The city seems so calm and quiet at night.
No, this post isn’t about the nightlife — if there is any here — its about the city after nightfall in a place where power outages are scheduled to handle the overloaded demand for power. Load sharing ensures that the power goes out every day at scheduled times, although no one seems to be sure if the schedule means anything. Power seems to go out anytime during the day and at night. For us its just the inconvenience of a one or two second delay while we wait for the generator to kick in. But for most people its a way of life. Even we have stopped looking up when the power goes out.
For those lucky enough to have a generator (including us) the night lights remain on. These are the pools of light glowing in the otherwise dark. It reminds me a little of Spetses during a power cut where you can see the flicking light of kerosene lamps from across the valley.
From the other side the blackout is even greater. Above the skyline of the houses are the foothills with just one or two shining lights above in the blackness. I imagine how dark it must be on the other side of the hill without even the distant glow of Kathmandu to light the sky. I want to go there!
This post participated in the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime
Wright Outta Nowhere 
Gorgeous pictures !
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I’m still wondering what that temple is all about! By night … it could be somewhere in Greece.
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Wow, how interesting. Had no idea – we don’t often think about rolling power outages here. Your photos are lovely.
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Thanks Tina. Scheduled power outages here are a way of life. Its worse in the dry season as the amount of electricity supplied by hydropower goes down. In February the electric is off for as much as 70% of the time.
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