Nepal is the neighbor of China and connects with Qinghai-Tibet. There are many people will choose to come to Nepal to travel, and Nepal is the only Hindu kingdom in the world, what do you need to pay attention to in the process of traveling, I will take you to understand about some of the do's and don'ts of Nepal.
Do's and Don'ts of Traveling in Nepal
I. Cultural Taboos:
(1) Religiously, Nepal is the only Hindu kingdom in the world and there are a lot of Hindu temples where pagans are not allowed to enter. After getting permission to enter the temple, you have to take off your shoes and also take off anything made of leather on your body such as belts, purses etc.
(2) Do not touch any of the offerings inside the temple and devotees going to the shrine, visit the temple in a clockwise direction.
(3) Fire is very sacred in Nepal so don't throw garbage in the fire.
(4) Like many Southeast Asian countries, in Nepal, ? head? is considered very noble and sacred, so don't touch a child's head.
(5) When greeting people in Nepal, you can shake hands with men, but with women you should only put your hands together and say ?Namaste?
(6) The dress code of Nepalese people is quite conservative, so ladies should not wear halter tops and other revealing clothing.
(7) Many travelers like to ride on the statue of God, God animal above the photo, although the Nepalese people will not think that you are so offensive to the gods, but still should respect the beliefs of others.
(8) Generally speaking, temples, pagodas, monuments are allowed to take photos, but it is best to ask the person concerned before taking photos, and then take photos after getting permission.
II. Climate and Clothing:
(1) Generally speaking, the average temperature in Nepal from May to October is 18-29 degrees Celsius, and light clothes are recommended, while the average temperature from November to April is 4-22 degrees Celsius, and long-sleeved T-shirts and jackets or thin sweaters are recommended.
(2) The daytime temperature in Kathmandu is 16-19 degrees, and the night time is around 2-5 degrees; the daytime temperature in Pokhara is 19-21 degrees, and the night time is around 4-7 degrees; the daytime temperature in Nagarkot is 1-18 degrees, and the night time is around 1-3 degrees, and the daytime temperature in Chitwan is 23?15 degrees, and the night time is around 2-5 degrees. The temperature difference between day and night is quite large, so please pay attention to keep warm.
(3) Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, etc., please bring your own, you can not do without one.
(5) Please bring your own toothpaste, toothbrush and slippers.
III. Time Difference, Currency and Voltage:
(1) The local time in Nepal is 2 hours and 15 minutes behind Beijing time.
(2) The official currency of Nepal is Rupees, you can also exchange Rupees with US Dollars. After exchanging, please make sure to keep the invoice so that you can exchange the extra rupees into US dollars or RMB before leaving Nepal. However, since there are fewer local banks where you can exchange RMB for Rupees, please try to carry US Dollars with you.
(3) The local voltage is 220-240V, and the sockets are British Standard and American Standard (sometimes referred to as South African Standard).
(4) Nepal's country code is 00977, Kathmandu's area code is 01, Pokhara's area code is 61, and local cell phone signals are poor, so only China Mobile's cell phones that are open to roaming can be used.
IV. Safety Precautions:
1. Due to the large number of tourists in the regions, please be especially careful with your belongings while traveling to avoid theft.
2. Valuables and money must be carried or stored in the hotel safe at the front desk, do not stay in the room or in the luggage and bus compartments in the trunk. We will not be liable for any loss.
(V.) Entry and exit by airplane
1. It is best to fill in the entry and exit card on the airplane first. Upon arrival, you have to walk to the arrival building and go through customs first, divided into two sides with and without visas, and those who already have visas will be a lot faster, and the entry card will be taken away, and the exit card will be left in your passport. After customs, you can go to the first floor to collect your luggage, and you can leave after retrieving your luggage.
2. When you collect your luggage, there are often people who will help you, for example, to put your luggage on the luggage trolley. Unless you intend to pay a tip, you should refuse any help from anyone. When pushing luggage out of the restricted area, there are many cab drivers, hotel brokers, and other personalities who are already in contact with tourists, and the situation is even more chaotic after leaving the airport building. Tour guides will meet you at the exit of the airport with a sign.
