Temples

In Josie & Ben's last 3 days in Kathmandu, they managed a bit of sightseeing.

We visited Bouddha, a big Buddhist temple in the eastern outskirts of Ktm and watched the sun go down.

Sheila, Josie and I walked through the tourist shopping area of Thamel down to Durbar Square. Everyone was fascinated by Josie's wheelchair - an electric rickshaw!



More evidence of Derek Rowe's global business empire


And Ben went off to visit Swyambu (commonly known as Monkey Temple), another Buddhist temple the other side of town....

...and made friends with some saddhus (Hindhu holy men). Yes, I know I said it was a Buddhist temple but Hindu and Buddhist religions intermingle a lot here - a lesson for other religions perhaps?


...followed by a visit to Pashupati, a Hindu temple, where he made friends with a designer sadhu (yes, those are his legs behind his head)...


....who invited him back to his room.


(I tried to keep the mystic touch by cropping out the TV and hi-fi speaker that were originally in this photo)

Thanks to Josie and Ben for their photos on these last 2 posts. A shame their stay was so short but I'm sure they'll be back before we leave here.


Just a final note to the British Airways baggage handler who smashed Josie's battery box - thanks mate.

Cheers
Roshan