Rich in culture and history, but so very poor in other ways. One of the saddest places I have ever been, and I come from Africa! The poverty hit me in the face when I went through the airport which is pretty much half the size of my high school.
A people split between religions, Hindu or Buddist, in the shadow of the mammoth of a mountain that is Everest makes for a contrasting landscape where my eyes cant help but play.