in kot with ayoush and others

it was a beautifully sunny day today, and turned out to be a perfect day to go to kot with a first-timer.. ayoush dixit (my kaka as well as bhanji jwain!)accompanied by prarthana, kripa, priya, baba and myself, of course. (these pix taken from kripa's and my identical cameras!)

the wintry misty haze (smog!) was beginning to lift and thus blocking the mountains when we went up..

but as the day wore on the haze lifted, the valley came to better view..

as did the mountains too


the sun was warm and nice.. very enticing to just laze around

kot experience is not at all complete without 'uno'.. played outdoors...

or indoors...

ayoush looks on amused....

'i won.. i won... i won!' kripa prances around after a game of uno...


we had simple food

and ayoush pretended he had overeaten!




















and what more luxurious than post lunch siesta!



following the naps and games.. we had our usual photo session...
kripa with the view

kripa gets ready for the titanic shots




















ayoush practices the pose against the pristine blue skies...




















the pose...




















up close...

then a series of group pix






then begins the 'sisters act'.. after taking a picture together, kripa wanted a single picture...

...but priya had ways of ensuring she was in the frame...



... until kripa finally managed to have the frame she wanted!!!

then it was a tour of the hillside.. ayoush and prarthana proud of the track that the 'caterpillar' bulldozer had managed to open up in the hillside..

kripa and prarthu

a disturbing view from the top of the hill looking down at the bistachhap valley... the fertile soil from agricultural fields being turned into bricks and left to be sun-dried...

the view towards kathmandu valley

... did you see that?!




















time to go, meant parting shots...


and that's kot danda in the backdrop, in the golden evening light

sahara's pasni party

nice sunny day, it was today, once the fog lifted off today.. perfect for little sahara's pasni party at hotel shangrila

sahara sherchan dixit was dressed in her velvet karchopi set.. looking like a little china doll




















muwa had gone to the reception.. and gave her blessings to her janatini being held by her sanima and her phupu watching by














then it was mami's turn.. sahara almost seems to be assessing her gift




















then the great paanch pusta (five generations) line-up, from sahara to prarthana, jyoti, mami and muwa...


then more of the fourth generation joined in...

and then the third generation too...


sahara seems a little pooped with all the attention showered on her...

all smiles..kripa and prarthana

there were lots of babies around this afternoon.. here is rita with her grandaughter




















and chetu with her son




















chetu and abhilasha with their babies

chetu and padma with rayhan and sahara

chetu and prarthana swap babies

padma introduces muwa to rayhan

thakali muwas in one spot

deepak babu's mother and muwa

gopini muwa catching the sun away from tukchey

and also priya and pam on teh side....

so that was a little flavour of today's party...