The Cheapest Places on Earth: Kathmandu
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, June, 1999 by Ellen R. Shapiro
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While those statements are perhaps a slight (but only slight) exaggeration, it's hard not to feel like a Rockefeller when you wander the narrow, bustling streets of Nepal's ancient capital. In this historic maze, a multi-course meal for two costs less than $5, a clean, attractive room is had for $6, and private taxis cost less than public transportation back home. You can stay at whatever hotel you desire, buy all the trinkets that catch your eye, take a trek along the lower slopes of the Himalayas, and rarely ever have to concern yourself with the cost of it all.
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The crossroads of the East and the capital city of a tiny country roughly the size of Arkansas, landlocked between China to the north and India to the south, Kathmandu has been a refuge for world travelers for decades. When they first arrive, visitors plan ...
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