely begin to see the monkeys that lend the stupa this alternate name.

Kathmandu is an upcoming movie by Akash Adhikari. Akash Adhikari is one of the brilliant and committed Youngman who holds a degree in Film acting and direction from Madhumati Institute, University of Bombay, India. So far he has produced, directed and acted in many Nepali movies and written and directed Hindi movies and TV serials as well. www.lexlimbu.blogspot.com lexlimbu

This video was filmed in Kathmandu, if you didn't get that after watching it you should check yourself in to some sort of learning specialist. There are bad guys and good guys (Nepali/Bollywood style). The protagonists are the ones singing and dancing and the antagonists are wearing black and chasing them. The plot was supposed to be a bit more complex but since we only had a 100000-dollar budget we were not able to do everything we had initially planned. The beginning of the song is in ...

We reached Mt. Everest North Base Camp in Tibet, China and we saw only one option down: the longest mountain bike descent in the world, all the way to Kathmandu, Nepal. Produced by China Deep for Lonelyplanet.tv

Tibetans prostesting against Beijing's hold on the Himalayan region and China's hosting of the Olympic Games. The nepalese police fired tear gas and beat up to them.

A day after signing a historic agreement with the ruling alliance in Nepal, Maoists rebels faced a protest in front of their office in Lalitpur (Kathmandu Valley). Protestors had stopped the vehicular movement in front of the office saying rebels were forcing the residents of the city to feed their comrades who have arrived in Kathmandu from different parts of the country to take part in a Mass Rally scheduled for Friday, Nov 10, 2006.

Everyday life in the capital streets...

Traffic jams, police check points, gas stops, truck accidents and hours of waiting - a quick peek at what it's like to travel by bus from Pokhara to Kathmandu. Produced by Nick & Kristina Higgins for Lonelyplanet.tv

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See the spectacular views of the Nepal Himalaya on the flight from Kathmandu to Lukla. This is probably one of the most adventurous airline routes in the World, culminating with a landing at the dramatic airstrip at Lukla, perched on the hillside and surrounded by high mountains. For more details of my adventures, please visit my website: www.rowan-castle.com

Kathmandu Street Scenes

Thamel is where the tourist get shipped off and ripped off after arriving . Can find all things from hashish to tibetan carpets.

A not so quick trip from Pokhara to Kathmandu.

Ten of thousands of Maoist supporters took the streets of Kathmandu in a huge torchlight anti-government rally.

Demonstrations

clashes between the police and Tibetan refugees in Nepal

This is chapter 2 of the film.

Amazing Landing at Kathmandu Tribhuban International Airport Boeing 767 Gulf Air.

This is chapter 1 from the documentary "The Lost Children of Kathmandu" by Mike Mullins.

Nepali police beat up pro-Tibet protesters in Kathmandu as demonstrators tried to storm the Chinese embassy demanding freedom for their Himalayan homeland

GTR-DVD-1026 - Rising to a height of 1300 metres, Kathmandu Valley lies at the foot of the Himalayas in the centre of the kingdom of Nepal, a city of temples and gods that was founded in the 10th century by King Gunakamadeva. For those of the Hindu faith, the temple area of Pashupatinath is the most holy place in Nepal and is an ancient place of worship for the god, Shiva. Established in the 12th century, Bhaktapur, the City Of The Devoted, was until the end of the 15th century the capital ...

The buisiest and most colorful market and oldest market in Kathmandu, a walk here is like walking thru shakedown street. Negotiating, haggling, bartring have been going on for generations here.You can find anything here. the place for dashain shopping. Sorry about the choppyness.

In support of www.mountain-trust.org A few pics of Kathmandu . enjoy!