Photos Anil Ranjit and Mahendra Khadka

The iconic Ghantaghar near Ratnapark. (2:00 am)
 

An elderly man takes a nap on his rickshaw at Ason Chowk. (2:43 am)

A rickshaw driver peddles towards his destination at Ason Chowk. (2:41 am)

A Friday night celebration at a local bar in Thamel. Both locals and tourists seem to enjoy the music and fun that Thamel offers. (2:00 am)

A local restaurant serves mo:mo on the streets in Thamel. (2:11 am)

Revelers line up in New Road on early Saturday morning to enter the Sankata Temple. (2:53 am)

A group of young people enjoy a night out in the streets of Thamel. (2:30 am)

A Thamel street sees a massive traffic jam at wee hours because of haphazard parking and a huge number of visitors. (2:24 am)

Empty Sundhara. (2:21am)

An overhead bridge view of the Ratnapark-Bhadrakali road which is usually full of pedestrians and vehicles in the day. (2:03 am)

A flock of birds rest near the Foreign Affairs Ministry building, Kantipath. (2:41 am)

The waiting section of the emergency ward at the Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj. (We were not allowed to photograph the patients.) (2:10 am)
 

The waiting section of the emergency ward at the Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj. (We were not allowed to photograph the patients.) (2:10 am)

A deserted look of the otherwise jam-packed New Road gate. (2:28 am)