Oct 24, 2014, Friday– Kathmandu Nepal

This morning we stopped by Pashupatinath (yes, another World Heritage Site).  This area includes one of the holiest temples of Hindus.  It was a huge complex of buildings with many closed to non-Hindus.  But it was definitely worth the trip. 

The area is bisected by the Bagmati River which flows to the Ganges.  Along the river were “Ghats” that are used for cremations. 

The area had a pretty good colony of monkeys roaming around.

 

Next stop was Bhaktapur, not far from Kathmandu with a Durbar Square that is also a World Heritage Site.  Paul liked it better than the one in Kathmandu.  We drove through part of the old section of town, which is quite large, and then got out and walked some of the streets ... 

 The famous Peacock window

Water Well

Rice drying everywhere, even in front of shrines.

... to the Durbar square.

The Royal Bath:

One of the most memorable areas was the Taumodhi Square, a market square teeming with vendors and shoppers…almost overwhelming to the senses.

We also made it to the Potter’s Square, which Paul was particularly interested in to see the potter wheels.  We did see an “oven” where they were firing clay pots but no potter wheels, as the square was taken over with what seemed to be acres of drying rice.