Nepal - The Royal Cities of Asia

The Book

Nepal's legendary Kathmandu Valley, perched halfway up the Himalayas between the lowland Terai and the frozen plateau of Tibet, is home to three royal cities - Bhaktapur, Patan, and Kathmandu itself. Here, set amidst magnificent scenery and beneath snow-shrouded peaks, may be found some of the most beautiful and best preserved examples of mediaeval Nepalese architecture in the country. Here too are spectacular Hindu temples and Buddhist stupas, many tended by extravagantly clad - or unclad - religious mendicants and fakirs. Few places in Asia, or indeed anywhere in the world, are as breathtakingly colourful or so filled with fascination.

The Author

Rainer Krack is a German Indologist and travel writer who has lived in Asia for more than twenty years. Fluent in Hindi, Bengali and Thai, he has written more than a dozen books on aspects of South and Southeast Asian culture, language, history and religion. Currently based in Bangkok, he is an accomplished photographer and works for several photo agencies. Rainer Krack is one of Germany's best-know travel writers, and is the author of Reise Know-How's Nepal Handbuch.