Re:The Life of a Backpacker in Asia in the 1970s
by kweks on Monday December 10, 2018 @12:04AM
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In my visits of a few years back, Kathmandu was a horribly sad mess of huge injections of foreign money that creates imbalance, open prostitution, drug use, aggression and general steamrolling of original culture. It was quite sad to see, and I was very happy to move on.
With that said, western Nepal, given its lack of road borders, is quite sublime and relatively untouched.
There are still parts of Kathmandu that feel like you've stepped back in time but are growing increasingly hard to find. The city at times feels overpopulated due to the huge amounts of migrants that came for services and work. While Kathmandu is incredibly polluted (due to road works, construction, river pollution), they've come a long way in the last few years.