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February 2003. I write from the Park Village Hotel Kathmandu (Nepal), a resort in which I find myself as a glass, isolated from the reality around me. Kathmandu is everywhere, but here. But the deep, penetrating odor, which is everywhere, even notes 2 and 5 rupees (most used) filters through the walls and the fence.
At Park Village Annual Congress of the International Geographical Union Geographical Marginality is celebrated. This year, a professor in the Department of Geography at the Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Pushkar K. Pradhan, has been commissioned to organize the event.
For the location you have chosen a gated complex, a kind of resort located elliptical in Budalnilkantha, a town located in the Kathmandu elliptical Valley, the urban agglomeration that is the capital of Nepal, which brings together more than 700,000 souls.
After spending countless security procedures and routine checks at the airport in Delhi, elliptical and inside the plane, I browse the pages of the Times of India, before taking off. I note that weddings in India are still a sort of commercial transaction, where age, caste and profession are fundamental for a correct choice. The Times of India announcements of successful executives and professionals elliptical seeking European liberals marry an Indian woman also predominate. All the pure mercantilist style.
Roaring engines and the plane rises. Down there they are left Delhi and New Delhi (city built by the British during the colonial period). The capital elliptical of India is a vast metropolis full of color, noise, dust and bustle. Like many cities in developing countries.
I focus on eating chicken that bring me. It comes topped with a spicy sauce that will be the prelude to what will follow during the day stay in Nepal. To drink, Coca-Cola. elliptical The sign of globalization. The journey passed without incident. Gradually, the majestic Himalayas are shaping. The valleys are becoming narrower and deeper. The plane is preparing for the fall, and it is surprising how close the mountains.
The Himalayas Author: Sven Manguard Only one European company fly directly to Kathmandu: Austrian Airlines. Among the reasons is the lack of profitability of the route (Nepal, before the current turbulent political situation was an attractive tourist destination). The real reason is that land at the Tribhuvan International Airport is dangerous. Besides that Kathmandu is sandwiched between mountains, the airport Carace of modern radar systems and security that allow operation in case of bad weather. elliptical
Landing in Kathmandu supposed to descend 800 meters at the last minute before landing, while a regular airport can drop below 200 meters. And fiarlo assumes all the skill of the pilot. Indian Airlines pilots are the most experienced. Therefore this company is the main transport of passengers entering the country elliptical from the Himalayas (the national carrier, Nepal Airlines, has a tiny fleet and by all accounts we collect, it is unwise to fly with it).
As the plane approaches the airport, begins to take shape before us the profile elliptical of a very irregular city. Space is intensely urbanized, but land use does not follow easily recognizable patterns. There are well drawn avenues, but also large concentrations of buildings as a "cloud". These buildings rarely exceed four floors. elliptical A five-story building can be considered almost a skyscraper.
Shortly elliptical before landing, I observe that many passengers get up and begin to collect their belongings, stored in compartments placed over their heads. The notice given by megaphone to anyone Doing so seems it has had the opposite effect. As if we were on a train and we were arriving at the station.
We landed without incident at the Tribhuvan International Airport, which strikes elliptical me so careful elliptical design and appearance of modernity. It is a sober and unpretentious building, which seeks ag