Tansen

Tansen used to be a capital city of one of the most powerful kingdoms of Nepal (Magar Kingdom), now it is just a small hill town with maze of narrow cobblestone streets and historical atmosphere. What makes Tansen especially pleasant place to visit, is that the streets are too steep and uncomfortable for cars, so wondering around the city center, almost free of vehicles, creates even more feeling of medieval times.















street of Tansen
















chicken in the shop















central square

We arrived to Tansen just before the dark and quickly started to look for hotel, to avoid the "night price". The choice was actually not that big, so the search did not last too long. We got a room with normal standard - dirty sheets and walls, broken window (in spite of the cold nights) and cockroaches, who tried to steel our food in the night.

Above Tansen is a ridge covered with beautiful pine forest, which usually gives a view to the wide range of Himalayas. To experience this view was actually our main aim for stopping in Tansen.

But sometimes it happens, that if you are looking forward for something so much, then eventually you have to be disappointed. So it happened with us - just slightly after arriving to Himalaya region in Nepal, the weather turned and all we could see from the hilltop was a grey cloudy sky. Rain was making the atmosphere even more melancholic.

"Well, ok, if not here, then let's hope in our next stop, Pokhara," we thought...

The walk in the pine forest, that made us feel so much like at home, was quite a refreshing change to the jungle though....














Tansen