patan dhokaima changa ra dosa utsab

nawami 2065...it was definitely one of a kind afternoon.. a very very fun one.. what more could one ask.. a great dasain changa flying weather with lots of wind ... great company... from young to old.. and an unending supply of tattato dosa and bara.. and not to forget the chiya!!! a great view of blue skies, white (and over the course of the evening turning to orange)clouds.. a great view of kathmandu valley.. and the bestest of course.. the great view of the airport in its entirety... all courtesy jyoti bhauju and dipu daju and kanchhu didi!! : )

changas in the blue skies...and changas amongst the clouds..





the setting was perfect.. by patan dhoka...




















..from behind the sayaptris

a roof top garden (complete with a pond and turtle)..

with a view of the congested valley..

even the dorje lakpa himal peeking from behind the clouds... (we'll talk later about the airport-view-kausi!!)





there was a lot of changa flying... the wind was good.. and in the right direction.. to the northeast.. and that meant a whole open zone and no worries about your dhaago being mandalied by others.. once when little tykes in patan college compound did catch popi's trailing dhaago.. sandaji shouted in a babaraja tone of 'badhta badhta nahunu!" and lo and behold not only did they let go of the dhaago.. they even thinied the changa!!!

on that kausi there were some amateurs with enthusiastic sidekicks..

some professionals.. loaded with full gear...








one changa-beed was even armed with spiderman gloves..the bestest grip ever, he thinks!














































.. and there was all these yummylicious dosas on the side....

there were older changa-watchers... and just plain guph-shuph-ers, including that of 'lok'nitik kind...


















and there were very young spectators too..























...and of course what charged the atmosphere were the cheers of the 'chait'-leaders.. cheering at all chait changas.. even if it was one of their own!! (there were very suspicious looking jasoos around in the neighbouring kausi.. trying to sneak in on unsuspecting dhaago ???








some daughters had to take mean attitude to persuade their baba to hand over the lattai

while others were content to watch baba fly the changa

the autumny afternoon inspired people to be very creative ...with their topi, for instance

the wind inspired others to start their own impromptu bollywood style dances, poses and running around.. errr people!










there were real planes in view.. taking off.. landing... even two with the same tail markings!!




















and then there were paper planes galore....















when we started the clouds looked like this..




















then they turned yellowish...

and by the time the lattais had been wound up ... they had turned orange!!!



that was how much fun we had on nawami this year...