We have more several days in Kathmandu. Because mountain flights are so often cancelled, we wanted slack time to ensure we didn’t miss our international flight. Since we had no delays with our mountain flight, we have the opportunity to explore the Kathmandu Valley.
After breakfast, we found our way to Himalayan Singletracks and booked a mountain bike ride for tomorrow. Then we took a taxi through the insane Kathmandu traffic to the unesco world heritage site of Patan, aka Lalitpur. We hired a guide for a tour of the old city though he mainly sat in the museum courtyards and rambled on about animal sacrifices and stream-of-consciousness stories. After lunch in the museum courtyard, we walked thru the exhibits of the museum, a beautiful collection of ancient representations of gods and goddesses, both Hindu and Buddhist.
We walked thru some shopping streets in Patan, a crowded, chaotic series of shops open to the air with all manner of goods being sold. Motorcycles and cars squeezed thru the pedestrians, honking their horns.
After stopping for a cold drink and happy cookies, we caught a taxi back to Kathmandu. We had a pizza dinner and an early night.
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