Paper making is over 1000 years old in Nepal. This little "factory" process the bark of the Daphne Bush grown in the mountains at over 8000ft. into beautiful sheets of soft natural
paper. The process like most craft activities in Nepal is labour intensive but uses all natural materials including leaving each sheet to dry in the warm sun for an hour.

A different sort of harvest---paper

From tree bark to paper
Skilled and labour intensive

A bustling scene in Patan Durbar Square on a Saturday morning. Patan is one of the three cities that make up the Kathmandu Valley. Famed for its Buddhist Temples and Royal Palace, Durbar Square is an UNESCO World Heritage site. Patan was an independent city until 1768 now it is separated from Kathmandu by the Bagmati River.