Swayambhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal - at about sunrise (yes, I did wake up for sunrise!)
View of Kathmandu Valley.
View of the mountains from top of the temple (too bad its not Everest, or a snow-capped mountain. In fact, Nepalese just call it "hills").
Lots of pigeons at the temple
Prayer flags all around the temple
View of the temple from below.
I'm in Nepal now, where things are inconsistant - such as electricity, mobile phone service, and Wi-Fi. And since the Wi-Fi is good today, I'm giving you a snapshot of Nepal.
This was taken while visiting a village (for work). The mountains!
Its not Everest, but its still so pretty.
Land is so limited in Japan. Particularly in Tokyo city.
They had to protect whatever little bits of nature left...
Even recycling is a complex issue...
Categories of rubbish - plastic, bottles, tin, paper... burnable and unburnable rubbish.
I took the bullet train!!
It was from central Tokyo to Osaka. A journey of over 500km in just 2.5 hours on the Nozomi train on the Tokaido line. Bullet trains are called Shinkansen in Japan. This one goes up to a maximum of 300 km/h. A return trip costs JPY 27,700 (USD 275).
Oh yeah, you bet I got excited about it. This is a day trip I'm taking (for work though), so to maximise my time, I had to go there early. I took the 8am train (means I had to wake up and leave the hotel pretty early). My Dad says I'll be passing Mount Fuji on the way. Yay!
I had my little breakfast (bought the night before) on the train. The train was really smooth. At one point, you can feel it accelerating as it gets out of Tokyo city. But other than that, you don't feel a thing. You never realise how fast the train is going, until an opposite train by pass us - and you realise you cant even focus on any window or see anyone else on the other train, everything is just a white and blue fuzz.
Ah... it was a really comfortable ride. So comfortable, in fact, that I easily fell into a deep sleep (factor in the early morning and nice breakfast). Until I woke up mid way... and freaked out!
DID I MISS MOUNT FUJI?!?!?!
This is the only 'mountain' I managed to see until I fell asleep again.
You can go dancing on Sundays!
Located just beside Yoyogi Park entrance (actually, very close to the cosplay area).
You can do the whole rock concert thing - head shaking, fist pumping action. Its really cute...
Or you can do the sweet little 60s dance
Or the more aggressive dance by leather-clad bikers with dubious hairdos.
You asked for it...
(there's a little surprise halfway...)
If you have a Sunday free in Tokyo - head to Harajuku. Interesting stuff awaits you there!
Head towards the entrance of Meiji Jinggu Shrine (just beside the Harajuku station).
You may see a sign for "No Photo!" - but then, everybody takes photos! So, don't bother about the sign.
This is COSPLAY in action! Everyone dress up as they fancy (but usually following some character in their favourite mangga comic)
There's even a make up artist cum hair stylist on standby.
But most of the time, they're really posing just for themselves. They are camwhores!
Don't ask me what character they are - how would I know?!
Bright lights dominate the Tokyo scenes! Here's some photos from around Tokyo... enjoy
Even quiet streets in Tokyo are all lit up!
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