Kathmandu

If you look up in Kathmandu, you see... the mountains?
Yes, if you are on a rooftop, in a rare day when the sky is crystal clear and the pollution is not so bad. 
No, if you look up in Kathmandu you will see electric cables. Many, whole skeins. Sometimes they are so heavy that they fall down and walking on the sidewalk becames dangerous. 

Operai al lavoro

  The wires are only one of the many dangers encountered by the brave pedestrians, along with stubborn cows, crazy bikers, cars everywhere.


The other day I was happy because I saw so many workers on the road, they had ladders and cars, they were well equipped and people stopped to watch that they finally removed a bit of useless wires.
But...
Look at the same street the day after.

Marciapiede dopo i lavori

No more workers, no more ladders, no more cars and a lot of cables! This time not only in the sky but everywhere.

Trappole per pedoni

Strada dopo lavori

   These strands are black and rigid ropes, they are difficult to climb over and they tend to roll up to the legs because thy are cut into long pieces. Yesterday,  little wise cow got stuck!

Anything can happen along the streets of Kathmandu!

Here In the pictures there is the calm giant, strolling around. I took these pictures this morning (Monday). He is a natural truck, slow and strong, careless of traffic and noise.
In addition to the usual chaos of the horns, this morning there was also the incessant noise of a siren that caught my attention, for I stopped and I could see Ganesh in flesh and blood moving slowly. 
As I was taking pictures, I realized that 

Ganesh che avanza imperioso

an ambulance was waiting behind the elephant.   After a few minutes the driver gave up, turning of the siren.

  

Ambulanza bloccata