Shopping in Nepal

Is there anything to shop in Nepal?
Kathmandu is indeed known as the shopper's paradise for real work of art and cheap souvenirs. Some of the popular things that foreigners usually shop in Nepal are embroidered clothes, Tibetan carpets, pottery, masks and puppets, metal work, jewelries, wood carving, statues, Khukuri (Traditional Nepalese Knife), Thanka Paintings and hand made paper and productions. Other than souvenir goods, imported goods, from cosmetics to electrical articles are also available in Kathmandu. The imported stuffs are of pretty nice quality and they are all in very reasonable prices.

It's very important that you remember to take help from your trekking guide while you go for the shopping in Nepal. They can make good deal with shopkeepers.

What are Thanka Paintings?
Thanka are the traditional Tibetan Painting of ceremonial and religious subjects such as wheel of life, known as Mandala. Traditional Thankas are framed in silk.