Hi guys,
I guess this is my first proper post so I wanted to introduce myself a little first as I will only be posting in the world section. I'm born in the UK, living out of Oslo, Norway but currently travelling SE Asia for a while. I've been Urbexing properly (researching and exploring and spending money trying to find places) a matter of weeks though I've been aware of it and have explored things I've stumbled upon for years.
I decided I wanted to share a bit about SE Asia as there doesn't seem to be a whole lot (that I've found at least) save for spots that are almost tourist attractions and wanted to show there are things to be found here.
Nepal was a tale of frustration - not least because I'd heard about and seen pictures of the Himal Cement Factory just south of Kathmandu and the place looked insane. It had been abandoned in 2002 but unfortunately after spending $20 dollars searching for it I found that it had began to be pulled down just weeks ago. Which made for a solemn trip back to the capital.
I'd also heard about two abandoned monasteries and a royal building somewhere in Kathmandu but no matter how many people I spoke to - and there were scores of them - nobody seemed to know.
I did manage to find two'semi-abandoned' sites. Sites that were in the process of being relocated due to the 2015 earthquake. One in Pokhara and One in Kathmandu. It meant that people were about but the places had strangely descended into ruin.
The one in Kathmandu was frequented by students and will only allow tourists into the front gardens not into the buildings itself. The front courtyard was overgrown and featured abandoned cars, shrines and the building itself had fallen into disrepair.
The Pokhara site was on the edge of the lake again falling into disrepair but still frequented by workers.
Attached are the images I apologise for the quality. I had to get them down to 45kb each - if anyone has any tips for resizing I'm all ears.
Pokhara:
Kathmandu: