Patan Vacations, Patan Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Oct.13 07 Went to Patan this morning. It wasn't in our plan but since we're still here, Kathmandu. But we should make a move at least somewhere. As I said, both of us were too lazy. Each day we got a plan then we can't work it out. Always noticed that we were still in Kathmandu .. again. And often said we'll leave tomorrow but I remembered we said "tomorrow" for two weeks! Then we went to Patan, an Art and craft Area. Another name is Lalitpur which means beaut...

5/30/07 New Videos Uploaded - Scroll to the bottom to see a couple of videos that Cindy made of the incredible Golden Temple in Patan (old capital of Nepal).  Since we haven’t done all that much in Kathmandu, we figured we would wake up early and grab a taxi to Patan, reportedly the oldest city in Nepal and also known as Lalitpur, both names being a shortened version of the Sanskrit name Lalitpattan or the “Beautiful City”. Emperor Ashokha was said to have visited the city around 2...

Kathmandu - Khokana - Bungmati - Panauti - Dhulikhel - Nargarkot - Bhaktapur - Kathmandu - Lhasa (Barkhor & Jokhang, Drepung & Nechung, Norbulingka & Potala, Ganden & Sera) - Yumbalagang - Samye - Chim-Puk - Gyantse - Shigatse - Sakya - Tashi Dzom - Mt. Everest Basecamp - Nyalam - Kathmandu - Patan - Kathmandu. Full travel journal & pictures: http://www.edsander.com/travel/nepaltibet/