Basantapur Tower seen at the end of Jhochhe or Jhochhen Tole, "Freak Street", Kathmandu, before the April 2015 earthquake

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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: 2848px × 4287px
Location: Jhochhen Tole, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal
Photo credit: © Philip Game / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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