The Big Adventure --
Kathmandu & You
Sights from My Ninth
Day
Saturday is the weekly day
off in Kathmandu. Last week I was in downtown Kathmandu at their
Durbar Square (palaces and temples of most import). Today I am at
Patan Durbar Square with Bhagawan and Pramila. The Kathmandu Valley
was originally home to several separate cities that have all merged
over time into present day Kathmandu.
After Patan and the
amazing museum in the old palace there, we took public transit across
the entire valley to the Stuppa at Swayambhu. All the public transit
is privately operated with people trying to get as many paying fares
as possible onto their vehicle all the time and yelling out their
destination as they drive through the streets of Kathmandu.
Everything from full size busses to small, and underpowered, three
wheeled tuk tuks, which we did ride in during the course of the
day.
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