Showing posts with label UNESCO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UNESCO. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Endangered heritage

I saw an old Tibetan lady in traditional dress sitting on the stairs of an antique shop in Boudha, Kathmandu in silver framed sunglasses with yellowish-blue glass, the kind trekkers or climbers prefer. The same day I read in a magazine that the UNESCO listed Kathmandu this summer as an endangered heritage site.