Kathmandu reborn: How the capital of Nepal bounced back

With its winding streets and alleyways, colourful local life, Kathmandu is an increasingly popular tourist destination.

If anyone doubts that – as Rudyard Kipling once mused – “the wildest dreams of Kew are the facts of Kathmandu”, they need only take a squint at the 2018 version of the Nepalese capital.

While this century didn’t get off to a good start, the city being roiled by civil war, the murder of almost every member of the royal family, a devastating earthquake and a ruinous trade stand-off with India, Kathmandu has bounced back to become one of Asia’s coolest spots.