Today is Saturday, the only day off. Kids here go to school
6 days a week.
A group of us from the house (Joanna, Charlie, Michael, Hailey & I) decided to go sight seeing
today. I suggested we hire a driver for the day rather than attempt to
continually negotiate prices and attempt to explain where we wanted to go. I
think it cost us a bit more money but in the end we were all glad we did this
because the private van did not fall under the banda/strike and was still able
to drive us.
Pashupatinath Temple - is considered the most sacred among
the temples of Lord Shiva (Pashupati). Only Hindu’s are allowed to enter the
temple.
Boudhanath - A world Heritage Site in Bouddha. It is one of
the largest spherical stupa’s in Nepal.
Bhaktapur – the old city & Dubar Square (Layaku). It is
the third largest city in Kathmandu Valley.
Seto Gomba (White Monastery) near Monkey Temple
(Swayambhunath Stupa)
The driver left us at the Monastery as he did not want to
wait for us to walk up to it and back which was supposed to take an hour each
way. As it turns out he drove us all the way to the top so I’m not sure why he
couldn’t just wait for us but that is what we agreed to so he left. It started
to rain when we left the Monastery around 2:30PM and it didn’t stop. It took us
until 7PM to walk back to the house as the buses and taxi’s still are not
running. We were soaked right through by the time we got home. I am exhausted
and every muscle is screaming at me.
Kathmandu Valley is made up of Kathmandu District, Lalitpur
District and Bhaktapur District. Each has its own Durbar Square and we have now
visited all of them.
More random thoughts:
- When I turn the tap on to rinse my toothbrush my feet get wet because the water leaks out the bottom pipe.
- The only mirror is in the bathroom. Hailey is missing her mirrors!
- Nepal has an entirely different calendar than we do. It is actually Shrawan 28, 2069 in Nepal!
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