Kathmandu (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; 1975–2010)

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Acknowledgements

This paper is adapted from a chapter in The Himalaya: Encounters with the Roof of the World by David Zurick (forthcoming, December 2010) and appears in the Journal of Cultural Geography by kind permission of the Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago.

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1. Permission to reprint portions of The Himalaya: Encounters with the Roof of the World by David Zurick (forthcoming, December 2010), is granted by the Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago. Permisssion to the reprint Photographs is granted by David Zurick.

2. I have conducted fieldwork throughout the Himalaya during the past 30 years. On many such occasions I pass through Kathmandu. It is for me, like others, a common gateway into the Himalaya. It is a place of first impressions and lasting memories, where I have long-lasting friends and colleagues and a storehouse of experiences.

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David Zurick

David Zurick is Professor in the Department of Geography & Geology, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Avenue, Richmond, KY 40475, USA