The printed itinerary tells you all…indeed probably more than you want to know about the relentless touring we did on this day and the next.
We took loads and loads of photos – about 120 of them ended up in our Kathmandu album, which is, in itself, a pretty good diary of our touring, as I labelled the photos well on our return and transposed those labels onto Flickr. You can review those through the Flickr link here or the picture link below.
Here are the words from my log for 28 March, with some sample pictures, to give you a taster.
Touring today. First stop, Monkey Temple (Swayambhunath) and it’s amazing surroundings. Lots of mini temples (stupas) with shops and houses in between.
Then on to the House of the Living Goddess, but Kumari was out at a ceremony. Saw the 12th century Kasthamandap all made from one tree – then onto Durbar Square, Teleju Temple, Royal Palace, Statue of Hanuman and saw sadhus galore.
Strolled through old city to modern part – then drove to see Tibetan refugees weaving, a handicraft centre and then a temple. before lunch at Taleju with stunning views of Patan’s Durbar Square.
On to tour Patan – slaughtering courtyard, stunning museum – loads more temples including the Thousand Buddhas Golden Temple etc.
On through shopping street (I got a pair of tongs and a monkey and two CDs)…
On of those CDs, Chautari by Pancha and Shanti, became a favourite of Janie’s for the rest of that holiday and indeed since. It is available on YouTube music and you can hear it through this link.
Then home for rest and dinner at Chimney (founded by Boris Lisanevich).
All the pictures from that intensive Kathmandu touring are in the Flickr album linked here and below: