点评:When I first came here 35 years ago, the review would have been 5 STARS. I fell in love with Nepal. Thamel was not yet well established and many tourists stayed in the New Road area. All that has changed dramatically, especially in Thamel.
Read the 1 and 2 star reviews on Thamel below, they describe the current situation accurately. No need for me to just repeat what they already said.
Every year I arrive, happy to be back in Nepal, and after 2 days can't wait to leave Kathmandu, especially Thamel.
Why? Traffic became a problem many years ago, so a Walking Street area throughout most of Thamel was established. It was a wonderful and much-needed change, and transformed the streets into a pleasant, safe, attractive hotel and shopping area for tourists.
Thamel is the main tourist area of Kathmandu and should be protected as such. Streets are narrow with very few sidewalks, and not intended for heavy commercial traffic and many motorcycles driving unsafely, even crazy, from morning to night.
But the COVID pandemic stopped tourism in early 2020, and therefore business. So the businessmen opened Thamel up again to traffic, setting up discos, and inviting young locals in. I think that was the most atrocious event in the downhill slide. When COVID was over in 2022, the Walking Street area was not re-established. But it is desperately needed.
Evening on the streets has become impossibly distasteful. Very loud, dangerous traffic, and thick exhaust fumes adding to the already very unhealthy AQI. Trying to go out for a nice meal hardly seems worth the trouble. And now the discos add more uncomfortable noise in some guesthouses late at night.
I fly into Kathmandu from Bangkok, spend a couple of days getting my trek set up, and then feel exhausted and disgusted enough to try and quickly leave.
翻译:35年前我第一次来这里的时候,评价简直是五星好评。我爱上了尼泊尔。当时泰美尔区尚未发展成熟,很多游客都住在新路一带。如今,一切都发生了翻天覆地的变化,尤其是在泰美尔区。
请阅读下面关于泰美尔区的一星和二星评价,它们准确地描述了现在的情况。我无需重复他们已经说过的话。
每年我都会来这里,很高兴能回到尼泊尔,待上两天就迫不及待地想离开加德满都,尤其是泰美尔区。
为什么?因为多年前,交通就成了一个问题,所以泰美尔区的大部分地区都建起了步行街区。这是一个非常棒且亟需的改变,它将街道变成了一个舒适、安全、迷人的酒店和购物区,供游客使用。
泰美尔区是加德满都的主要旅游区,应该得到保护。街道狭窄,人行道很少,不适合繁忙的商业交通,而且从早到晚,许多摩托车都驾驶不安全,甚至疯狂行驶。
但2020年初的新冠疫情导致旅游业停摆,商业活动也随之停滞。于是,商人们重新开放泰米尔区,开放迪斯科舞厅,邀请当地年轻人前来。我认为这是泰米尔区经济下滑过程中最糟糕的事件。2022年新冠疫情结束后,步行街区并没有重建。但它现在急需重建。
街上的夜晚变得令人难以忍受。嘈杂、危险的交通,浓重的尾气,让本已非常不健康的空气质量指数雪上加霜。想出去吃顿好饭,似乎不值得费心。现在,迪斯科舞厅在深夜给一些宾馆增添了更多令人不适的噪音。
我从曼谷飞到加德满都,花了几天时间准备我的徒步行程,然后感到筋疲力尽,厌恶至极,只想赶紧离开。