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Things to Buy in Nepal

By Divyakshi Gupta

1. Handmade paper products in Thamel: Lanterns, books, boxes, diaries 

2. POTTERY IN BHAKTAPUR WATCH THE POTTERS MAKE THE PRODUCTS AND BUY DIRECTLY

3. DREAMCATCHERS IN THAMEL: SHOP FOR COLOURFUL DREAMCATCHERS OF ALL SIZES

4. SILVER JEWELLERY IN THAMEL: FROM EARRINGS TO BEADED JEWELLERY TO SILVER ANKLETS

5. NEPALI KHURKI KNIFE: THIS MAKES FOR A GREAT SOUVENIR, A COLLECTOR'S ITEM, COMMONLY KNOWN AS GURKHA KNIFE

6. MASKS: ANOTHER SOUVENIR IS A VARIETY OF LOCAL MASKS: MADE OF WOOD OR FIBRE.

7. MINIATURE DOORS IN BHAKTAPUR:  FOR THOSE WHO LOVE WOODEN HANDICRAFTS, THERE ARE MINI DOORS AS SOUVENIRS

8. MADHUBANI PRODUCTS: ORIGINALLY FROM BIHAR, BUT THAMEL HAS A GREAT VARIETY  OF MADHUBANI PRODUCTS

9. WOOLLENS IN THAMEL BUYING WOOLIES IN THAMEL IS A DELIGHT. THE VARIETY AND  PRICES ARE INCOMPARABLE.

10.JUTE FOOTWEAR IN BHAKTAPUR BUY THESE VERY COMFORTABLE, HAND MADE JUTE SHOES IN BHAKTAPUR

AND LASTLY, DO NOT FORGET TO  CARRY AN EXTRA BAG FOR ALL THAT SHOPPING OR YOU WILL HAVE TO BUY ONE FROM  THAMEL!