Shop sign in Jhochhe or Jhochhen Tole, Kathmandu, once familiarly known as Freak Street

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Kathmandu's 'Freak Street' was the ultimate destination on the Hippy (or Hipple) Trail of the 1960s and 1970s, the overland route eastbound across Asia. Here too the serial killer Charles Sobhraj, 'The Serpent', preyed on a number of his victims.

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Size: 4087px × 2848px
Location: Jhochhen Tole, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal
Photo credit: © Philip Game / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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