Pro$titut*ion in Nepal is neither leg@l nor illeg@l. Thousands of s*x workers work in Kathmandu Nepal and urban areas within Pokhara and Terai. .There is no record of whether these workers voluntarily or involuntarily offer their services for money, but investigations have evidence of both within these areas. S*x workers work from brothels to bars, in their homes, or on the streets. There are a number of massage parlour in Thamel, a tourist area of Kathmandu, where $e*x is also bought. Another form of Pro$titut*ion is in cabin restaurants and dance bars where clients go and drink with girls. Afterwards, clients pick out a girl to go home with and pay her to have se*ual encounters with them.