关于Thamel
每一座城市都有一个游客专属的活动地区，譬如槟岛是Chulia Street一带，那加满都就有Thamel，一个多数游客与爬山客喜欢短住的地方。
Thamel的建筑物新旧参差，但八十%以上都已经被改装成商店或旅馆，所以在这里可说是应有尽有，想购买什么都非常方便，走出旅店就可轻易找到你想找的东西。除了物品和书籍，这里最多就是餐厅和咖啡馆，当然都是以西餐和尼泊尔菜肴为主，但想吃中日餐也不难，多走几条街就会找到。
在这里典型的街道都是极为狭窄，繁忙时段会常常引起严重的交通阻塞，汽车电单车都卡在一起，动弹不得。还有就是这里的电缆线都是挂在上空的，有些电线杆系上密密麻麻的电缆，真的是让人叹为观止，如果真的其中一条发生事故，我在想修理人员需要多久来厘清呢！
我抵达这一天是星期六，也是尼泊尔的休息日，（这里星期日是上班天），所以这个Thamel区显得比较冷清。当然疫情也发挥一些负面效应，我中午的时候到处游逛一下，发现游客真的不多，尤其是亚洲脸孔，比起前三次来到这里，可说是严重锐减。现在的游客多数来自欧美，可说是被他们占据了，我走在街上都变成稀有异族。
想想其实这样也好，游客泛滥的话其实也很叫人烦躁，而且这里的本地人和海外游客多数都不戴口罩，所以在疫情还未彻底消失之前，感染风险也不会那么高，所以这个时候未免不是最好的健行时刻。
About Thamel
There is always a specific area in every city where tourists are inclined to converge, and so is Kathmandu. If Chulia Street is the one in Penang, then Thamel in Kathmandu is the place where most of the tourists congregate and throng to.
Doubtlessly, Thamel is a highly commercialised area of the city, but the convenience of accommodation, shopping and dining magnetise it to attract most of the tourists and trekkers. The typical streets in Thamel are narrow and prone to traffic congestion, and the external electric cables that facilitate the electricity supply are something awestruck and mind-boggling.
During this trip, I discovered that the quantum of tourists is much lesser compared to my last three visits, especially since Asian tourist is truly sparse, most faces I see are westerners, look like they are going to be the dominant lot for quite awhile.
On second thought, lesser crowds could be a boon to me who really abhor extreme noise and crowded spaces, so this must be the perfect time for this trip.
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