Bandipur

Thursday 22 December: From Kathmandu's tourist bus stand in Kantipath it's a 300 Rupee, five-hour, trip to Dumre then a jeep, heavily-laden with 18 passengers, for the half-hour ride up to the village of Bandipur. I'm on my way to Pokhara lakeside for the festive season but have decided to break my journey in this pretty traffic-free village.
I'm here not just to see the Bandipur but also to climb, through terraced mustard fields, to the summit of the flat-topped hill of Tundikhel for a stunning panorama of the Annapurna range.
Photos of and from Bandipur.