3. When departing from Nepal, you need to check in on your own because the tour guide does not have access to the airport terminal. First of all, you will enter the waiting hall with the same day's ticket. When you enter the hall, you will need to do a simple body search while your baggage passes through the security machine, and then you can go to pick up your own baggage. Please be sure to check if your luggage has been taped, and if not, make sure to ask the border control to pack it. Then proceed to the counter on the right hand side of the airport lobby to purchase the departure tax of Rs. 1695/- per person and then check in with your passport, ticket and departure tax. Due to the strict pre-boarding check price, guests are advised to check in as much as possible if they do not have valuables to minimize the hassle. After that with boarding pass through the escalator to the 2nd floor customs, with passport, boarding pass, the previous retained exit card for customs clearance. When you are done, wait for the security check in the 2nd waiting hall. Security check when the carry-on luggage through the security machine, I passed through the security gate again after a simple body search, and then take the carry-on luggage to the surrounding security desk to accept the border inspection personnel to open the bag check. After passing through, the border control officers will sign on the back of the registration card and let them tap the seal when passing through the border control table. Once these steps have been completed, proceed to the last waiting hall and wait for boarding. Finally, there will be a brief body search before boarding, and then you are ready to board the plane and wait for your departure! These are the airport procedures for departure from Nepal.
Six, Nepal's souvenirs, there? The Nepalese souvenirs are known as "Shopping Paradise".
1. Nepalese handicrafts are varied and inexpensive, but the quality varies. Including: wood carvings, (Shalingi) ukulele, inlaid jewelry boxes, Nepalese caps, T-shirts embroidered with Buddha's eyes.
2. At present, most of the Thangka paintings (Thangka painted scrolls) in Kathmandu are painted for tourists, and some of them are treated with smoke to make people think that they are ancient paintings at first glance. Hinduism or Tibetan Buddhism religious supplies are many, such as: Buddhism, prayer wheels, Buddha paintings, meditation charms, charm boxes, amulets, scriptures, colored cloth, scripture tablets, wooden inlaid silver Tibetan tea bowl? There should be everything.
3. Gurkha soldiers use the machete, at the bottom of the blade will have a small V-shaped indentation, you can guide the blood away from the handle so as not to stain the knife; and the back of the knife sheath should have two knives, is used to peel things to peel. Real and fake Gurkha machetes are sold everywhere. Indian handicrafts are popular in Nepal, Rajasthani tablecloths inlaid with gold thread or lenses, door curtains, undershirts, clothes, hats, backpacks, and gem-crafted jewelry boxes.
4. Vests, pants, and dresses sewn from Nepali or Indian fabrics with a folkloric flavor, as well as Tibetan-style geometrically-patterned chunky woolen jackets, undershirts, or rucksacks, although some of the clothes are in Western sizes. Traditional Nepalese tops and Tibetan clothing are not sold ready-made, but you can cut your own cloth, and then find a master tailor-made, the production time as long as one or two days, the labor is very cheap. Nepalese saris are made of cotton, gauze, linen and wool, and can be bought for fashion or cut into scarves.
5 Nepal sells most of the black tea is India Darjeeling black tea and Assam black tea, some of the black tea to elegant wooden box packaging, some are in a folk flavor full of small backpack. Buy this kind of black tea gift is very suitable, because in addition to tasting the aroma of black tea, small backpack can be used as a coin purse.
6. If you want to put the antiques, statues, works of art in the situation, to the archaeological center to identify, prove that less than a hundred years, and can get permission to prove that can be taken out of the country.
7. Other notes:
1. Please take care of your own belongings, do not help strangers to take things. Please make sure to lock the luggage if you are carrying it to prevent theft.
2. Please do not carry knives. Lighters, nail clippers can be put in the checked baggage in case they are confiscated by Nepalese border guards.
3. Customs regulations allow each person to carry a maximum of 20,000 RMB or the equivalent of 5,000 USD in foreign currency out of the country.
4. If the hotel attendant helps to carry your luggage, you can pay R20 as a tip.
5. Guests should bring a small torch with them if they want to see the sunrise from Pokhara and other mountains during the trip.
The Chinese Embassy in Nepal can be reached at 00977-01-4434792
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