Kathmandu

Stayed at Oldest Guest House. Kathmandu Guest House. It had to be refurbished after the earthquake. Beautiful gardens. I could only stay two nights

So I booked another place near by for three nights so I didn’t have to worry about late check out. It was $22 per night. I lasted one night! So noisy and smokey. Had a free drink at night and breakfast then I went in search of somewhere else

Of course I have been shopping. Can’t get enough of the cashmere!

I tried one of my friend Mohamed’s hotels. Internet said he owned but they had no clue. I looked at a room. Reminded me of Shantaram rooms in India. On to Aloft. I walked down a few darks alleys and backed up and started over. Yes A loft hadrooms cheaper on the internet. They ended up upgrading me to a suite!!

Pretty nice for 90 bucks. Plus the $ 44 I deserted. Pays to shop around.

Yesterday Nimmi took me around. She put me in a taxi and she drove her scooter. She gets motion sickness.

First we went to the Monkey Temple. I am sure it’s called something different it’s Buddhist, lots of monkeys and lots of people selling the same stuff everywhere

Next a local Buddhist temple where Nimmi and her family go almost daily to walk around Clockwise

Next stop which I almost, let’s just skip it, I am tired. Well I can sleep when I am dead, speaking of dead, this is a funeral pyre. It’s a woman. The sons shave their heads Nd the oldest had to set his mom on fire. Her face is painted redo. They add incense to cover the smell and add butter to make the fire burn faster. When the fire goes out, everything is swept into the river.

We drove on her scooter, no sense taking a taxi. It was scary and fascinating to be a part of the local culture

And had a manicure yesterday. I chose this design