Kathmandu

Well, we made it. Flying along the Himalayas was impressive. I’m not sure I’ve ever flown along a mountain range before (as opposed to flying over it) so it seemed to go on forever. From the air Kathmandu looked pretty humdrum metropolitan, but on the ground it is very cool.

First we went to visit the Buddhist Stupa up on the hill. (We can see it from our hotel room.) Really lovely and the street vendors there accept credit cards!

Then into Hanuman dhoka Durbar Square which is, architecturally, exactly what you’d expect in Nepal. We even walked the 3km back over this evening to walk around, have a beer and a bite to eat and then walk back. Michael took precious few photos of the buildings though so I’ve mostly got photos of guys carrying heavy packages on their heads

And old hindu men

We even met a hindu dog